MALSCE Sustaining Members: Allen & Major Associates, Inc., Beals and Thomas, Inc.,

Bluesky Geospatial Limited, Brennan Consulting, Inc.,  BSC Group, Inc., CHA, Coastal Engineering Co. Inc., Crocker Design Group, DiPrete Engineering Associates, DGT Associates, Eastern Topographics,

E.T. Engineering Enterprises, Feldman Geospatial, Field Resources, Inc., GM2 Associates, Inc.,

Hancock Associates, Maine Technical Source, Moran Surveying, Inc., Nitsch Engineering,

R.J. O'Connell & Associates, Inc., Samiotes Consultants Inc., Spiller's, Topcon Solutions Store,

VHB, Inc., Waypoint Technology Group, WSP

Fifteenth Annual Legal Perspectives

on Land Surveying

Friday, January 26, 2024

The Conference Center at Waltham Woods

860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451 (just off I-95, exit 43B)

7:30 - 8:00 AM Registration; 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Seminar

Don’t miss this popular seminar examining legal issues impacting the land surveying profession. This year’s seminar will feature the same insightful analysis of recent legal interpretations of surveys by Massachusetts courts and related matters that is the hallmark of this program. Attorneys from Englander & Chicoine P.C. and other notable land use practitioners will discuss topics that will enable you to create a more effective survey, which may help parties avoid litigation or prevail on disputed claims.

Click here learn more and register

2024 MALSCE Convention

Hosted by the MALSCE Cape Cod Chapter

Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, 2024

Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center

242 Adams Place, Boxborough, MA 01719

Confirmed convention highlights include two hours of exhibitor demonstrations, MALSCE Proprietors' Council-sponsored panel discussion, and presentations on various types of boundaries in Massachusetts property, land use, and environmental law and integrating small unmanned airborne systems into a geospatial business.

Look for a mid-January email with additional details, including how to register!

The 2024 MALSCE Plan and Field Notes Contests

Are Open for Entries - Submit Yours Today

In an effort to generate more entries, the MALSCE Plan and Field Notes contests are now open. Don’t wait, submit a plan and/or field notes for judging during the 2024 MALSCE Convention. You could be a contest winner and receive a commemorative plaque in recognition of your achievement.

Click here to learn more. 

MALSCE Needs Outreach Display Photographs

Members of the MALSCE Public Awareness Committee are planning to have a pop-up banner made that they can use when visiting schools, STEM career fairs, and appropriate conferences to talk about careers in land surveying. They are looking for copyright-free photographs of the latest survey technologies being used in various setting and other images that illustrate the diversity of the individuals, equipment, and fields of practice within the profession of surveying.

If you have a photo you'd like to share, send it to Michelle Monette at mmonette@engineers.org.

Volunteer to Judge the New England Future City Competition

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) is looking for MALSCE members who are professional land surveyors to be volunteer judges during the New England Regional Future City Competition, which occurs on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. Future City is a national, project-based learning experience in which 40,000 students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades from 1,350 schools imagine, design, and build cities of the future. They create a virtual city and then build a 3D model for judges to grade. NCEES needs land surveyors to judge a special award for best land surveying practices.

If you are interested in getting involved, email malsce@engineers.org.

Join the MALSCE Public Awareness Committee

The recently reconstructed MALSCE Public Awareness Committee is charged with promoting the general recognition and acceptance of the practice of land surveying and survey engineering and stimulating a greater interest in public perceptions affecting the profession. Committee chair David Prince, PLS, from WSP, has been holding regular meetings and member of the committee have made several visits to promote a career in land surveying to secondary school students.

To see a full committee description, click here. If you would like to volunteer to serve on the committee, email David Prince at david.prince@wsp.com.

Final Chance to Renew Your MALSCE Membership!

MALSCE leaders would like to thank all MALSCE dues paying members who have paid their fiscal year 2024 dues. Your timely payment helps ensure that MALSCE has the financial support that is needed to sustain its operations.

Third and final dues invoices were emailed to non-renewing members in November. The MALSCE memberships of those who have not paid their fiscal year 2024 dues will be made inactive in January. If you have not paid your FY24 dues and would like to receive another copy of your MALSCE dues invoice, contact Michelle Monette at 617-305-4113 or mmonette@engineers.org.

Become a MALSCE Sustaining Member

There is still time to become a 2023-2024 MALSCE Sustaining Member. The enrollment period for this popular program is ongoing. Promote your organization to over 400 MALSCE members and demonstrate your support of the land surveying profession by becoming a MALSCE Sustaining Member today! For half off the annual $525 Sustaining Member dues, your organization can become a Sustaining Member for the 2024 fiscal year as well as the 2024-2025 Sustaining Member renewal period which lasts until fall 2024.

Click here to learn about the benefits and how your organization can become a sustaining member.

Join the MALSCE Proprietors' Council

Join the growing list of MALSCE members who represent their company as a member of the MALSCE Proprietors' Council. You will have the opportunity to work with leaders from across the Commonwealth to help define the direction of MALSCE. There are also opportunities to hear from clients and bounce ideas off of peers regarding staffing, business opportunities, marketing and sustainability in our industries.

Click here for a list of Proprietors' Council members and learn how you can join the Proprietors' Council.

MALSCE Government Affairs Update December 2023

Click here for government affairs activities and news for MALSCE members. Learn about relevant federal and state regulations and recent Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors discussions.

Other News

Donate to the MALSCE Education Trust

The end of the year is a great time to donate to the MALSCE Education Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that invests in students and educators to advance the land surveying and civil engineering professions. Current initiatives include the annual MALSCE Education Trust scholarships and ongoing support for the University of Maine Surveying program. Donations to the MALSCE Education Trust make these and other undertakings possible and available for you and future professionals. Please consider contributing today! 

Click here to donate online.

MALSCE Affiliate Has Office Space Available

The historic Phillips-Winthrop House at One Walnut Street, the home of MALSCE and MALSCE affiliate The Engineering Center Education Trust, has office space available for rent. Two sun filled private office spaces in historic building on Beacon Hill. Located two blocks from the State House and easy access via public transportation (minutes from Park St., Downtown Crossing and Government Center). The rooms may be leased separately or jointly, rooms are located next to each other on the 4th floor.

Click here to learn more.

Job Board

Multiple Positions - Hancock Associates

Hancock Associates has been a leader in the land development industry since 1978 and is growing. Our Civil Engineering, Land Surveying and Wetland Science experts provide services in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island through offices located in Boston, Chelmsford, Danvers, Marlborough, Newburyport, Palmer and Princeton, MA and Concord, NH. Positions we are hiring for include Professional Land Surveyors & Professional Engineers, Project & Staff Land Surveyors, Project & Staff Civil Engineers, Senior Level Project Managers, Field Crew Chiefs, Instrument Operators and Wetland Scientists.

Click here to learn more and apply.

Looking to promote a job to MALSCE members? Click here to learn more about posting on the MALSCE job board.

Franklin Cummings Tech Offering Two Land Surveying Courses Beginning in January 2024

Franklin Cummings Tech offers online courses for people currently working in the land surveying field. All classes are held online, in the evenings, to accommodate working adults.

Spring courses (begin January 16, 2024)

Massachusetts Statutes and Regulations

Principles of Boundary Law I

For more details, including course descriptions and schedule, please see the

Franklin Cummings Tech website.

Programs Offered at the University of Maine

The University of Maine offers a number of surveying degree and certificate programs, including undergraduate and graduate degrees in surveying engineering technology, and a surveying certificate, all available online. Click here to learn more.

Look to MALSCE News and the MALSCE website for information on available online surveying educational opportunities.

NSPS News

Check Out "Surveyor Says" NSPS' Podcast

Want to hear from the movers and shakers of the surveying profession? Each week, NSPS brings you conversations with the trendsetters and difference-makers that are helping to shape the world of surveying. Your host, NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch, sits down with various personalities to discuss all things surveying, all bundled in a 30-minute conversation.

Click here to listen to an episode!

Become a Certified Survey Technician

No matter what the future holds, prepare to meet challenges head on. Future-proof your resume by becoming a Certified Survey Technician (CST). This unique four-level certification program indicates official recognition by NSPS that a person can perform surveying tasks at a specific technical level. Show what you can do! Decide between the field or office track. Click here for more information.

NSPS Scholarship Applications are Now Available

Each year, through the National Society of Professional Surveyors Foundation (NSPSF), over $30,000 in scholarships funded by a variety of individuals, companies and organizations are made available to encourage and support college education in geospatial sciences. These scholarships are a great opportunity for college students in surveying, mapping, geographic information systems and geodetic science programs.

Click here to download the NSPS and American Association of Geodetic Surveying (AAGS) scholarships application, which has a submission deadline of Friday, January 19.

Check Out NSPS' Redesigned Beasurveyor Website

Developed through a collaborative effort between NSPS and the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), the redesigned beasurveyor.com now includes more outreach resources to engage young people and teach about surveying.

Affiliate Association Events

NYSAPLS 65th Annual Conference Exhibition

Wednesday - Friday, January 17 - 19, 2024

Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, NY

Click here to learn more and register