2023-2024 MALSCE Sustaining Members: Allen & Major Associates, Inc., Beals and Thomas, Inc.,

Bluesky Geospatial Limited, Brennan Consulting, Inc., BSC Group, Inc., Crocker Design Group,

DiPrete Engineering Associates, DGT Associates, Eastern Topographics, E.T. Engineering Enterprises, Feldman Geospatial, Field Resources, Inc., Hancock Associates, Maine Technical Source,

Merrill Engineers and Land Surveyors, Nitsch Engineering, RJ O'Connell & Associates, Inc.,

Samiotes Consultants Inc., Spiller's, Tighe & Bond, Topcon Solutions Store, VHB, Inc.,

Waypoint Technology Group, WSP

Status Report: Massachusetts DCR Plans

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

This Zoom Video Webinar will be recorded for registrants to view at a later date

Speaker:

Sam Sharp, Plans Archivist, Office of Cultural Resources

Department of Conservation & Recreation

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) recently finished scanning their entire Boston headquarters’ plans collection consisting of 101,617 scans of architecture, engineering, forestry management, and land plans! During this webinar, Sam Sharp will discuss how DCR is in the process of building a custom database that is expected to be up and running by the end of 2025.

Click here to learn more and register.

Top 10 Things to Remember About Field Notes

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This Zoom Video Webinar will be recorded for registrants to view at a later date

Speaker:

A. Richard Vannozzi, MS, PLS, MS

Assistant Professor, Surveying Engineering Technology, University of Maine

As our profession swan-dives into the deep end of the technology pool it has been shedding many traditional tools such as plumb-bobs, steel tapes, chaining pins, and dip needles. However, a field book is a different story. During this webinar Rich Vannozzi will identify the critical reasons that all field personnel should be carrying a traditional field book with them at all times and the importance of putting in place a QA/QC process to make sure that all field information is captured in real time and preserved in its unedited form.

Click here to learn more and register.

MALSCE Proprietors’ Council Meeting

Open to All MALSCE Members

Thursday, December 12, 2024

12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Aldrich Center at TEC, One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108

Moderator:

Michael A. Clifford, PLS

Co-founder and Principal, DGT Associates and MALSCE Proprietors’ Council Chair

Join MALSCE Proprietors’ Council Chair Mike Clifford for the second of four Proprietors’ Council luncheon meetings planned for the remainder of the current fiscal year. This meeting features ongoing discussions of business issues impacting land surveying and engineering firms and MALSCE undertakings. Agenda items for this meeting include:

• Pulse of Business
• Staff Recruitment, Training, and Retention
• MALSCE President’s Update
• 2025 MALSCE Convention
• New Business

Luncheon attendance is limited to 16, so register today! Click here to learn more and register.

Save the Date!

Sixteenth Annual

Legal Perspectives on Land Surveying

Friday January 24, 2025

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The Conference Center at Waltham Woods

860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451

This program will simultaneously be presented as a Zoom Video Webinar and recorded

Don’t miss this popular seminar examining legal issues impacting the land surveying profession. This seminar's featured attorneys will share their insightful analysis of recent legal interpretations of surveys by Massachusetts courts and related matters that is the hallmark of this program. Learn why this is MALSCE’s most popular seminar year after year. 

Look to future broadcast emails for more information including how to register!

Mark Your Calendar!

2025 MALSCE Convention

Hosted by the MALSCE Eastern MA Chapter

Friday - Saturday, February 28 - March 1, 2025

Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center

242 Adams Place, Boxborough, MA 01719

Featuring in-depth presentations on technological advances, standards of practice, and business matters impacting the land surveying and civil engineering professions. Building on the past years' success, the 2025 convention's exhibition will include two hours of live exhibitor demonstrations.

Look to future broadcast emails for more information including how to register!

The 2025 MALSCE Plan and Field Notes Contests Are Open for Entries – Submit Yours Today!

Help us make sure the 2025 MALSCE Plan & Field Notes Contests are as successful as the 2024 contests! Don’t wait, submit a plan and/or field notes for judging during the 2025 MALSCE Convention, which is being held Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center. Submit your entries and see how your plans and/or field notes stack up against the competition. You could be a contest winner and receive a commemorative plaque in recognition of your achievement.

Click here to learn more.

Become a MALSCE Sustaining Member

There is still time to become a 2024-2025 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 a prorated fee of $413, your organization can become a Sustaining Member for the rest of the 2025 MALSCE fiscal year as well as the FY26 Sustaining Member renewal period which lasts until fall 2025.

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

Already a Sustaining Member? Final dues renewal invoices were emailed to current Sustaining Members in mid-October. If you did not receive an invoice or have questions about your organization's dues, email malsce@engineers.org.

MALSCE Government Affairs Update November 2024

Click here to learn about government affairs news impacting MALSCE members including passage of a Massachusetts economic development bond and clean energy bills and recent Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors discussions.

Join the MALSCE Public Awareness Committee

The 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 committee members are visiting schools 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.

Donate to the MALSCE Education Trust

The MALSCE Education Trust is a 501(c) (3) organization that invests in students and educators for the future of the land surveying and civil engineering professions. Current initiatives include the annual MALSCE Education Trust scholarships for students of land surveying and civil engineering who are Massachusetts residents 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! 

You can donate to the Trust by downloading and completing a donation form, or click here to donate online.

Job Board

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 in Spring 2025 Semester

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

Spring courses (begin January 16, 2025)

Massachusetts Statutes and Regulations

Applications of Advanced Survey Technology

For more details, including course descriptions and schedule, please see the Franklin Cummings Tech website.

Look to MALSCE News and the MALSCE website for information on available surveying education opportunities. UMaine has several different surveying degree and certificate programs available online, click here to learn more. Other universities with online surveying and geomatics programs options include Ferris State University and Oregon Institute of Technology.

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 a recent episode with Minnesota County Surveyor, Patrick Veraguth, who is also president of the National Association of County Surveyors, discussing his role and day-to-day responsibilities.

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 $35,000 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.

Check Out the NSPS 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

VSLS 2024 Winter Webinar

Friday, December 13, 2024

8:00 AM - 12:20 PM

Join members of the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors for presentations by Dan Martin from NGS, NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch, and others!

Click here to learn more and register.

NYSAPLS 66th Annual Surveyors Conference & Exhibition

Wednesday - Friday, January 22 - 24, 2025

Turning Stone Resort & Casino

5218 Patrick Road Verona, NY 13478

Join members of the New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors for their annual conference!

Click here to learn more and register.

Save the Date!

MSLS 2025 Annual Conference

Thursday - Friday, January 30 - 31, 2025