Category Archives: Surveying

Jeff DeBoer

Senior Manager, Topcon Positioning Systems California, USA New and emerging technologies, workflow enhancements, and backend solutions for AEC evolve rapidly, and implementing radical change can be a risky proposition for enterprises both large and small. Solution providers form teams of highly skilled professionals who can “parachute in” to help out, advise, and often develop new...

Gerald Davis

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Bureau of Land Management Arizona, USA Gerald (Jerry) Davis is a CFedS (federal surveying certification) panel member and professional land surveyor licensed in six states. Davis began his surveying career with the U.S. Marine Corps as a geospatial intelligence specialist. After retiring from the Marines, Davis went to the private sector where...

Bárbara Salgado Seguel

Survey Engineer, Uasvision Ingeniería Chile Bárbara Salgado Seguel has executed and managed a variety of surveying and engineering projects in support of mining, commercial development, public works, and utilities. Her home country of Chile has undergone an unprecedented boom over the past several decades, but also several devastating natural disasters. The engineering and surveying communities...

Gizem Karslioglu

Technical Support Engineer, Seiler Instrument Indiana, USA “I would encourage folks when they pursue studies in natural sciences to consider their preferences, not their background,” says Gizem Karslioglu. “If you like spending your time outside and not behind a desk, you should be ready to try geo careers. Geo careers can have you working on...

Bronwyn Denton

Project Manager, AllTerra Land Surveying Ltd Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada While it is estimated that fewer than 10% of surveyors in British Columbia, Canada, are women, the numbers are rising, as is interest in the profession from young career seekers. This increase is reflected in more surveying lead and management positions for women in the...

Niels Balens

Surveyor, BAM Contractors – Antwerp, Belgium We first learned about Niels Balens through last year’s Outlook nominations, and in researching him as a last-minute finalist we discovered his surveying project for a new tram line in the City of Antwerp. His work was so interesting that we developed it into the feature story, “A New...