2016 Map/Plat Design Competition

NSPS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Map/Plat Design Competition and expresses its appreciation for all who participated. NSPS also wishes to thank the judges for their dedicated efforts.

Subdivision Plats

First Place: Harry Smith – Northeast Surveying, Inc. – Wisconsin

Second Place: Kyle Mott – BME Associates – New York

Third Place:  Jeff Vierrether – MSA, PC – Virginia

Boundary/Cadastral Maps

First Place: Jason Woods – Planners & Engineers Collaboration – Georgia

Second Place: Steven Bieda – Mau & Associates – Wisconsin

Third Place: John B. Guyton – Flatirons, Inc. Surveying & Engineers – Colorado

Topographic Maps

First Place: Brent Evans – Christopher Consultants – Virginia

Second Place: Rodney Kiser – High Country Engineering, Inc. – Colorado

Third Place: Tammy Privett – CEI Engineering Associates, Inc. – Arkansas

ALTA/ACSM Survey Maps

First Place: William E. Grueninger III – Gutschick, Little & Weber, PA – Maryland

Second Place: Lewis R. Shelton – LRS Surveying – Georgia

Third Place: Tammy Privett – CEI Engineering Associates, Inc. – Arkansas

Miscellaneous Maps

First Place (tie): Jeffery Nading – Colorado Department of Transportation – Colorado

First Place (tie): Ryan Duckart – Brown County – Wisconsin

Second Place: Rodney Kiser – High Country Engineering, Inc. – Colorado

 Third Place: Kolby F. Shertz – Quest Civil Engineering, LLC – Wisconsin

2015 Excellence in Journalism Competition

NSPS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Excellence in Journalism Competition and expresses its appreciation for all who participated. NSPS also wishes to thank the judges for their dedicated efforts.

Best State Society Magazine

The Cornerpost Volume 46, No. 3, Fall 2015 http://www.vsls.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Cornerpost_Fall2015.pdf David A. Mann LS, Editor, Vermont Society of Land Surveyors

Best Newsletter

Pennsylvania Surveyor (paper and online), Summer 2015 http://www.psls.org/Resources/Documents/newsletters/PA_Surveyor_Summer.pdf Donald E. Rife PLS, Editor, Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors

Best Editorial

A Good Pair of Boots by Bob Plubs (aka Plumb Bob), The TBM, July 2015 Volume 17, No. 7, Page 3, New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association

Best Original Feature Article

 Honoring the Survey of the Michigan Meridian by Joseph Fenicle, Michigan Surveyor, Spring/Summer 2015, Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors