7:00am - 5:30pm.......................................................................................................................................................................REGISTRATION

7:00am - 8:15am..............................................................................................................................................................................BREAKFAST

7:00am - 6:15pm......................................................................................................................................................................EXHIBITS OPEN

8:30am - 12:00pm.....................................................................................................MONDAY MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS​

• 501. Data Workflows to/from Other Software with Civil 3D....................................................................Magnolia CD

  • Presenter: Rob Sinclair

  • Description: During this course, we will discuss various workflows to get data to/from other software into Autodesk Civil 3D. Some of the topics discussed will be working with LiDAR data, conventional survey data, GIS data, machine control, existing/proposed utilities, etc. We will also discuss various other software that can be used to post-process existing conditions data from drones, LiDAR, and other reality capture devices and import those into Civil 3D.

  • Credit: 3.5

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• 701. Stormwater Concepts: SCS Methodology.......................................................................................Wild Rose B

  • Presenter: Andrew Bennett

  • Description: This workshop presents methods to estimate detention pond volumes necessary for land development projects. The estimation process begins with choosing the correct rainfall design storm and culminates with estimating preliminary detention storage volumes for land development planning purposes. Participants must download the workshop notes from the conference website and have them available for use during the workshop. Participants must also bring a calculator for desktop calculations and a small straight edge for reading charts.

  • Credit: 3.5

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8:30am - 10:00am.....................................................................................................MONDAY MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS

• 101. Title for the Surveyor (Virtual Speaker)..................................................................................................Aztec

  • ​Presenter: Knud Hermansen

  • Description: The surveyor provides important services that often allow an attorney to identify potential title problems. For the surveyor to provide quality, complete, and effective services that identify title problems, the surveyor should be familiar with certain aspects of property title, what information to gather, what information to communicate, and how to communicate the information to the client and client’s attorney. This workshop will examine how the surveyor should communicate information, what information will impact title, and what advice the surveyor can provide the client and attorney. (Virtual session)

  • Credit: 1.5

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• 201. The Bounds of Pennsylvania - Mason and Dixon's Line..................................................................Magnolia AB

  • Presenter:​ Todd Babcock

  • Description: This workshop will review the methods used to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia following in the footsteps of Jeremiah Dixon, Charles Mason, Andrew Ellicott and David Rittenhouse. Subsequent re-surveys of the line, the current condition of boundary monuments and on-going efforts to preserve the boundary stones will be discussed. The boundaries of Pennsylvania were established after many years of contentious negotiation, lawsuits and occasional bloodshed. Ultimately, the boundaries were settled and monumented by Surveyors using the stars as their guide.

  • Credit: 1.5

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• 301. NSPS Update...............................................................................................................................Wild Rose A

  • Presenter: ​Tim Burch, NSPS Executive Director

  • Description: Like many jobs in this age of automation, the surveyor is quickly becoming an endangered profession. There are many facets in our everyday lives that are the responsibility of a surveyor, but the number of practitioners is dwindling. The pandemic may have turned our world upside down for many reasons but for surveyors, it increased our visibility and workload. Attrition will claim many within our ranks over the next several years, so we must rise together and find a way to prolong our profession through all avenues, including word of mouth, marketing, social media, and recruiting at all ages. NSPS is leading the way as the national voice and advocate for the surveying profession. We are working with legislators across the country to safeguard our professional licensing process and continuing to educate the public on the importance of our profession. The future of surveying remains at the forefront of the NSPS list of advocacies. We recognize the challenges faced not just by surveyors but by many other professions and occupations. We also recognize that inclusion is a key component to creating diversity, and we are ramping up our efforts to be more inclusive of all nationalities, races, and genders. Together, we grow as a profession and a nation. The future of surveying is very bright, and NSPS is continuing to lead the way in creating a positive career path for our future geospatial professionals.

  • Credits: 1.5

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• 401. Internet Resources for Surveying Practice.......................................................................................Empire AB

  • Presenter: Brian Naberezny

  • Description: This workshop will walk participants through a website that links to internet resources useful for surveying practice. Navigating and consuming data from national, state, and county resources will be demonstrated and discussed.

  • Credits: 1.5

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• 601. Wetland Basics, and 5 Common Mistakes in Delineation and Permitting...........................................Empire CD

  • Presenter: Laurel Mueller

  • Description: Basic Wetland Identification. Common Mistakes in Wetland Delineation and Permitting: (1) Neglecting preliminary research & mapping, (2) Overmapping by cheap, chicken, or uneducated wetland delineators, (3) Not distinguishing wetlands from waters, (4) Ignorance of the regulations, (5) No protection by a JD

  • Credits: 1.5

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10:30am - 12:00pm..................................................................................................MONDAY MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS​

• 102. Easements and Their Retracement (Virtual Speaker)...............................................................................Aztec

  • Presenter: Knud Hermansen

  • ​Description: ​The failure of practitioners to identify, locate, and delineate easements is a major source of title problems, liability for the surveyor, and the cause of problems for clients. This seminar will cover the research, identification, allowable use, creation, extinguishment, location, and delineation of easements. 

  • Credit: 1.5

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• 202. The Bounds of Pennsylvania - The New York Border & Delaware Arc..............................................Magnolia AB

  • Presenter: Todd Babcock

  • Description: This workshop will review the history of the boundary conflict and methods used to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York following in the footsteps of Andrew Ellicott and David Rittenhouse. Subsequent re-surveys of the line and the current condition of boundary monuments will be discussed. The boundaries of Pennsylvania were established after many years of contentious negotiation, lawsuits and occasional bloodshed. Ultimately, the boundaries were settled and monumented by Surveyors using the stars as their guide.

  • Credit: 1.5

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• 302. Digital Seals & Signatures...............................................................................................................Empire AB

  • Presenter: Tim Burch, NSPS Executive Director

  • Description: As we bravely navigate what is known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the surveying and geospatial professions work in and create data for a digital environment. Along with the advancements of productivity and capability are legal and ethical challenges of utilizing digital data from a large amount of sources. Part of the professional surveyor's duties is to attest for the work completed by them and/or under their direction, but what if some of the data is not theirs to certify? And how do our laws apply to "signing" professional opinions of a survey plat? Digital seals and signatures differ from electronic signatures, so this session will explore what the right tool is for the surveyor to utilize.

  • Credit: 1.5

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• 402. FAA Regulations Related to the Use of UAS for Mapping...................................................................Empire CD

  • Presenter: Bryan Hazelwood

  • Description: (1) Summary of important FAA regulations and requirements for UAS flight, (2) Summary of new regulations related to flight over people, (3) Summary of new regulations related to Remote ID, (4) Looking to the future of UAS related regulations and capabilities.

  • Credit: 1.5

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• 602. Mapping It Out With Mobile Mapping.............................................................................................Wild Rose A

  • Presenter: Brent Fico

  • Description: The method (art) of data capture has greatly changed over the years. One of the most efficient ways to collect lidar data is utilizing Mobile Mapping Technology. This session will look at various mobile mapping technologies that are available on the market today and their associated workflows. We will conclude the presentation by looking at customer stories (case studies) and how they used Mobile Mapping Technology to maximize their time and profits.

  • Credit: 1.5

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12:00pm - 1:15pm.....................................................................................................................................................................................LUNCH

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1:30pm - 5:00pm..................................................................................................MONDAY AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS​

• 103. Colonial State Review: Boundary Retracement Principles........................................................................Aztec

  • Presenter: Kristopher Kline

  • Description: This class is designed to review basic principles of boundary retracement including: Rules of Construction, Junior-Senior title, Sufficiency of research, proportioning, Simultaneous vs. Sequential Conveyance, and creation, scope, and reversion of Easements. Also included are basics of Adverse possession (not state specific).

  • Credit: 3.5

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• 203. Geodetic Surveying and Map Projections......................................................................................Magnolia AB

  • Presenter: Jeff Jalbrzikowski

  • Description: This session will explain the various NGS products and services that work together to provide you accurate models and positions, then review our changes to NSRS modernization plans. We will also discuss the changes afoot for Pennsylvania when transitioning from SPCS83 to SPCS2022, including a review of the Pennsylvania Coordinate System Law (PL 1224, No. 161), and clarify any lingering misconceptions about the deprecation of the US Survey Foot.  

  • Credit: 3.5

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• 403. Relative Positional Precision of Boundary Surveys...........................................................................Empire AB

  • Presenter: Brian Naberezny

  • Description: The relative positional precision of surveys are influenced by survey design and measurement precision. This workshop will review factors that can impact measurement precision and demonstrate how survey design impacts the overall precision of a survey. The use of least-squares adjustments to evaluate survey precision will be discussed and demonstrated. Evaluating results of a least-squares adjustment for classification using the PSLS Standards of Practice will be discussed.

  • Credit: 3.5

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• 502. Surface Modeling with Civil 3D.....................................................................................................Magnolia CD

  • Presenter: Rob Sinclair

  • Description: During this course, will discuss surface modeling workflows using Autodesk Civil 3D. Some of the topics included will be creating an existing surface from LiDAR, drones, and conventional survey using Autodesk Civil 3D. We will also discuss volume calculations, merging surfaces, proposed surfaces, etc.

  • Credit: 3.5

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• 702. Stormwater Concepts: Piping and Conveyance...............................................................................Wild Rose B

  • Presenter: Andrew Bennett 

  • Description: This workshop presents methods to size small stormwater circular piping systems, overland swales, and channels for stormwater conveyance. Participants must download the workshop notes from the conference website and have them available for use during the workshop. Participants must also bring a calculator for desktop calculations and a small straight edge for reading charts.

  • Credit: 3.5

 

1:30pm - 3:00pm..................................................................................................MONDAY AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS​

• 303. Humans Managing Humans – People Management & Talent Retention..............................................Empire CD

  • Presenter: Chelsea Cummings

  • Description: “Sigh…It’s not like it used to be,” a common statement made by Supervisors and businesses alike when dealing with Post-Pandemic expectations. If employee beliefs have shifted to require more of a humanistic approach to daily work life as a society, what strategies are being adapted to retain people and ensure their needs are being met? Are employers actively participating in the necessary shifts, going from “managing” to “coaching,” and treating people as people first when functioning as a business? The Humans Managing Humans Workshop equips participants with different strategies and techniques to not only resolve workplace conflicts and disputes but also navigate new relationship expectations between stakeholders, identify new potential solutions when faced with behavioral and performance issues and how compliance impacts approach, and consider other areas of significance, such as employee total rewards and the role it plays within retaining top talent. 

  • Credit: 1.5 ( Practice building or office management classes may not be eligible for PA license credit according to Section 4.5 of the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law [Act]. However, you will receive a certificate. This course does NOT count for credit in NY.)

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3:30pm - 5:00pm..................................................................................................MONDAY AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS

• 304. Workforce Development..................................................................................................................Empire CD

  • Presenter: Tim Burch, NSPS Executive Director

  • Description: The biggest challenge to the surveying and geospatial professions in today's environment is workforce development; how do we "fix" it? This session offers a look into how we got here and ideas for "bridging the generational gap" to find effective solutions for the immediate and distant future.

  • Credit: 1.5 ( Practice building or office management classes may not be eligible for PA license credit according to Section 4.5 of the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law [Act]. However, you will receive a certificate. This course does NOT count for credit in NY.)

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5:30pm - 6:15pm............................................................................................................................................RECEPTION & NETWORKING

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6:30pm..........................................................................................................................................................................................................DINNER

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7:30pm.......................................................................................EVENING PROGRAM (INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS & AWARDS)