The SAWJ September meeting is canceled.
Our SAWJ meeting for this September has been canceled. But it appears things are looking up and we most likely will be meeting next month Thursday Oct., 8th.
SAWJ August Meeting Cancelled
Members: Due to the COVID Restrictions, we are continuing to cancel meetings until further notice. Please keep checking our website for updates. Thank you
NJSPLS Meeting Minutes 3-17-20
NJSPLS Boaed of Directors Meeting Minutes 3-17-20
Attached are meeting minutes from the NJSPLS Board of Directors meeting held on 3-17-20.
Land Surveying Exempt from Shutdown Order
SAWJ Members:
We hope you are all doing well during the current crisis. Please see the message below from NJSPLS regarding the Shutdown Order as it pertains to Land Surveying.
Surveying Exempt from Shutdown Order
The New Jersey State Police has informed us that Governor Murphy’s Shutdown Order DOES NOT APPLY TO LAND SURVEYING. Land surveying is viewed as part of the construction industry and is considered an essential service.
Please continue to practice all safety procedures to include social distancing.
SAWJ Meeting Presentation Thursday 3/12/2020
The Surveyors Association of West Jersey will be having its monthly dinner meeting and presentation on Thursday March 12th at 7PM at Carlucci’s Waterfront in Mount Laurel.
This months guest speaker will be Ben Jarrett with Geomatrix, LLC
Carlucci’s Waterfront is located at 876 Centerton Rd, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054-1611
Cost: $35
Geomatix provides drone services and remote sensing for industry and enterprise customers. We specialize in 3D mapping and modeling as well as asset inspection.
Geomatix, a drone service provider company in central Jersey, will make a presentation about the potential drone use in the survey industry.
Geomatix will present on when and how drones can be integrated into traditional surveying workflows.
Geomatix is focused primarily on using photogrammetry to generate point clouds and georeferenced maps for line work and topography and will share some examples of drone applications.
SAWJ Dinner Presentation 2/13/20 Bruce Blair PLS
The Surveyors Association of West Jersey will be having its monthly dinner meeting and presentation on Thursday February 13th at 7PM at Carlucci’s Waterfront in Mount Laurel.
This months guest speaker will be Bruce Blair PLS Topic: Weird and Interesting Deed Descriptions.
Carlucci’s Waterfront is located at 876 Centerton Rd, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054-1611
Cost: $35
Minutes of Meeting January 9, 2020
SURVEYORS’ ASSOCIATION OF WEST JERSEY
January 9, 2020
MINUTES OF MEETING
Carlucci’s Waterfront
876 Centerton Road, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Past President Bill Haggerty called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Mr. Haggerty introduced Craig Stratton as the new president of SAWJ and turned the meeting over to him. Mr. Stratton announced the officers for the new year. They are as follows:
President-Craig Stratton
Vice President-Charles Adamson
Director-Bill Haggerty
Treasurer-Rick Sapio
Recording Secretary-Lou Marchuk
The meeting was then turned over to the speaker.
SPEAKER
Lou Marchuk with Aurora and Associates was tonight’s speaker. The presentation topic was the international foot vs. the U.S. Survey foot. The conversation discussed the differences between the two units of measure and how surveyors must understand the differnece when it comes to specific projects. Any projects with a high level of accuracy or that would traverse a great distance must be consistent with the unit of measure. The presentation also discussed the NGS plan to phase out the two separate units of meausre and just have one, uniform unit for the survey community and beyond.
Mr. Marchuk discussed the differences on existing NGS datasheets for benchmarks, and how the use the data presented to help surveyors with indivisual projects.
Questions and discussions continued throughout the presentation. Mr. Marchuk concluded his presentation at 9:15.
BUSINESS MEETING
MINUTES
A motion was made to accept the minutes from the November 2019 meeting. There was no meeting in December of 2019. The motion was seconded. The motion past by unanimous voice vote.
TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer, Richard Sapio presented the following financial report.
Checking $XXXXXX
Savings $XXXXXX
Duck $XXXXXX
Scholarship $XXXXXX
TOTAL $XXXXXX
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Charles Adamson presented a written report from the latest NJSPLS business meeting. This report was distributed to the membership in attendance. Copies are available upon request.
OLD BUSINESS
Announcement of the elected officers from the November meeting. There are some board positions un-occupied for any members who would like to participate.
NEW BUSINESS
The next meeting of SAWJ will be Thursdday February 13. The speaker will be Bruce Blair who will be discussing “Interesting Descriptions”. If any members have any examples they would like to share with Bruce, please email them directly to Bruce or through Lou Marchuk or Craig Stratton.
The March 2020 meeting will include a presentation on drone surveying. Anyone who has any presentations, or ideas for presentations should contact Lou Marchuk to volunteer
Before closing the business meeting, the membership of SAWJ, at the direction of Rick Sapio, presented Bill Haggerty with a plaque, thanking him for his previous years of services presiding over SAWJ and filling other important roles.
CLOSING
At 9:30 pm it was moved to adjourn the business meeting; seconded and approved by voice-vote.
Craig Stratton
SAWJ Dinner Presentation 1/9/20
The Surveyors Association of West Jersey will be having its first dinner meeting presentation of 2020 this Thursday 1/9/2020. Our guest speaker will be Lou Marchuk PLS & PE who will be discussing National Geodetic Surveys (NGS) proposed measure to change the US Survey foot measurement to the international foot measure.
The event starts at 7Pm. Cost $35
Carlucci’s Waterfront
876 Centerton Road
Mount Laurel, NJ, 08054 United States
SAWJ Dinner meeting Thursday December 12, 2019
SAWJ will be having our monthly gathering this Thursday December 12 , 2019 at Carlucci’s Waterfront , Mt. Laurel 7PM. There will be no speaker this month just come out and enjoy the company of your fellow surveyors, and discuss what’s ahead in 2020.
This year we had some great speakers that spoke on a variety of subjects that included :
| DATE | Course Name | Instructor |
| 1/10/2019 | NJDOT ROW | Lou Marchuk |
| 3/14/2019 | Lidar & UAS | Barry Gleissner |
| 4/11/2019 | Construction Layout Issues | Mike Ruth |
| 5/9/2019 | NJ Prevailing Wage Act | Tara Vargo |
| 6/13/2019 | Intro To green Acres Surveys | Mike Vargo |
| 7/11/2019 | Internet Resources for Surveyors | Craig Stratton |
| 8/8/2019 | Municipal Boundaries | Steve Mervine |
| 9/12/2019 | Protect your Practice | Ciampoli, Mark |
| 10/10/2019 | Surveyor and GIS /Tax Map | Zelinsky/Adamson |
This will be our final meeting of the year and more me as president of SAWJ. I have been very honored to serve as SAWJ president this year and I want to thank all that contributed to the success of the chapter and wish everyone a happy and safe Holiday.
Bill Haggerty
Minutes of Meeting November 14, 2019
SURVEYORS’ ASSOCIATION OF WEST JERSEY
November 14, 2019
MINUTES OF MEETING
Carlucci’s Waterfront
876 Centerton Road, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
President Bill Haggerty called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Mr. Haggerty asked the membership present to go around the room and make introductions.
SPEAKER
SAWJ did not have a speaker at this meeting. The scheduled presenter was unable to attend so the presentation was postponed until February 2020.
BUSINESS MEETING
MINUTES
A motion was made to accept the minutes from the October meeting. The motion was seconded. The motion past by unanimous voice vote.
TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer, Richard Sapio presented the following financial report, dated April 11, 2019.
Checking $XXXXXX
Savings $XXXXXX
Duck $XXXXXX
Scholarship $XXXXXX
TOTAL $XXXXXX
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
No director’s report tonight.
OLD BUSINESS
Lou Marchuk announced that the website for SAWJ now has links to various agencies for deed research as well as points of contact at those clerk’s offices.
NEW BUSINESS
Rowan University is looking adjunct instructors for the Surveying degree program. Any interested members may contact Craig Stratton for information.
Member Fred Czpegia has been admitted to the hospital for intensive care. The membership voted to send Fred a “get well” package courtesy of SAWJ.
A New Jersey chapter of ASCE specializing in utility surveying and engineering is being formed. Anyone interested in joining can get more information from Bill Haggerty.
Nominations were opened for officers of SAWJ for the 2020 year. All those nominated have accepted and the membership voted. The officers for the 2020 year are as follows:
President: Craig Stratton
Vice President: Charles Adamson
Directors: Bill Haggerty and Charles Adamson
Treasurer: Rick Sapio
Recording Secretary: Lou Marchuk
There are open positions available. Anyone interested may as for additional information.
Our next meeting will be Thursday, December, 12. There will be no presentation.
CLOSING
At 9:00 pm it was moved to adjourn the business meeting; seconded and approved by voice-vote.
Craig Stratton, Recording Secretary