Event Details

Topics

• Board Case Analysis - Mike Benton, PLS
  This presentation will take an in-depth look at several actual Board cases to see what went wrong resulting in a complaint being filed with the Board of Examiners.  We will discuss the facts of the case and analyze what the licensee could or should have done differently that may have avoided the complaint. Topics covered during this presentation will be ethics (1 PDH), standards of practice (1 PDH), how to protect the public, and the best ways to avoid a complaint. This topic will also include an overview of GS 47-30.

• Mini Brooks Act - by Chan Bryant
  Overview of the Mini Brooks Act, including its purpose, key requirements, and how it guides the selection of professional services in land surveying. 
• Natural Disaster Recovery - Dr. Jerry Nave, PLS
  This session will look at natural disaster recovery as it relates to land surveying, including the role of surveyors in response, assessment, and rebuilding efforts.
• ALTA Updates - Dean D. Exline, PLS
  This session provides a clear overview of the recent updates to the ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards. Attendees will learn what has changed and how the new requirements affect survey deliverables. The focus is on understanding the key revisions and applying them accurately in current practice.

Instructors:

Richard M. (Mike) Benton, PLS, was born and raised in Goldsboro, NC. He graduated from Eastern Wayne High School in 1976 and attended the college transfer program at Wayne Community College from 1976 to 1978. He graduated from Coastal Carolina Community College with an AAS degree in Surveying Technology in 1982. In 1991, after living and working several years in Greenville, NC, Mike moved back home to Goldsboro and established Benton & Associates Land Surveying and Mapping, PA. Mike has been an active member of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors (NCSS) since 1991, serving as the chairman of the Formal Education Committee from 1993-2000, President of NCSS in 2003, and the North Carolina Delegate to the Board of Governors for the National Society of Professional Surveyors from 2008-2013. On November 06, 2012, Mike was appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue to serve on the Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors

Chan Bryant is the Chief Risk Officer at WithersRavenel, where he leads risk management strategies and ensures alignment with industry standards. With a background in environmental engineering, Chan brings a wealth of experience, helping deliver quality engineering solutions while mitigating risks.

Dr. Jerry W. Nave, PLS, is an assistant professor of Geomatics at NC A&T State University where he teaches courses in boundary location and legal principles, land systems, geodetic surveying, satellite positioning, ethics and professionalism and subdivision design. He earned his BS and MS in Surveying and Mapping, and his doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, from East Tennessee State University. He received his PLS in 1993 and has over 21 years of experience in the private and public sectors.

Dean D. Exline, PLS, is the founder and President of GeoInnovation, PC, with over 30 years of experience as a licensed land surveyor in multiple states and the US Virgin Islands. His expertise spans boundary, construction staking, GPS, and conventional survey control, along with dam deformation measurements, topographic surveys, hydrographic surveys, coal pile quantity surveys, and power line surveys. Currently serving as President of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors (NCSS), he is also a speaker at surveying conferences and an author of technical papers on robotic surveying and GPS applications. He is a professional member of several surveying societies, including the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio.