Event Details

Partnership with the South Brunswick Chapter of NCSS

Please note this seminar is on Saturday.
Check-in begins at 7:30 am and concludes at 5:00 pm.  Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

Training Topics:

8:00 - 12:00 - Board Case Review by Mike Benton
1:00PM - 3:00PM - Floodplain Elevation Certificates by John Shirk
3:00PM - 5:00PM - TBD  by Dean Exline

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.

John Shirk, with over eight years of experience, specializes in compliance and construction management as a Floodplain Administrator with Brunswick County Code Administration. His expertise includes regulatory compliance, project coordination, and collaboration within the construction and development industry. Previously, he served as Director of Building Operations at Criteria Construction LLC, managing compliance and construction operations. He also qualified for North Carolina’s Unlimited General Contractor’s License and developed a network of subcontractors supporting single-family, multi-family, and commercial construction projects.

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 and construction staking, GPS, and conventional survey control, as well as dam deformation measurements, topographic and 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.