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MALSCE News A monthly Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers member newsletter
September 2025 |
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MALSCE Sustaining Members: Allen & Major Associates, Inc., Beals and Thomas, Inc., Bluesky Geospatial Limited, Bracken Engineering, Brennan Consulting, Inc., BSC Group, Inc., Crocker Design Group, DGT Associates, Eastern Topographics, E.T. Engineering Enterprises, Feldman Geospatial, Field Resources, Inc., Hancock Associates, Maine Technical Source, Merrill Engineers & Land Surveyors, Nitsch Engineering, Samiotes Consultants Inc., Spiller's, Topcon Solutions Store, VHB, Inc., Waypoint Technology Group, WSP |
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MALSCE President's Message |
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By Paul S. Campbell, PE, PLS, Principal and Owner, CHESS Engineering, and MALSCE President
Dear fellow MALSCE members and associates,
I hope you enjoyed your summer and your work finds you extremely busy with the coming end of the construction season. As a reminder, you can renew your membership online through MALSCE's updated website and database. ... Read more |
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MALSCE Events |
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MALSCE Proprietors' Council Luncheon Meeting
Friday, October 3, 2025 The Aldrich Center, One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Join us for this MALSCE Proprietors’ Council meeting, under the new leadership of Tim Armstrong. Attend this luncheon meeting and help decide the future direction of the Council. Meeting agenda items to follow.
Click here to learn more and register. |
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MALSCE News |
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Renew Your MALSCE Membership Today
The MALSCE Board of Directors would like to thank all MALSCE members who have paid their fiscal year 2026 dues since receiving their renewal invoices. Prompt payment of your dues ensures that you continue to receive the numerous benefits that MALSCE has to offer through June 30, 2026. These include discounted registration fees for MALSCE-sponsored programs; membership in the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) for a nominal fee; invitations to discussions during which you can engage and learn from your peers; opportunities to have input on legislative and regulatory matters impacting the land surveying and civil engineering professions; and periodic email communications that keep you informed about your chosen profession.
Second dues invoices were emailed to non-renewing members in mid-August. If you did not receive or retain your MALSCE dues invoice or have any questions, please email malsce@engineers.org. |
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Become a MALSCE Sustaining Member
There is still time to become a 2025-2026 MALSCE Sustaining Member. The enrollment period for this popular program is ongoing. Promote your organization to over 400 MALSCE members and demonstrate your support of the land surveying profession by becoming a MALSCE Sustaining Member today! For $575, your organization can become a Sustaining Member for the 2026 MALSCE fiscal year, which began on July 1, as well as the FY27 Sustaining Member renewal period which lasts until fall 2026.
Click here to learn about the benefits and how your organization can become a sustaining member.
Already a Sustaining Member? Second dues renewal invoices have been emailed to current Sustaining Members. If you did not receive an invoice or have questions about your organization's dues, email malsce@engineers.org. |
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Join the MALSCE Proprietors' Council
Join the growing list of MALSCE members who represent their company as a member of the MALSCE Proprietors' Council. You will have the opportunity to work with your fellow leaders from across the Commonwealth to help define the direction of MALSCE. There are also opportunities to meet and bounce ideas off of peers regarding staffing, business opportunities, marketing, and sustainability in our industries.
Click here for a list of Proprietors' Council members. To learn more about the Council, including how you can join, click here. |
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Join the MALSCE Public Awareness Committee
The MALSCE Public Awareness Committee is charged with promoting the general recognition and acceptance of the practice of land surveying and survey engineering and stimulating a greater interest in public perceptions affecting the profession. Committee chair David Prince, PLS, from WSP, has been holding regular meetings and committee members are visiting schools to promote a career in land surveying to secondary school students.
To see a full committee description, click here. If you would like to volunteer to serve on the committee, email David Prince at david.prince@wsp.com. |
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Donate to the MALSCE Education Trust
The MALSCE Education Trust is a 501(c) (3) organization that invests in students and educators for the future of the land surveying and civil engineering professions. Current initiatives include the annual MALSCE Education Trust scholarships for students of land surveying and civil engineering who are Massachusetts residents and ongoing support for the University of Maine Surveying program. Donations to the MALSCE Education Trust make these and other undertakings possible and available for you and future professionals. Please consider contributing today!
You can donate to the Trust by downloading and completing a donation form, or click here to donate online. |
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Norman I. Lipsitz (1947 - 2025)
Members of the MALSCE Board of Directors are saddened to share that longtime MALSCE member Norman Lipsitz, PLS, passed away on September 16. Norman worked in the field of surveying and project management for over four decades after earning an Associate's Degree in engineering technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Click here to read Norman's full obituary. |
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Other News |
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MALSCE Education Trust Accepting 2026 Scholarship Applications
The MALSCE Education Trust is now accepting applications for their Survey Certificate, Memorial, and UMaine scholarships!
Click here to learn more and apply by Monday, December 1, 2025 |
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Job Board |
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Experienced Survey Field Technician – Southeastern and Nantucket MA – Bracken Engineering Our growing civil engineering and land surveying firm is seeking an experienced Survey Field Technician to join our team. This position involves performing boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, and construction layout surveys in a variety of field conditions.
Responsibilities:
Click here to learn more and apply. |
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IMEG is hiring in Burlington, MA and Nashua, NH! We’re hiring Senior Project Managers, Senior Land Surveyors, Senior Civil Engineers and Designers to support municipal infrastructure and land development projects across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. Our work spans the full spectrum of land surveying services including ALTA surveys, construction layout and as-built surveys, boundary and topographic surveys and subdivisions. Our engineering projects include private site development, public roadway reconstruction, stormwater management and municipal utility rehabilitation.
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Looking to promote a job to MALSCE members? Click here to learn more about posting on the MALSCE job board. |
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Surveying Education Opportunities |
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Look to MALSCE News and the MALSCE website for information on available surveying education opportunities. UMaine has several different surveying degree and certificate programs available online, click here to learn more. Franklin Cummings Tech offers online courses for professionals currently working in the land surveying field who wish to become registered Professional Land Surveyors in Massachusetts. Other universities with online surveying and geomatics programs options include Ferris State University and Oregon Institute of Technology. |
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NSPS News |
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Check Out "Surveyor Says" NSPS' Podcast
Want to hear from the movers and shakers of the surveying profession? Each week, NSPS brings you conversations with the trendsetters and difference-makers that are helping to shape the world of surveying. Your host, NSPS Executive Director Tim Burch, sits down with various personalities to discuss all things surveying, all bundled in a 30-minute conversation.
Click here to listen to a recent episode. |
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Become a Certified Survey Technician
No matter what the future holds, prepare to meet challenges head on. Future-proof your resume by becoming a Certified Survey Technician (CST). This unique four-level certification program indicates official recognition by NSPS that a person can perform surveying tasks at a specific technical level. Show what you can do! Decide between the field or office track. Click here for more information. |
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Check Out the NSPS Beasurveyor Website
Developed through a collaborative effort between NSPS and the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), the redesigned beasurveyor.com now includes more outreach resources to engage young people and teach about surveying. |
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Other Events |
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University of New Hampshire Professional Development & Training Courses presented by Ray Hintz
Ray Hintz is teaching four one-day online seminars at UNH beginning this fall through spring 2026:
October 31, 2025 The Basics of Photogrammetric Processing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Data
December 12, 2025 Least Squares Analysis and Positional Tolerance Explained
January 23, 2026 Fundamentals of Surveying Exam (also know as Land Surveyor in Training exam) Preparation
March 5, 2026 Efficient Use of State Permanent GNSS Base Station Networks Post-Processed and Real Time |
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CALS 57th Annual Meeting
Thursday, November 6, 2025 New England Air Museum, 36 Perimeter Road Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Join members of the Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors for their annual meeting!
Click here to learn more and register. |
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RISPLS 55th Annual Meeting
Friday, November 21, 2025 Crown Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Avenue Warwick, RI 02886
Save the date for the Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors annual meeting!
Click here to learn more, registration information to come. |
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NHLSA 56th Annual Meeting
Thursday, December 4, 2025 Double Tree by Hilton - Manchester Downtown 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Join members of the New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association for their annual meeting!
Click here to learn more and register. |
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MALSCE News is a monthly publication of the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers. This newsletter highlights the program and activities of MALSCE and reports on national and local matters of interest to land surveyors and civil engineers. While we cannot promise to print all news items that we receive, if you have one to share with your fellow MALSCE members please forward it to Michelle Monette at mmonette@engineers.org. |
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Send your questions and/or comments to Michelle Monette, MALSCE, One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108, mmonette@engineers.org P: 617/227-5551 | F: 617/227-6783, www.MALSCE.org |