Author: Colliers Engineering & Design
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Women In Survey
Alice Cunningham Fletcher was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist. She studied and documented Native American culture. Alice is also widely considered the first female surveyor and was regarded as effective and skilled. But women in survey were still very rare. In 1922, Irene Barclay was the first woman to qualify in England as…
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SUE Goes to Boca Raton!
Meet our SUE professionals who have been vested and working in this region for many years.
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What Actually Is… Bridges & Structures Deliverables
Bridges & Structures Deliverables? If you’re anything like I used to be, you probably don’t have tons of knowledge on what engineering firms produce. Like, we all understand that a cookie manufacturer produces cookies to its customers. An artist creates a painting or a drawing as final products. But what about an engineering, architecture, design,…
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What Actually is Cultural Resource Management?
Cultural Resource Management. When I first started working here, I remember hearing that phrase and having absolutely no clue what on earth that could mean. It never really came up in the work I did, so I never gave it a second thought. But that’s changed, because I was alerted to the fact that our…
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Discover Local History With a Click of Your Mouse
The Benbow Park neighborhood in the City of Greensboro, North Carolina is filled with a rich history. Richard Barron and Nancy McLaughlin at Greensboro.com report that the City is documenting its history with a new ,000 grant from the National Parks Service’s African American Civil Rights program. This enables an architectural historian to document historic…
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Next Level Railroad Track Optimizations
Learn how different survey methodologies, including Amberg, can collect precise track and corridor data to help with track optimization.
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What Actually Is Survey?
Survey is more than just measuring boundaries and staking out construction sites. Join us as we ask, “What is survey?”
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Mobile and Web GIS: Communicating with the General Public
Learn how mobile and web-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) story maps help towns and communities come together and increase engagement!
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GIS in the Classroom and in Action!
In GIS 1, we heard from an employee who reports to the client’s office instead of one of our own. Then, in GIS 2 we heard from two employees who both split their time between working in the field and in their offices. Welcome to GIS 3! We are hearing from Peter Erlenbach, who is…
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The Future is Sunny for UAS Scanning
Investment market activity for solar development is on the rise. In fact, it is more common than ever before. The reasons for the recent spark of interest in the further development and implementation of solar energy? Green Policy shifts by the government. Increased public awareness. Advancements in solar technology and the subsequent falling costs to…
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From Office to Field: GIS Workers Unite
Welcome to the second segment of our GIS 123 series! Last time we learned how one Colliers Engineering & Design employee stays connected to us while working from a client’s office. This time, we are going to hear what it’s like to be employees who work simultaneously in the field and office from two completely…
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What Actually, is ROW?
You’ve heard me ask “Am I Doing This Right?” when it comes to the struggles any young professional could face. But now I’m also going to be asking a new question: What Actually, does this mean? You see, I was not an engineering major. Shocking, I know. I was a Communication major, and spent my…