GeoSurvey is excited to announce that Governor Brian Kemp has appointed our founder, Trenton (Trent) D. Turk,  to the State of Georgia Board of Registration for Land Surveyors and Engineers at a swearing in ceremony held at the state capital on April 20, 2024.  The Governor appointed Trent to complete the term vacated by the resignation of Mr. Elmo Richardson expiring June 1, 2025.

Trent Turk founded and operated GeoSurvey, Ltd. for 25 years prior to selling his ownership interests to his partners in 2021, and continues to work with the GeoSurvey team in an advisory capacity.  Trent has also served the land surveying community in Georgia in various roles with the Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia, including President, Chairman of the SAMSOG Education Foundation (SAMSEF), and most recently Chairman of the SAMSOG Education Task Force.   The efforts of the education task force resulted in SAMSOG’s introduction and passage of SB195 in 2024 that streamlines and simplifies the process for obtaining a professional land surveyor license in the state.

When asked about his appointment to the board, Trent stated:

“I am excited and honored to have been selected by Governor Kemp to serve on the state board.  I look forward to working with my fellow land surveyor board member, Jim Mattison, and other board members to enhance our profession’s standards and ensure the welfare of Georgia’s residents and businesses.  I plan to diligently work on getting the licensing process aligned with the newly passed licensure law as we work towards building a better, more responsive board for the surveyors and members of the public within our state.”

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GeoSurvey recently teamed up to assist The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art with their annual fund raising event “Chalktoberfest”. This event draws chalk artists from all over the world display their talent on the asphalt streets around the Marietta Square.

GeoSurvey was tasked with laying out the 70 artist squares on the pavement in an orderly and symmetrical fashion. At 5:00 pm Thursday afternoon, the Marietta Police closed streets for us while our team marked the artist squares with paint dots. Almost 300 points were placed utilizing seven team members and three Trimble robotic survey instruments in less than 1 1/2 hours!

This was a wonderful event occurred over the weekend beginning Friday Oct 8 until Sunday Oct 10 . The event attracted potentially the largest crowds to ever attend an event at the Marietta Square.   Find out more about this annual event at Www.Chalktoberfest.com

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Team Geo recently gathered in the mountains of beautiful North Georgia near Ellijay for our 18th annual Fall Retreat. Our theme this year was “Processing Field Data and Drafting for Final Survey Drawings”. Gene Etris, John Newman, Craig Baines, and others provided a detailed presentation to all field staff on the processes that are followed in the office to develop our drawings. After the morning presentation, we had a great lunch, followed by a surveying rodeo and a BBQ dinner. The day was a great day of bonding, fellowship, and learning!

A Message to GeoSurvey Clients and Colleagues:

As our communities rally together to navigate the challenges the highly contagious Covid-19 virus has placed on of us, GeoSurvey is continuing to adhere to strict CDC recommended protocols to ensure the safety of our employees and those we engage with.  

As of Monday, May 4th, our offices have reopened to our employees after a five week closure. We are all working from our separate offices and continuing as normal while maintaining a clean and safe work environment. Our office remains closed to the general public and is open only to employees until further notice.

We do not anticipate delays at this time on any of our existing projects due to the new environment we are working in, and we stand ready to take on new work as requested from our clients.  Our thoughts are with all of our clients and colleagues as we navigate this crisis together.   We look forward to our great economy getting back on track very soon!

Thank you to all our clients that continue to provide the GeoSurvey team with a steady flow of work through this time.  We remain firmly committed to serving your land surveying needs through this crisis.

The GeoSurvey team held our annual Fall Retreat in the North Georgia Mountains Friday, September 27, 2019. Our theme for our retreat was “Old vs. New”.

We held classes at our mountain lodge learning how surveyors 50 years ago were required to read a vernier for every angle measured and pull a steel tape for every distance measured. We contrasted this effort with the ease of use of our newest piece of equipment, our Trimble SX10 laser scanning total station. We spent the entire day learning, laughing, and telling great land surveying stories – some true and some maybe not!

The GeoSurvey team was recently awarded a long term contract to provide The National Park Service with on-demand land surveying services as a sub-consultant with another of our long term clients. We are excited to begin the process of working with the NPS to re-establish property lines along many local park boundaries, as well as provide laser scanning and topographic mapping services for several new projects.

GeoSurvey is seeking land surveying enthusiasts to join our team! If you love working outdoors on a new adventure every day or learning to utilize advanced CADD drafting software preparing land surveying documents, then GeoSurvey may be a great fit for your career. We need Field Crew Technicians (Survey Crew Leaders), Field Technician Assistants, and CADD Drafters. Visit our careers page at https://geosurvey.com/about/careers/ to find out more about our career opportunities and how to apply for our open positions…