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News & Press

Read about recent events, essential information, and the latest community news. Our 2018 editorial schedule is below:

1st Tuesday - Reminder to members for articles.
2nd Tuesday - Review proposed content of monthly edition.
Last Monday - Review
Last Thursday - Publication

To submit news items, please email our editor Kevin Wood. To read more about his editorial goals for this year, please click here.

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News
Monday, September 24, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Camp-A-Rama » Join us in the great outdoors for the 2018 VAS/NSPS Camp-A-Rama October 12-13 at the James River State Park group camp...
Monday, September 24, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 2nd Annual Clermont Survey Day » 2 nd Annual Clermont Survey Day October 20, 2018 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Demonstrati...
Monday, September 24, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Census, Labor Data on Surveying » According to Census Bureau data (2012 Economic Census), there are 7,820 firms in the North American Industry Cl...
Thursday, September 20, 2018 (2 Comments - view/add) Foot Prints by Will Nash » Please provide a short history or your education and work. After graduation from Prince Edward Academy High Scho...
Thursday, September 20, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Letter from Editor: September Edition » September 19, 2018 The 2019 VAS Convention will be the first time the event time moves to April. The convention wi...
Monday, September 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Updating your Profile » T hank you for being a part of Virginia Association of Surveyors. As part of the society members have a pro...
Monday, September 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Are you a member of multiple state surveying societies? » Your NSPS dues should be paid once per year -- through your state of legal residency. If you are a member...
Monday, September 17, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) International Surveying Competition, November 12-17, 2018 in Northern Virginia » Plans Being Finalized for International Surveying Competition, November 12-17, 2018 in the Washington, DC Area – Help Want...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) APELSCIDLA Issues Updates Topographic Surveying and Mapping » Please click here for more information .
Monday, September 24, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) VAS Association, John M. Palatiello & Associates, Announces Merger, New VAS Offiice in Fairfax » John M. Palatiello & Associates, Inc. ( JMP&A ), the association management firm that manages the Virginia Associa...
Monday, August 27, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) VAS President Kevin Shreiner endorses Vickie McEntire Anglin for NGAC » 1856 Old Reston Avenue Suite 205 Reston, VA 20190 844-414-1466 info@vasurveyors.org www.vasurev...
Monday, August 27, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Message from the President » "What is Surveying?" Kevin D. Shreiner, PS, LS VAS President On August 9, I attended the meeting of...
Monday, August 27, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Letter from Editor- August Edition » Vacation! It has a great ring to it. We plan our time off w...
Monday, August 13, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Surveying the New County » In 1786 it became evident that there was not enough land south of the Ohio for Virginia to give to her veterans of the Rev...
Monday, August 13, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 2018 - 2019 Apprenticeship Program for Fairfax County Public Schools » According to Joey Teets, an ACE Instructional Program Manager, the 2018 - 2019 Bulletin for Adult & Continuing Educati...
Monday, July 23, 2018 (1 Comment - view/add) ODS Editor’s Letter: July » Stay inside the lines. I recently listened to a sermon on this topic. The speaker spoke about how we treat people who are...
Monday, July 23, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Footprints: Page Cockrell » The VAS asked for more articles on the Surveyors that they know. The Footprints articles are a piece of the history of our...
Friday, July 20, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) ETSU surveying program awarded NCEES grant » The Surveying Program at East Tennessee State University is named the recipient of a $10,000 education award by...
Friday, July 13, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Winnie-the-Pooh's Original Hundred Acre Wood Map Sells for £430,000 » As the setting for the cherished adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet an...
Thursday, July 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Virginia Surveyors Foundation - Update » Photo taken by Stephen Letchford at the dinner hosted by the Surveyors Foundation at the summer board meeting where they a...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) VAS Presenter on National Radio Program » Aaron Lawrence, Woolpert unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology director and research scientist, was a featured gues...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Surveying, A Family Event » Shortly after receiving my license to practice land surveying in Tennessee, I built a website and started a private practi...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) VA Supreme Court Again Upholds Pipeline Survey Law in Split Decision » The Supreme Court of Virginia has once again upheld a controversial state law allowing natural gas companies to survey on...
Monday, July 9, 2018 (1 Comment - view/add) A Memorable Survey » It is often said that one of the main things that attracts many to the surveying profession is the broad and varied nature...
Monday, June 25, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) We know that land surveying is the best career no one ever heard of… » In spring and fall semesters, a Fairfax County Land Survey Crew visits Flint Hill School to talk about the profession of L...
Monday, June 25, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Editor's Desk » To the Virginia Association of Surveyors, What is a surveyor? That is a question from last month’s article by Chris Jen...
Friday, June 15, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Former worker accuses surveying company of human rights violations » A title surveyor is suing a surveying company, alleging violation of human rights. Thomas Hartley of Cottageville filed...
Friday, June 15, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) NSPS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT » NSPS Bid for 2022 FIG Congress During the 2018 FIG Congress in Istanbul, Turkey NSPS presented its proposal to sponsor...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Clermont Farm Held Historical Re-enactment of the Surveying Profession » Guests at Clermont Farm enjoyed a special presentation by Duane “Doc” Brown, of Gerrardstown. Brown portrayed John Lonem,...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) History of Lucas Sullivant: A Virginia Surveyor » Born in 1765 in Virginia, Lucas Sullivant was too young to have fought in the American Revolution. He went to work early,...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Senate bill would expand federal counter-drone powers, including at local ‘mass gatherings’ » A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Monday that would give the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security p...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Rep. Scott Taylor makes fighting sea-level rise around military bases a priority » Rep. Scott Taylor has added language to a bill in Congress that will help allow military bases to access funds to lessen t...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Virginia wins bid to participate in national drone program » Virginia’s successful bid for a spot in the Department of Transportation’s UAS Integration Pilot Program is the latest evi...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Douty Writes About the Member-Get-A-Member Program » I’ve been a Virginia Association of Surveyors (VAS) member since 1979. In that 39 years this is the first time that...
Monday, May 28, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Become a Licensed Land Surveyor with the John Foster School » The John Foster School was started twelve years ago to provide a comprehensive review opportunity for persons preparing f...
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