MALSCE News - July 2011

MALSCE News and Upcoming Events

(from the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers)

Late June/Early July 2011

To register online for MALSCE seminars and programs at the MALSCE member rate, you must login using your MALSCE assigned username and password.  If you do not know your MALSCE member login information, contact Diana Gadsby (Diana Pappas) at 617/227-5551 or   dgadsby@engineers.org

Tuesday, July 26, 11AM eastern:  Coalition to Save Our GPS Webinar:  Update on LightSquared Interference with GPS
Details:    http://www.malsce.org/index.cfm?pk=custom&ac=viewEventDetails&eventId=MAWEBINAR-7-26-11

GNSS Positioning Short Course:  Summer short course with Tom Meyer, five half days in July and August: Saturdays, July 16, 23,30 & August 6, 13 2011, 8am to Noon, Storrs, CT, sponsored by CALS and ACSM New England Section   Download the Brochure

July 16-17:  FHWA and MassDOT:  Accelerated Bridge Construction Project Showcase focusing on the I-93 FAST 14 Project, Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA, 2011.  7/11: Register by close of business; seats limited.  $25 registration fee, including the project field trip and lunch both days.  Registration details on the University of Florida website (FHWA event manager):    http://www.pdshowcase.org/home/showcase/27.

jacarreon@ufl.edu  Jaime Carreon, contact for questions about the Showcase. 

More information on I-93 Fast 14 Project:  www.mass.gov/massdot/93fast14

MassDOT Issues RFRs for Surveying Services; Contracts begin January 2012 

http://malsce.org/index.cfm?cdid=10768&pid=10386 

MALSCE Newsletter articles:  Do you have news for the MALSCE Surveyor?  Email your articles to Diana Gadsby  by July 8.   About advertising  in the MALSCE Surveyor

Update on the latest news from Coalition to Save Our GPS

MALSCE Updates from the Coalition:   http://www.malsce.org/index.cfm?cdid=10722&pid=10386 

About the Coalition to Save Our GPS Coalition:  http://www.saveourgps.org/

The ACSM Radio Hour from late June features a show on this issue.  See below to access past shows.

Spotlight on Surveying video produced by NSPS and NCEES for presentation on PBS stations nationwide:  http://www.malsce.org/index.cfm?cdid=10760&pid=10386

ACSM Radio Hour each Monday at 11 AM features national speakers with Host Curt Sumner for a discussion of key issues affecting surveyors nationwide.  Listen live, 11 AM Eastern:  www.americaswebradio.com    Click the listen icon on the home page
Past Shows:   http://www.radiosandysprings.com/showpages/ACSM.php

Key Dates  (see  http://www.malsce.org  for details)

7/16 - 7/17/2011, Full days, Accelerated Bridge Construction Project Showcase focusing on the I-93 FAST 14 Project at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA:  http://www.pdshowcase.org/home/showcase/27

7/16/2011, 8 AM - Noon,  First session of Summer short course on GNSS Positioning with Tom Meyer, five half days in July and August:  Saturdays, July 16, 23,30 & August 6, 13 2011, Storrs, CT, Sponsored by CALS and ACSM New England Section.  Brochure:  http://www.malsce.org/malsce/file/GPSSEMINARS_2011(1).pdf

7/19/2011, 3 PM, MALSCE Board of Directors Teleconference

9/15-16/2011  VSLS 2011 Annual Conference at Killington Grand Hotel,  http://www.vsls.org/

9/24/2011, MALSCE Board Meeting at the Cape Codder, Hyannis, MA, early morning, details: TBA

9/23-24/2011, SAVE THE DATE:  MALSCE 2011 Convention on Cape Cod, at the Cape Codder in Hyannis, More information:   http://www.malsce.org/index.cfm?cdid=10697&pid=10386

10/22/2011, 9 AM, MALSCE Board of Directors Meeting, Schofield Brothers, Framingham, MA

11/4/2011,  CALS 2011 Convention,  http://ctsurveyors.org/ 

11/22/2011, 3 PM, MALSCE Board Teleconference

12/1-2/2011, NHPLS 2011 Convention at Courtyard Marriott Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH    http://www.nhlsa.org/ 

12/17/2011, 9 AM, MALSCE Board of Directors Meeting, The Engineering Center, Boston, MA

1/24/2012, 3 PM, MALSCE Board Teleconference

2/25/2012, 9 AM, MALSCE Board of Directors Meeting, Schofield Brothers, Framingham, MA

3/22/2012, 3 PM, MALSCE Board Teleconference

4/21/2012, 9 AM, MALSCE Board of Directors Meeting, The Engineering Center, Boston, MA

5/2012, Design Professionals Day at the State House

5/22/2012, 3 PM, MALSCE Board Teleconference

6/23/2012, 9 AM, MALSCE Board of Directors Meeting, Schofield Brothers, Framingham, MA

See  www.malsce.org  for more on these events and news you can use.