Presentations & Training

I have presented many times at various conferences, such as Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors, MnDOT Survey Technical Workshop, MnDOT Right of Way Professionals Workshop, and the Minnesota Transportation Conference.

Scanning the Original Field Notes

A presentation on my experience assisting with this exciting project scanning the GLO notes for Minnesota.

Transformation of MnDOT Legal Descriptions

A history of the narrative descriptions and the development of the Acquisition Plat in the 1960s.

Descriptions Uncoverd

The role of the legal descriptions within the entire project.  Using the infamous Hokah project as an example.

What Lies Beneath

An overview of the TH 53 right of way in Virginia and the relocation over the Rouchleau Pit.  The impact of iron ore and explaining my innovative legal description for the acquisition of the ore beneath the new route.

What in a Name

An overview of the TH 53 right of way in Virginia and the relocation over the Rouchleau Pit.  The impact of iron ore and explaining my innovative legal description for the acquisition of the ore beneath the new route.

I assisted with a training series for MnDOT staff focusing on title opinions, railroads, turnbacks and the basics of MicroStation.