Bruce F. Gustin, P.L.S.
MEMBERSHIPS

Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (member 1988) (President Lehigh Valley Chapter, 2001)

Lehigh Valley Wheelman Association

PA Magic (Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium)

Assistant Scoutmaster BSA Troup 58

REGISTRATION

Professional Land Surveyor: PA, 1993

Bruce F. Gustin, P.L.S.
Vice President

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1976 to PRESENT)
Field experience as survey crew chief responsible for land section breakdown; establish control for monument setting, topographical surveys, cadastral, property boundary, and photogrammetric surveys; highway, residential, and commercial and industrial site construction, right-of-way, utility, sanitary sewer, drainage, and waterline stakeout; survey, monument, and post boundary lines for U.S. Forest Service.

Office experience including responsibility for over 330 architectural, surveying, land development, municipal, transportation, and civil engineering projects entered on PC-based CADD system using AutoCAD, Softdesk and Survcadd engineering software; produced precise drawings from aerial/photogrammetric data, coordinated data input provided by aerial firms with client and design engineer requirements, provided data management, storage, retrieval, and quality assurance, performed survey and engineering computations and design/drafting, manual drafting of field survey data, civil, environmental, and architectural projects, color presentation drawings, and deed research and preparation; manage CADD and surveying departments, cost estimating and proposal preparation, responsible for all functions of daily operations.

Managed survey and plan development of 7,600 lineal feet of topographical survey of proposed waterline for power generation facility integrated with GPS control.
Performed boundary & topographical surveys for base plan preparation of numerous commercial and residential sites within the Lehigh Valley, PA.
Planned, supervised and performed ground survey of boundary, right-of-way, and topographical features along one (1) mile of state highway fronting a large shopping mall. Design of highway improvements along this corridor.
Planned, organized and implemented data collection associated with aerial generated base mapping for numerous projects including 575 acre and 140 acre sanitary sewer project in Berks Co., PA.
Established the location and elevation for the placement of structural steel and foundations for numerous large commercial and industrial facilities in the Lehigh Valley.
Oversaw and coordinated production of CADD-generated architectural drawings for the following projects: JCPenney/Laurel Mall expansion, 75,000 S.F. Chemical fixation facility, Moorestown, NJ Wastewater Treatment Plan Upgrade, and the Union Camp Multiwall Bag Manufacturing Facility.
Performed field survey, drawing file, title report and deed review for preparing ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Plans of the following:
Shoppes at Stroud Shopping Center, Monroe County, PA
Crossroads at the Poconos, Monroe County, PA
Whitemarsh Shopping Center, Montgomery County, PA
King of Prussia Mall, Montgomery County, Philadelphia., PA
Perform boundary survey, prepare right-of-way and construction documents reviewed and approved by PennDOT of half mile section of U.S. Route 209 realignment, Monroe Co., PA.
Conducted site studies that involved aerial control in conjunction with ground run data input on CADD to provide site information of 122, 45, and 52-acre parcels in eastern PA for Clorox Company.
Prepared CADD-generated drawings for parking reconfiguration of 52-acre Grand View Hospital site, 143-acre Hanover Business Park commercial land development project (LSI Logic, Inc. site), 121-acre General Electric site in King of Prussia (PA) for Kravco, Inc., City of Easton (PA) sludge dewatering plant upgrade and addition, Stefko Boulevard drainage improvements for City of Bethlehem (PA), 46-acre proposed cogeneration and manufacturing site in Northampton County (PA) for Wheelabrator Environmental Systems, Inc., and an 88-acre land development project, The Kemptons, located in Berks County (PA).
Completed survey for U.S. Forest Service in central Oregon; project involved field
survey of 28 square miles of mountainous forest land to monument and post boundary
lines between Forest Service and private timber company lands. Performed construction
stakeout of 140-unit apartment and townhouse complex in Portland (OR). Served as
survey crew chief for residential and commercial developments throughout the Lehigh
Valley, Allentown, PA. Served as survey crew chief for layout of two 400-meter tracks
and football fields, tennis courts, and school facilities for Bend (OR) School District.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
PA. Land Surveyors= Conference, Hershey, (PA)/ 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003. 2005, 2007.
The Database Environment, Lehigh County Community College, Snecksville (PA)/1993 Technician Degree/Computer Aided Drafting/Lincoln Technical Institute, Allentown (PA)/1986 Technician Degree/Architectural Drafting/Automation Training Universal, Denver (CO)/1975 Assoc./Humanities and Social Science/Corning (NY) Community College/197
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1994-Present, Vice President, Benchmark Civil Engineering Services, Inc., Allentown, PA
1985-1994, Surveyor/Designer/CADD Manager, Acer Engineers & Consultants, Inc., Allentown, PA.
1983-1985, Assistant Production Engineer, Fuqua Homes, Bend, OR
1982-1983, Architectural Draftsman/Designer, Self Employed, Bend, OR
1980-1982, Draftsman/Survey Crew Chief, B.A. Sutton Land Surveying, Bend, OR
1978-1979, Survey Instrument Man, Burton Engineering & Surveying, Portland, OR
1976-1978, Draftsman and Survey Instrument Man, Ponderosa Engineering, Canõn, CO
Benchmark Civil Engineering Services, Inc. 1727 Jonathan Street Allentown, PA 18104 Phone: (610) 776-6700 Fax (610) 776-1190