Joseph Gruver, P.L.S.

Joseph Gruver

Professional Experience (1985 - present)

Twenty Two years of Land Surveying experience in all phases of surveying. Experience includes field and office activities, project management, and survey department management.

Field experience includes:

  • Crew Chief for a multimillion dollar retail mall. Including all computations and layout of buildings, roads, storm and sanitary sewers, waterline, and curbing.
  • Crew Chief for a 44 mile natural gas transmission pipeline. Including Right-of-way and condemnation surveys, layout of pipe centerline, and as built of pipeline.
  • Crew Chief for several NYSDOT planning and design surveys. Including picking and setting horizontal & vertical control points for aerial photography based mapping and, establishing horizontal & vertical ground control using GPS, conventional traverse methods and differential leveling.
  • Crew Chief for over 500 boundary surveys, ranging in size from residential lots to several thousand acres.
  • Preliminary topographic, boundary and layout for several residential and commercial subdivisions. Including infrastructure layout, house and building stakeout, and setting of property monuments.
  • Base topographic design surveys for several public, private, and educational entities.

Office experience includes:

  • Boundary resolution for over 150 properties ranging from city and residential lots, to large acreage rural and farm properties.
  • Subdivision design of several residential housing subdivisions. Including lot configuration, road geometry computation, and creating rights-of-way and easements for roads & utilities.
  • Computation of footer, wall and structural steel layout for several large commercial buildings.
  • Verification of anchor bolt locations for a 120,000 footprint 3 story High School.
  • Preparation of legal descriptions for the transfer of properties ranging from residential lots to large land tracts.
  • Preparation of right-of-way plans and descriptions for the dedication of private properties and roadways to municipal and state entities.

Management experience includes:

  • Survey Department Manager and Partner in a medium sized multi-disciplined firm. Managed all aspects of the department, marketing, client contact, proposals, scheduling, mapping and coordination between departments.

EDUCATION

  • A.A.S - Forest Technology - Paul Smith's College, 1984

REGISTRATIONS

  • Land Surveyor, NY 2000
  • Land Surveyor, PA 2009

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • 2007 - Present - Benchmark Civil Engineering Services, Inc., Allentown, PA
  • 1999 - 2007 - Keystone Associates, Architects, Engineers & Surveyors, LLC, Binghamton, NY
  • 1995 - 1999 - Hawk Engineering, PC, Binghamton, NY
  • 1994 - 1995 - Shumaker Consulting Engineering & Land Surveying, Inc. Vestal, NY
  • 1992 - 1994 - Lynn H. Pullis, L.S., Binghamton, NY
  • 1990 - 1991 - Kenneth B. Shields, L.S., Deposit, NY
  • 1986 - 1990 - Robert A. Brooks, PC, Greene, NY
  • 1985 - 1986 - Hawk Engineering, PC, Binghamton, NY