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| Event | Guilford Chapter Partnership |
| Date | Thursday, December 12, 2024 |
| Address | Greensboro Elks Lodge 2201 W Cornwallis Dr. Greensboro, NC 27408 |
| Time | 8:00am-4:30pm |
| PDHs | 7.5 |
| Member Price | $ 175.00 |
| Non-Member Price | $ 225.00 |
| Description | NCSS is partnering with the Guilford Chapter to present this seminar. Location: Greensboro Elks Lodge 2201 W. Cornwallis Dr., Greensboro, NC 27408 Registration begins at 7:30 am with coffee and breakfast, and class concludes at 4:30pm. Breakfast and Lunch are included. Topics:
This course will help you understand a recession and how to prepare to ride out the storm while still maintaining your business. It will cover everything from understanding the economics of a recession and give you tools to survive an economic downturn. Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds, but you will have the tools to control the outcome.
Surveying is an old and honorable profession, and we are going back in time to when, how, and why surveying started. We are also going to explore what happened to American manufacturers. At one point, there were over 50 surveying instrument manufacturers in the United States, and today, there are no manufacturers of surveying instruments. The only manufacturer today in the United States is Trimble, who of course, manufacturers GPS
Mr. Nixon will share his expertise in leveraging cutting-edge technologies—such as laser scanning, precision metrology, and unmanned aerial systems—to tackle complex project challenges. With over 15 years of international experience in heavy industry and a surveying license since 2000, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the discussion. He will also outline the best practices he has honed throughout his career, which have consistently ensured reliable, repeatable results across diverse projects. Instructors: Robert Bailey studied engineering and land surveying at Southern Technical Institute and then spent several years working in the construction industry before getting into sales at Lietz (now Sokkia). He has an Associate of Business Management degree from The Center for Degree Studies in Scranton, PA. He has over 40 years of experience in land surveying equipment sales and sales team/company management. After retiring from Carlson Software, he began helping companies institute and organize sales teams, develop training programs, and manage extensive sales and support staff. Kristian Nixon, As Senior Survey Project Manager for Fleming Engineering, Kris Nixon, PLS, has a unique specialty in industrial measurement with a particular focus on laser scanning and dimensional control in heavy industry plant works and “Building Information Modeling.” As a licensed North Carolina professional land surveyor since 2000, Mr. Nixon has over 10 years of experience in 3D laser scanning. Having lived abroad from 2002-2010, he is a former Director of the United Kingdom’s Warner Land Surveys Ltd. Throughout his career, he has completed large-scale surveying and scanning projects worldwide. Before Meridian 3D’s 2014 corporate separation from Meridian Associates, Inc., Mr. Nixon served as the Principal of the latter’s Laser Scanning Division. Mr. Nixon is also on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors as the President of the Guilford Chapter. |
| Contact | John Willis |