Society of Surveyors

NCSS is partnering with the Western Chapter to present this seminar.          Click Here for Location Map

Check-In begins at 7:30 am and class concludes at 4:30 pm.  (Lunch is included.)

Topics: 

• "Easements and Easement Law"  by John Logsdon, Esq.

In this seminar, we will start with the definitions of terms associated with the types of easements most commonly encountered by land surveyors and distinguish easements from profits. We will then discuss the methods of creating and acquiring easements, including express easements, implied easements, easements by dedication, prescriptive easements, easements by condemnation, public roads and the statutory cartway proceeding. We will cover the scope and use of easements, and conclude with the methods of terminating easements. Common issues involving easements will be illustrated using the facts from recent court cases. Estimated time: 3.0 hours.

• "My Measurements are Better than Yours"  by Chad Howard
• "Encroachments on Real Property - A Surveyor's Perspective"  by Dean Exline

Instructor:

John Logsdon, ESQ, PLS earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Duke University in 1974. He started working in the surveying field in 1983 and received his licensure in January 1987.  He owned and operated a small surveying firm in Wilkes County, NC, until 1991, when he entered law school. By day, Logsdon worked as a real estate paralegal in Durham while attending the evening program at North Carolina Central School of Law. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Juris Doctor degree in 1995. After obtaining his law license, Logsdon returned to Wilkes County and joined the McElwee Firm, PLLC. His practice emphasizes residential and commercial real estate transactions and the resolution of factual property disputes. He has substantial litigation experience at both the trial level and in our appellate courts. He represents individuals, developers, and corporate clients in matters of land acquisition, development, and financing, as well as commercial and business matters. He was appointed to the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBEES) in 2016. 

Chad T. Howard, PLS - Chad Howard is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in NC, SC, and VA, with nearly three decades of experience in the field. After graduating from Wake Technical Community College in August 1995, Chad earned his North Carolina surveying license in 2000 and joined Taylor Wiseman & Taylor. Within seven months, he was promoted to Survey Department Manager, a position he held for 22 years. Currently, Chad serves as the Surveying Services Practice Area Leader for McGill Associates.

Chad has been an active member of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors (NCSS) since earning his license in 2000 and served as its President in 2016. He was also president of the NCSS Triangle Chapter and has participated in multiple NCSS committees. In 2013, Chad earned national recognition by winning 1st place in the Boundary Survey category of the NSPS annual Plat Contest.

Dean D. Exline, PLS is the founder and President of GeoInnovation, PC. He has 33 years experience as a land surveyor and is licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama and the US Virgin Islands. His background includes extensive experience in boundary, construction staking, GPS and conventional survey control, dam deformation measurements, topographic surveys, small hydrographic surveys, coal pile quantity surveys, and power line surveys. In addition to being a speaker at various Professional Land Surveying Conferences around the US, he has authored technical papers on the use and economics of robotic surveying and the use of GPS to perform dam deformation measurements both nationally and internationally. He is the current President-elect of the North Carolina Society of Surveyors, the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio, and the Idaho Society of Surveyors.