James C. Crow
11038 Richardo Lane ~ Keller, TX 76244 ~ (903) 744-2643 cell ~ crowdrafing@gmail.com

Experienced, self-motivated, and highly reliable civil engineering and land surveying crew/party chief, known for my high efficiency of, onsite problem resolutions, productive crew motivation, and effective production levels. I am backed by 15 years of field and office experience in preprocessing, data collection, and post processing of field data. I come from a background of land surveyors and am carrying on the family tradition of honest, hard working, and high ethics in the field of land surveying. I am currently studying for the National Surveyor-In-Training Exam. I maintain my levels of knowledge in TDS, Surve CE, and Smart Works data collection software. I am also proficient in the following drafting software, AutoCAD Survey, CG Survey, and other AutoCAD based programs.

~Key Skills~

· ALTA/ETIC

· Topographical

· Cadastral

· Boundary

· Control

· Aerial (ground Layout)

· AutoCAD

· Geodetic

· GIS

· TDS Software

· Surv CE Software

· Construction

· Establishment

· CG Survey

~ Experience ~

Transystems Corporation (8/08 – present)

In this position I am responsible for the daily operation of all field related task to be performed by my crew. We handle various government contracts dealing with Highway, Rail Road, and governmental institutions. I maintain a government clearance badge for military bases and railroad certifications for on track safety. We also perform several different styles of surveys for TX Department of Transportation.

~Achievements~

· The right of way establishment of a TXDOT projects in El Paso, TX.

· The projection of a new rail lines in Tulsa, OK.

· Boundary retracement for Trinity River Vision.

· Military Base work (classified)

· The establishment of state plane control for TXDOT.

· Aerial Control for Military Site (classified)

David Moak Land Surveyors, Inc. (3/06 – 8/08)

My work at this establishment contained a variety of styles of Survey work. The work involved was, but limited to, ALTA, Construction, Boundary Retracement, and Topographical. As a crew chief I was responsible for accurate notation of the work being performed. Notations were kept in the form of hard copied hand written variations of angles recorded and field sketched depictions of current land layout.

~Achievements ~

· Boundary retracement of land records from the original land grants.

· Construction boundary of Apartment buildings

· Construction staking of Apartment buildings

· ALTA surveys of many ISD complexes.

· Streets/Right of Way retracements.

· Title Survey

· Foundation Layout/Survey

· Elevation Certifications

Encompass Land Surveying (3/05-3/06)

This company was short lived, here I did major projects, consisting of large acreage topographical surveys to tree identification and locations. Specializing in construction survey management, I was responsible for the proper techniques used to perform onsite grading and data collection for certification of foundation slab pours. As well as doing field data collection, I worked in office doing post processing, and drafting of title surveys.

~Achievements ~

· Tree identification of 150 acre tract. (over 15000 trees)

· Grading (onsite) for town house location throughout DFW.

· High production of level of Basic Title surveys

· 250 acre tract topographical GPS survey

~ Education ~

*Sherman High School*(1992)

Basic course study
Drafting
Higher Mathematics

*ITT Technical Institute* (1996)

Course study AutoCAD Drafting

~ Certifications ~

· BNSF on track safety

· TRE on track safety

· E-Rail certification

· Dart light rail on track certification

~ Technology ~

· AutoCAD

· Surv CE

· Smart Works

· TDS

· C&G

· MS Office

(903) 744 – 2643 * crowdrafting@gmail.com