Engineer Construction
Resume:
Of
Keith E. Andersen
P.O. Box ***
Edgemont, SD 57735
Phone 605-***-**** FAX 605-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
**** ******* ******** *********, ***., Edgemont, SD, consulting engineering/land
surveying company.
Owner Performed all types of land surveys, including boundary surveys, construction staking,
subdivisions, cadastral surveys, etc. Survey experience includes work for Black Hills National
Forest and Nebraska National Forest performing cadastral surveys involving retracement of
Mineral Surveys, Homestead Entry Surveys, and GLO surveys. Extensive experience involving
corner search, evaluation of conflicting evidence and landowner relations required in order to
successfully complete a wide variety of surveying projects for public and private clients.
Municipal engineering projects, water supply and distribution system evaluation, asbestos
inspection, and other small engineering projects. Responsible for design, permitting,
construction management and inspection of Subtitle D Landfill. Design and construction
management of subdivisions, including water and sewer, curb and gutter, and streets. Performed
site assessment and remedial design at petroleum release sites.
1989-1990 South Dakota Disposal Systems, Inc., Edgemont, SD owner/operator of a
municipal solid waste disposal facility.
Project Manager Responsible for managing all aspects of construction, operation,
environmental monitoring, and reclamation of 8 million tons capacity MSW bale fill. Work
included hiring and training workforce, equipment selection and maintenance management,
regulatory compliance and coordination with State and Federal regulatory agencies, landowner
relations, and all other aspects of on-site management.
1976-1989 Silver King Mines, Inc., Edgemont, SD, a management contractor for the
Tennessee Valley Authority s Edgemont Uranium Properties.
1987 Promoted to Assistant General Manager Edgemont Mill site Decommissioning Project
a 30 million dollar uranium mill site reclamation project.
In addition to assuming overall project management responsibilities when required, position
required supervision of all engineering, construction, and equipment maintenance functions on
project. Knowledge of general earthwork construction, clay liner construction and CQA, riprap
placement and inspection, equipment maintenance and PM programs, construction scheduling,
construction engineering, budgeting, intermediate and final reclamation practices, and general
construction management required. Also performed all duties of chief engineer.
1982 Promoted to Chief Engineer Edgemont Mill site Decommissioning Project. - Position
required supervision of ten member engineering staff in performing all engineering work on
project. Responsibilities included construction management and scheduling, budget preparation,
supervision of onsite soils testing lab, supervision of earthwork construction inspection and
quality control testing, supervision of construction surveying, preparation of engineering reports,
development of quality control records control system, and providing technical support in
coordinating project activities with regulatory agencies. Also acted as technical advisor for
surface water and groundwater monitoring programs, including providing design and installation
supervision for monitor well construction programs.
1978 Promoted to Chief Engineer Proposed Burdock-Dewey Uranium Mining Project
Supervised 6-12 member engineering staff in performing work associated with uranium
exploration and mine planning. Duties included mine planning, claims location and surveying,
establishment of second-order horizontal and vertical survey control net for mine planning and
exploration drilling surveys, provide technical assistance for exploration permit applications and
reports, provide supporting testimony before SD Board of Minerals and Environment at permit
renewal hearings, design and supervise aquifer monitoring and testing programs, and supervise
groundwater monitoring program.
1976 Employed as Project Hydrologist Proposed Burdock-Dewey Uranium Mining Project
Responsibilities included design and operation of aquifer monitoring programs, design and
installation of monitor and test wells, and routine engineering and surveying duties.
1972-1976 US Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oahe Project, Redfield, SD
1972 Employed as Civil Engineer Proposed Oahe Irrigation Project. Duties included
performing in-situ hydraulic conductivity tests of project soils, field soils investigations, design
of subsurface drainage systems, development of computer model to simulate groundwater
movement under irrigation and inspection of existing irrigation project works.
Professional Training
Introduction to the Geographic Coordinate Database, CFedS Training Program, Ron Scherler, Marc Thomas, and
Janet Wilkins, BLM, February, 2009
Taking the Terror Out of Testifying, James Vukelic, SDSPLS, January 17, 2009
SD Codified Law Workshop, SDSPLS, January 16, 2009
Bona Fide Rights A Look Given Current Case Law, John Farnsworth, BLM, SDSPLS, January 16, 2009
Junior-Senior Corners, Overlaps & Hiatus, John Farnsworth, BLM, SDSPLS, January 15, 2009
Special Boundary Problems, CFedS Training Program, John Farnsworth & Bob Thompson, BLM, December,
2008
GPS-Derived Heights, Bill Henning, NGS, SDSPLS, January 12, 2008
Documentation for Self-Defense, Wendy Lathrop, SDSPLS, January 11, 2008
To Accept or Not to Accept, Wendy Lathrop, SDSPLS, January 10, 2008
Subdivision of Fractional Sections, Ron Scherler, BLM, SDSPLS January 13, 2007
Discrepancies in the Official Record, Ron Scherler, BLM, SDSPLS, January 12, 2007
GPS Derived Heights, William Henning, NGS, SDSPLS, January 11, 2007
Certified Federal Surveyor Program, Bureau of Land Management National Training Center, Phoenix, AZ, Oct.
Dec., 2006
Retracing Mineral Surveys, John Stock, US Mineral Surveyor, SDSPLS, January 14, 2006
Deed Research and Boundary Determination, John Stock, US Mineral Surveyor, SDSPLS, January 12 13, 2006
Review of SD Codified Laws Relating the Practice of Land Surveying in SD, SDSPLS, January 15, 2005
Ethics for Professional Surveyors, Dennis Mouland, BLM, SDSPLS, January 14, 2005
Lotted Sections Workshop, Dennis Mouland, BLM, SDSPLS, January 13-14, 2005
Tracking the Railroads, Wendy Lathrop, Mercer County College, SDSPLS, January 10, 2004
Floodplain Development A Technical Guide, Wendy Lathrop, Mercer County College, SDSPLS, January 9,
2004
FEMA Floodplain Mapping Issues, Wendy Lathrop, Mercer County College, SDSPLS, January 9, 2004
Riparian Boundaries Frank A. Hart, BLM, SDSPLS, January 9 11, 2003
Successful Construction Staking, Ballew Consulting Services, SDSPLS, January 10, 2003
National Spatial Reference System, David Doyle, NGS, SDSPLS, January 12, 2002
Surveyor s Recognition of Rights in Real Property, Jerry Broadus, SDSPLS, January 11, 2002
Contracts and Professional Liability, Tom Johnson, SDSPLS, January 10, 2002
The Business of Land Surveying, Gary Kent, The Schneider Corporation, SDSPLS, January 13, 2001
ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, Gary Kent, The Schneider Corporation, SDSPLS, January 12, 2001
The Jasper Fire Remote Sensing and GPS, Ralph Turner, USDA-Forest Service, SDSPLS, January 11, 2001
Geodesy Basics, James Reilly, SDSPLS, January 8, 2000
Practical Surveying With GPS, James Reilly, SDSPLS, January 7, 2000
HARN Through the Internet, Michael Jordan, SD DOT, SDSPLS, January 6, 2000
Monuments and Lines of Possession, Knud Hermansen, PLSW, November 12, 1999
Contracts and Negotiable Instruments, Knud Hermanson, SDSPLS, January 9, 1999
Standards in Practice, Knud Hermansen, SDSPLS, January 8, 1999
Records Research and Liability, Knud Hermansen, SDSPLS, January 7, 1999
History of the Public Lands Survey System, Dennis D. Shreves, SDSPLS, January 8 - 9, 1998
Applied State Plane Coordinates, Dennis D. Shreves, Professional Land Surveyors of WY, November 15, 1997
Writing Legal Descriptions, Dennis D. Shreves, SDSPLS, April 26, 1997
Professional Liability and Responsibility in Land Surveying, Walter G. Robillard, SDSPLS, January 6, 1996
Use of the South Dakota HARN Network, Merle Swenson, SD DOT, SDSPLS, January 5, 1996
Evidence and Its Use in Boundary and Title Disputes, Walter G. Robillard, SDSPLS, January 5, 1996
Resolving Conflict of Evidence, Walter G. Robillard, SDSPLS, January 4, 1996
Managing Your Firm for Profit, Milton Denny, SDSPLS, January 7, 1995
Floodplain Analysis and Use of the FIRM, John Liou, FEMA, January 6, 1995
Construction Surveying, Milton Denny, SDSPLS, January 5, 1995
SD State Plane Coordinate System, David Knowles, SDSPLS, January 8, 1994
Corner Remonumentation, Dennis Bland, SDSPLS, January 7, 1994
Maximizing Profits and Ethics, Ray Connin, SDSPLS, January 7, 1994
Celestial Observations, David Knowles, Elgin, Knowles & Senne, Inc. January 6, 1994
Corner Evidence Analysis, Dennis Mouland, Cadastral Consultants, Inc., January 8, 1993
Ethics for the Surveyor, Dennis Mouland, Cadastral Consultants, Inc., January 7, 1993
Dependable Defensible Decisions The Best Insurance Available, John Stock, SDSPLS, January 10, 1992
Finding the Land, Ray Connin, SDSPLS, January 9, 1992
Basic Geodesy for GPS Users, Mike Londe, BLM, Northeast Wyoming Community College, December 4 5,
1992
Various Short Courses on groundwater, hydrology, waste management and related engineering topics 1980-1990.
Engineering Statistics, Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, 1973
Introduction to Geology, Chadron State College, 1978
EDUCATION
1968-1972 Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Federal Surveyor - #1068
Professional Land Surveyor SD #2842
Professional Land Surveyor WY#2374
Professional Engineer SD # 2842
Professional Engineer WY # 2374
Professional Engineer NE # E-8283
Certified Petroleum Release Remediator SD # R0001
Certified Concrete Control Technician - ACI
Resume of
John McBride
P.O. Box 95
Edgemont, SD 57735
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1992-Present Andersen Engineers Inc., Edgemont, S.D.
Registered Land Surveyor and vice president
Supervisor for survey crew responsible for all types of surveys including cadastral
surveys for the Black Hills National Forest and Nebraska National Forest, private
subdivisions, construction staking, mortgage surveys, etc. Extensive experience
with PLSS, HES, and MS dependent resurveys, including corner search,
evaluation of conflicting evidence, and bona fide rights.
1991 Bryant Surveying, Custer, S.D.
Surveyor
Part chief for survey crew performing cadastral surveys, maintaining property
corners and posting boundaries in the Black Hills National Forest, under contract
with the National Forest Service.
1989-1990 South Dakota Disposal Systems, Inc. a municipal solid waste disposal
company
1989 Project Engineer
Directed all the engineering work required for the construction of a large scale
municipal solid waste bale fill. This involved establishment and adjustment of
control networks, construction staking, volume assessments and as-built surveys.
Other responsibilities were construction inspections and assisting in the ground
water evaluation program. All of these duties are done both in a field and office
capacity.
1979-1989 Silver King Mines, Inc. a mining and waste disposal company
1988 Promoted to Construction Engineer
In charge of all of the surveying work for the construction of a low level nuclear
disposal facility. These surveys included establishment and adjustment of control
networks, construction staking, volume surveys and as-built surveys. I was
responsible for both office and field work of these duties.
1985 Promoted to Construction Inspector
Responsible for all field testing and identifying of construction materials used
during construction of a low level disposal facility. During this time I used a
Troxler Nuclear Density Gauge and ASTM testing methods.
1979 Employed as Surveyor Technician
Work included establishment of approximately 85 miles of second-order control
traverse to establish control network on 110,000 acres mineral property.
Assisted in surveys centered on mineral exploration and a mine support operation.
CERTIFICATIONS
2007 Registered Land Surveyor, Nebraska, #661
2000 South Dakota Certified Fire Fighter Wildland I & II
1995 Registered Land Surveyor, South Dakota, #5906
1986 Troxler Laboratories, Nuclear Density Gauge Operator
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Taking the Terror Out of Testifying, James Vukelic, SDSPLS, January 17, 2009
SD Codified Law Workshop, SDSPLS, January 16, 2009
Bona Fide Rights A Look Given Current Case Law, John Farnsworth, BLM, SDSPLS,
January 16, 2009
Junior-Senior Corners, Overlaps & Hiatus, John Farnsworth, BLM, SDSPLS, January 15,
2009
GPS-Derived Heights, Bill Henning, NGS, SDSPLS, January 12, 2008
Documentation for Self-Defense, Wendy Lathrop, SDSPLS, January 11, 2008
To Accept or Not to Accept, Wendy Lathrop, SDSPLS, January 10, 2008
Subdivision of Fractional Sections, Ron Scherler, BLM, SDSPLS January 13, 2007
Discrepancies in the Official Record, Ron Scherler, BLM, SDSPLS, January 12, 2007
GPS Derived Heights, William Henning, NGS, SDSPLS, January 11, 2007
Retracing Mineral Surveys, John Stock, US Mineral Surveyor, SDSPLS, January 14, 2006
Deed Research and Boundary Determination, John Stock, US Mineral Surveyor, SDSPLS,
January 12 13, 2006
Review of SD Codified Laws Relating the Practice of Land Surveying in SD, SDSPLS,
January 15, 2005
Ethics for Professional Surveyors, Dennis Mouland, BLM, SDSPLS, January 14, 2005
Lotted Sections Workshop, Dennis Mouland, BLM, SDSPLS, January 13-14, 2005
Tracking the Railroads, Wendy Lathrop, Mercer County College, SDSPLS, January 10, 2004
Floodplain Development A Technical Guide, Wendy Lathrop, Mercer County College,
SDSPLS, January 9, 2004
FEMA Floodplain Mapping Issues, Wendy Lathrop, Mercer County College, SDSPLS,
January 9, 2004
Riparian Boundaries Frank A. Hart, BLM, SDSPLS, January 9 11, 2003
Successful Construction Staking, Ballew Consulting Services, SDSPLS, January 10, 2003
National Spatial Reference System, David Doyle, NGS, SDSPLS, January 12, 2002
Surveyor s Recognition of Rights in Real Property, Jerry Broadus, SDSPLS, January 11, 2002
Contracts and Professional Liability, Tom Johnson, SDSPLS, January 10, 2002
Those Odd-Ball rules I wish I had known before I encountered them in the field . .Skip
Robinson, PLSW, December 6, 2001
Why does the manual say that ? Marlin Livermore, PLSW, December 7, 2001
Monuments and Lines of Possession, Knud Hermansen, PLSW, November 12, 1999
Contracts and Negotiable Instruments, Knud Hermanson, SDSPLS, January 9, 1999
Standards in Practice, Knud Hermansen, SDSPLS, January 8, 1999
Records Research and Liability, Knud Hermansen, SDSPLS, January 7, 1999
History of the Public Lands Survey System, Dennis D. Shreves, SDSPLS, January 8 - 9, 1998
Applied State Plane Coordinates, Dennis D. Shreves, Professional Land Surveyors of WY,
November 15, 1997
Writing Legal Descriptions, Dennis D. Shreves, SDSPLS, April 26, 1997
Professional Liability and Responsibility in Land Surveying, Walter G. Robillard, SDSPLS,
January 6, 1996
Use of the South Dakota HARN Network, Merle Swenson, SD DOT, SDSPLS, January 5,
1996
Evidence and Its Use in Boundary and Title Disputes, Walter G. Robillard, SDSPLS, January
5, 1996
Resolving Conflict of Evidence, Walter G. Robillard, SDSPLS, January 4, 1996
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