Professional Surveyor/Project Manager
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PETER J. NIELSON, R.L.S.
Brookfield, WI. 53045
262-***-**** (H)
414-***-**** (Cell)
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
I have 15 years of experience providing project survey support for design, construction and boundary projects using GPS, Robotic and conventional methods. Project activities have included right-of-way plat preparation, Certified Survey Map preparation, section corner recovery and monumentation, construction staking and layout of complex facilities, topographic and cross-section surveys, settlement monitoring and control surveys. Experienced in the use of MicroStation and AutoCad, In-roads, both survey software and design software, Civil3D, Trimble Geomatics and Microsoft Project.
EDUCATION
Attended UW-Steven’s Point: 1988-1992
Attended UW-Milwaukee: 1993-1995
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Registered Land Surveyor: Wisconsin – June 2000
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
November 2008 – Present: Mead & Hunt Inc., Milwaukee, WI.
Project Surveyor - Activities included Construction staking, Topographic and Design Surveys for airport improvements, dam and flood studies, sanitary sewer studies and transportation projects. Activities also included support for transportation design projects and Transportation Project Plats, research and utility coordination.
March 2004 – December 2007: Baudhuin Inc., Slinger, WI.
Project Surveyor - Activities included research and development of Certified Survey Maps, Plats of Survey, Topographic Surveys, Construction Staking As-Built Surveys, project management, budgeting and estimating for projects such as residential and commercial surveys and sub-divisions. Worked closely with clients and several Municipalities to ensure projects were kept on schedule and budget.
June 1995 – March 2004: EMCS Design Group, Milwaukee, WI.
Survey Group Leader / Project Manager – As Project Manager, activities included marketing, client communication, proposal and contract preparation, tracking project budgets and schedules, review of invoicing, preparing project scopes and long-term planning for staff utilization.
As Survey Group Leader, activities included management and scheduling of 2-4 survey crews, client communication, preparation of standards and quality control checks, tracking project and department budgets, training staff and preparing deliverables for clients.
Crew Chief – Activities included construction staking and layout of complex facilities, topographic survey for transportation, site and utility design, boundary surveys and settlement monitoring. Activities also included preparation of D.O.T. Right-of-way plats, plats of survey and perpetuation of section corners.
June 1993 – November 1993: Zimmerman Engineering, Greendale, WI.
Crew Person – Activities included being instrument or rodman for field crew doing construction staking and topographic surveys for transportation, site and utility design.
June 1988 – December 1994: Baudhuin Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Crew Person – Activities included being instrument or rodman for field crew doing construction staking, topographic surveys, boundary surveys and the re-monumentation programs for Door and Kewaunee Counties.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lake Parkway Arterial – Milwaukee, WI.
• Responsible for layout of slope stakes, storm sewer, sub-grade, crushed-aggregate base course, concrete pavement, retaining walls, curb and gutter and monitoring of approximately 80 building structures for settlement during construction.
STH 153 – Mosinee, WI.
• Registered Land Surveyor responsible for design survey and right-of-way plat preparation. Responsible for topographic, wetland and cross-section field survey, deed take-off, research and development of existing and proposed right-of-way.
USH 51/29 Corridor – Wausau, WI.
• Responsible for establishing the existing alignment and subsequently the existing right-of-way based on the located pavement and construction plans.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Lincoln Creek Flood Control, Reaches 1-10
• Responsible for topographic and control surveys to support the design of improvements to the existing watercourse. Activities also included field survey for plat preparation and surveys of existing structures.
City of Milwaukee
North Avenue Combined Sewer Tunnel
• Responsible for line and grade of tunnel based off property lines and City of Milwaukee vertical datum. Activities included transfer of horizontal and vertical alignment to bottom of tunnel and projecting that alignment forward for control of the tunnel boring machine. Activities also included As-Built surveys of completed and existing tunnels, relocation of watermain, curb and gutter and pavement replacement, all established off of recovered property lines.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Harbor Siphon Project
• Responsible for field survey, research and Right-of-Way Plat preparation for tunnel easement acquisition in the City of Milwaukee. Activities also included project management and client communications and meetings.
References are available upon request.
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