I remember a time when civil engineers provided not much more than grading and drainage plans for projects. Over the years, regional land planning, environmental protection, legal responsibilities and the role of governmental agencies increased dramatically. As a result, civil…
Challenge: Arriving to pick up their children, parent drivers regularly clogged the parking lot at Franklin Elementary School in San Jose. Their cars and school buses backed up in long lines onto the dangerously busy Tully Road. Many feared a…
Seeing U&R’s Robotic Total Station (RTS) in action is like watching a scene from a Star Wars science fiction movie. This elaborate land surveying equipment uses lasers to automatically locate, focus on, measure and record exact distances between two objects….
Recent landslides threatened the road encircling Angel Island, a beautiful state park in San Francisco Bay. This road is vital for recreational activities and maintaining the park. Surveying on the island can be expensive and time-consuming, given the logistics of…