Tom Roorda, P.L.S.
PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR
AFFILIATIONS & REGISTRATIONS
Professional Land Surveyor; State of Washington No. 36825, State California No. 6529, State of Colorado No. 13244 Land Surveyors Association of Washington, North Olympic Chapter D.O.D Security Clearance Private Pilot License
RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Roorda is NTI’s Principal Land Surveyor having over 38 years of experience in the field of Land Surveying working with military and public sectors. He is a licensed pilot and has done aerial survey mapping. Prior to joining NTI, Mr. Roorda worked for Kiewit-General as the survey manager for the Hood Canal Bridge Project, being responsible for the daily survey operations.
EXPERIENCE
Test Site Manager for C Tech Defense Corporation Managed ballistic range for weapons testing.
Party Chief for R.H. Winters, Sequim, WA. Surveying for Jefferson County Rails to Trails Project. Mapping using total station & data collection. Boundary surveys and staking.
Calculation Specialist and Field Surveyor for Polaris Engineering and Land Surveying, Port Angeles Boundary and subdivision plats, process and plot topo maps.
Principal Survey Analyst for Rick Engineering, San Diego, CA Attended basis and advanced GPS School at Trimble Navigation. Programming for data translation to HP.
Director of Computer Mapping for Manitou Engineering & Land Surveying, Escondido, CA System administrator of HASP H.P. 9000 Unix computer system. Computer mapping, surface modeling, subdivision and earthwork calculations, data collection and uploading to survey instruments for field staking. Registered in California L.S. 6529.
Survey Applications Specialist for HASP, Inc., Loveland, CO Computer programming (HPL, Pascal, C) on HP computer systems, UNIX System Administrator Class, Performed training and installation of HASP computer system (graphic system similar to Autocad).
City Survey for the City of Loveland, CO Plat checking, road right of way descriptions & staking, boundary surveys, legal descriptions topo mapping, established horizontal & vertical control network tied to state plane coordinate system.
Principal Surveyor of Geodetic Control Surveys Control surveying for aerial mapping for energy exploration and flood plane mapping, boundary surveys, and section subdivisions.
Party Chief for Meurer, Serafini, & Meurer Consulting Engineers, Denver, CO Control surveys for aerial mapping, subdivision layout and constructions staking, boundary staking, and section subdivision. Registered in Colorado L.S. 13244.
Engineering Aid in Vietnam in the Navy (Sea Bees) Construction surveying, materials and soils testing.