SSMC Holds Boat Safety Training

As part of SSMC's continuing safety and training programs, a class on proper boat operations was conducted on Saturday, June 3^rd.

Instruction in pre-operation checks, transport water safety and post operation checks and storage were performed under the watchful eye of experienced peers.

“It has been my experience that hands on peer training gives the greatest results. People learn easier by doing and instruction from peers builds cohesion within the company.” – Mark Klaers, Survey Manager, SSMC

In the Spotlight: Brasfield and Gorrie

Brasfield & Gorrie has been working with Southeastern Surveying and Mapping Corporation since 2002 for various tasks including utility designation and verification, survey, concrete imaging, and CCTV to help construct many hospitals and stadiums around the state of Florida. SSMC offers Brasfield & Gorrie on call service to help them safely get through the various stages of construction.

Hospitals:

• Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches (2017)
• Florida Hospital, Apopka (2016)
• Baptist Medical Center (2016)
• Osceola Regional Medical Center (2016)
• Florida Hospital, Winter Park (2017, 2010)
• Florida Hospital, Orlando (2012, 2010)
• Jackson County Hospital (2011)
• Orlando Regional Medical Center (2011)
• Jacksonville Memorial Hospital (2009)
• Florida Hospital, Altamonte Springs (2003)
• Florida Hospital, Fish Memorial (2003)
• Florida Hospital, Kissimmee (2002)

Other Notable Projects:

•  Everbank Field (2016)
• University of Florida Indoor Practice Stadium (2015)

Everbank Field

Osceola Regional Medical Center

University of Florida Indoor Practice Stadium

St. Johns River Cleanup

SSMC Investigates City of Orlando Storm Pipe

SSMC was recently contacted by the City of Orlando to investigate a 108" and a 96" storm pipe that makes sweeping turns through what is going to be the future home of a University of Central Florida downtown campus building. The current parking lot is going to be the site of the new downtown campus. The City's large storm pipe that used to run under the old Amway Arena is causing conflict with the proposed building layout. The arena is gone, but the pipe still remains. SSMC originally sent a surveyor down the outfall in Lake Dot in a kayak to traverse as much of the pipe as possible. SSMC met with the City on site as soon as the conflict was identified. SSMC prepped two dig crews to find and track the east edge of the 108" pipe as it curved towards a manhole. The City will need to build a new structure at this location and relocate the storm piping which stays surcharged with about 5 foot of water. SSMC completed finding the east edge within the requested area. The City brought in Blackwater Dive Team to enter the pipe and further map specifics of the turns in both the 96" and 108" pipes. These pipes are -15 foot deep, making the mapping more challenging than if they were shallow. SSMC aided the dive team in tracking the pipe curves by sending transmitters down into the pipes with the divers, so the location of the curves could be marked topside. 

SSMC's Newest PSM's

SSMC would like to congratulate Eric Cain and Ryan Johnson on obtaining their Professional Surveyor and Mapper License. We are very proud of you guys!

Eric Cain, PSM has been providing Surveying and Mapping Services since 2005 and with the SSMC Team since 2015.

Ryan Johnson, PSM has been providing Surveying and Mapping Services since 2004 and with the SSMC Team since 2004.

SSMC Secures Grant Funding for City of Marianna

SSMC recently secured $50,000 in grant funding through the Northwest Florida Water Management District for the City of Marianna. The funding will be used to perform leak detection on the City’s water system. Data collected from the leak inspection will be entered into a GIS database and will become the footprint for as-built data of existing and newly constructed water facilities. SSMC teamed with Alday-Howell Engineering to submit the grant under their continuing services contract with the City. We are very excited about the opportunity to work with Alday-Howell and the City of Marianna on this project.

City of Orlando Selects SSMC to Update its Stormwater GIS

On December 5, 2016 the Orlando City Commission voted to authorize Southeastern Surveying & Mapping Corporation (SSMC) to provide professional Stormwater Inventory and Asset Management services to update the City’s Stormwater GIS database.  Between 2009 and 2015, SSMC performed a city-wide stormwater inventory over five phases where SSMC inventoried, located and inspected over 55,000 drainage structures for the City. 

The 2016-2017 inventory update will identify, locate, photograph and inspect stormwater inlets, manholes, outlets, open channels and ponds conveying stormwater runoff from all publicly maintained and named private roadways within and adjacent to the incorporated Orlando City limits including roadways maintained by the City of Orlando, Orange County, the Florida Department of Transportation and the Orange County Expressway Authority. As directed by City personnel, this maintenance update will collect new and updated stormwater facilities which were constructed or modified, after the initial inventory was performed by SSMC between 2009 and 2015.

According to SSMC’s GIS Division Manager Brian R. Garvey, PE, GISP, “SSMC is extremely grateful to continue serving the City of Orlando by maintaining this valuable asset. Building and maintaining the City’s stormwater GIS database has utilized the perfect blend of our Surveying, Geographic Information Systems and Sub-surface Utility Engineering expertise. It’s a great fit for the services that SSMC offers, and we are proud that the City recognized us for this important project.”

In addition to providing horizontal and vertical location services, GIS databases, and inspection photos and videos, SSMC will be integrating the collected data with the City’s existing ArcGIS and CarteGraph Asset Management Systems.