• Curve Advisory Speed Analysis Using Mobile LiDAR

    Highway curves speed analysis using mobile LiDAR
    Paul DiGiacobbe

    Based on the curvature geometry and superelevation, the safe travel speed for highway curves historically has been determined using conventional, boots-on-the ground survey methods which can cause inconsistencies in advisory speeds. Read on to see how utilizing mobile LiDAR is quickly becoming the tool of choice for accurately analyzing roadway curve to determine the advisory speed.
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  • Rocco Caracciolo Joins Colliers Engineering & Design As Civil/Site Department Manager

    Rocco Caracciolo headshot
    Press Release

    Rocco Caracciolo, PE has joined the firm as Department Manager of Civil/Site Development Services. With over 28 years of experience and as a licensed engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mr. Caracciolo brings unsurpassed competent expertise in land development, survey, and transportation engineering to the firm.
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  • Surveying Florida’s Integrated Highway Solution

    UAS Lidar scan of Florida SR 417

    “From Disney World to game day for the NBA’s Magic, Orlando’s 2.5 million-person metro area is generating growing demand for increased roadway capacity. But any surveying that involved closing Central Florida Expressway...
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  • New Colorado Office Expands SUE Services

    Press Release

    Colliers Engineering & Design, a multidiscipline consulting and engineering design firm, has opened a new office in Lakewood, Colorado. This location has been strategically selected to support the demand of Subsurface Utility...
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  • Tax Maps: From Fabric to Digital Mapping

    NJ map
    Amanda Paton

    The first tax mapping originated in the 1670s in Boston where the assessors listed assets and value. In the early stages of development, these maps detailed the metes and bounds of each property. They were drawn manually and many times were printed on animal skin (vellum) or linen fabric...Today, the use of digital tax mapping performed with Computer Aided Design/Drafting (CADD) and more recently, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), has advanced the tax map system in both practicality and accuracy.
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  • Aerial Services Inc. features Pat VanHaverbeke, PLS

    ALBANY, NY - Get to know Senior Project Manager Patrick VanHaverbeke, PLS in Aerial Services Inc. February issue of their newsletter. Patrick works out of our Albany, NY office, is a licensed land surveyor in NY, NJ, VT, and MA and was first introduced to UAS in early 2016. Click here to read the entire article!
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