We are proud to receive many award-winning recognitions by our clients

Degrove Serving U.S. Forest Service in Apalachicola and Ocala National Forests

Degrove Surveyors is currently supporting the U.S. Forest Service through providing boundary-related survey services in the Apalachicola and Ocala National Forests.  In the Apalachicola National Forest, Degrove is performing land line maintenance for approximately 35 miles of Forest Service boundary lines with eight of those miles needing full boundary surveys.  In the Ocala National Forest, Degrove is performing land line maintenance to approximately eight miles of boundary lines, with possible full boundary surveys on a portion of lines that is still to be determined. 

The line maintenance includes recovering the boundary lines and then clearing, blazing, painting, and posting trees along the boundary.  Duties also require recovering existing corners along the boundary lines and establishing/refurbishing corner evidence such as sign posts and bearing trees.  All new information is being reported on corner cards provided by the Forest Service. 

Degrove Party Chief, Tyler Tracz, blazing and scribing bearing trees to refurbish corner evidence.

Degrove Awarded Contract with SWFWMD

Degrove Surveyors, Inc. has recently been awarded a contract with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD).  The contract will span the next three years and will have Degrove providing the District with surveying and mapping services on an as-needed basis.  Degrove has contributed to SWFWMD projects in the past, either directly or as a sub-contractor to engineering firms.  Recently, Degrove has provided survey support on a number of watershed studies, and completed boundary and hydrographic surveys for the District.  We look forward to further developing this positive professional relationship.

Degrove is also currently in the third year of our fifth consecutive contract with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)—totaling 15 consecutive years of service—and is also an approved surveyor for the Suwanee River Water Management District.  This combines for three of the five Florida Water Management Districts that Degrove is now officially able to serve either through continuing services contracts or District approval.  Our team has become very comfortable providing survey support for a variety of environmental, water management, water resource, and floodplain management purposes.

Degrove is Awarded Second Consecutive Contract with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Degrove Surveyors, Inc. was recently awarded it’s second consecutive contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District.  This contract, like the previous one, will have Degrove providing the Corps with surveying and mapping services throughout the state of Florida on an as-needed basis over the next five years. 

Degrove has completed a number of large projects for the Corps already.  These projects have required topographic, hydrographic, subsurface utility location, geodetic control, vertical control, volume, as-built, and GPS surveying services from the Florida panhandle to the Florida Keys.  Degrove looks forward to continuing this positive professional relationship.

Degrove Completes Subsurface Location and Soft-Digs at Anastasia Island Waste Water Treatment Plant

Degrove Surveyors, as a sub-consultant to Bradshaw-Niles & Associates, is currently providing underground location support for an As-Built Survey of the Anastasia Island Waste Water Treatment Plant expansion in St. Augustine, Florida.  The expansion, a project owned by the St. Johns County Utility Department, connects the Anastasia Island Plant to another waste water treatment plant located across the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine Shores. 

Degrove field crews are locating a variety subsurface pipes throughout the plant, utilizing electromagnetic locators and ground penetrating radar (GPR).  Crews are also utilizing Degrove’s vacuum excavator to complete 45 soft-dig holes, verifying pipe size, type, and location at critical points in the network.

Degrove Awarded Contract with Jacksonville Aviation Authority

Degrove Surveyors has recently been awarded a contract with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority.  The contract is to provide surveying and mapping services to the Authority on an as-needed basis for up to the next five years.  Degrove looks forward to the opportunity to develop a positive relationship with the Authority.

Degrove Attends 2011 FSMS Conference – Ray Niles Honored

Degrove was once again well-represented at the 2011 Florida Surveying and Mapping Society (FSMS) Annual Conference, located this year at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine.  Ray Niles (pictured above, right), Degrove President and Past President of FSMS, was awarded the highly respected Life Member Award for his years of service to the Society and the profession.  Mr. Niles accepted the award and received an enthusiastic standing ovation. 

In addition to five Degrove employees being in attendance, a number of personnel also contributed to the planning and production of the conference by serving as chairpersons on various committees.  Degrove Vice President, Tom Tracz, served as the Golf Tournament Committee Chair; Randy Tompkins served as the Exhibit Hall Committee Chair; and Tyler Tracz served as the Fishing Tournament Committee Chair.

The Conference always serves as an enjoyable opportunity to reconnect with friends and communicate about the current happenings in the surveying profession.  Degrove thanks FSMS staff, officers, members, presenters, volunteers, vendors, and the Crown Chapter for making this year’s Conference another great success!  Degrove also congratulates the following individuals:

• Dale Bradshaw for being awarded the FSMS President’s Award in appreciation for his dedication and service on the Membership Committee and as State Secretary.

• Kathy Wade of the FSMS Crown Chapter for winning 2011 Chapter President of the Year.

• Crown Chapter Cooking Team for winning the 10th Annual Bar-B-Q Cook-off in our first year entering.

Degrove President, Ray Niles (left), VP, Tom Tracz, and wife Sherry, at the Welcome Bar-B-Q.

FSMS Crown Chapter, Bar-B-Q Cook-off winners

Degrove’s Will Pyle fighting a fish at the Annual Fishing Tournament.

Tom Tracz (right) and Dale Bradshaw (left) accepting awards for 3rd Place in the Golf Tournament.

Degrove’s Tyler Tracz distributing awards for the Annual Fishing Tournament.

Degrove Approved to Serve SRWMD

Degrove Surveyors has been selected as an approved surveyor by the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) for the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year.  The District manages water and other related resources in all of Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, and Union counties, as well as parts of Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Jefferson, Levy, and Putnam counties.  Degrove has over a decade of experience serving other water management districts in Florida, including St. Johns River, South Florida, and Southwest Florida.  Our services have included boundary, topographic, monitoring well site, hydrographic, control, as-built, and wetland surveys, as well as many other general surveying duties.  Degrove looks forward to the opportunity to develop a positive working relationship with the District.

Degrove Provides Survey Support for JEA Total Water Management Plan

Degrove has been providing survey support on Segments 3 and 6 of the JEA Total Water Management Plan (TWMP).  The goal of this pipeline project is to deliver potable water from the west side of the St. Johns River to Cortez Road.  The total corridor is nearly eight miles long, with Segments 3 and 6 encompassing over three miles of the route .  Since 2008, Degrove has also completed hydrographic surveys in the St. Johns River and provided survey support for preliminary recon on possible routes for the TWMP.

This summer, Degrove completed Topographic Route Surveys for both Segment 3 and Segment 6.  These surveys were completed to determine the existing site conditions for design considerations in construction for the TWMP Pipeline Project.  Degrove established control on each segment.  The vertical control of the individual segments were tied together and adjusted through a network of level runs that Degrove has built over the last 13 years. Location included all above ground features within and 10 feet outside the right-of-way.  Cross-sections were surveyed at 100-foot intervals and at significant breaks in grade.  Pipe inverts and underground utilities were also located.  Deliverables included electronic CAD files and printed hard copies.

Segment 3 began on Rio St. Johns Drive at Matanzas Way and proceeded easterly along Matanzas Way to Argo Drive, then northerly—through the transition from Argo to Bretta Street—to Commerce Street, then easterly along Commerce, crossing University Boulevard, to Westdale Drive, then northerly along Westdale to the JEA Water Treatment Plant – the total length of the route for Segment 3 being approximately 8300 feet.

Segment 6 began near the intersection of Southside Boulevard and Bradley Road, proceeded easterly along Bradley Road to Anniston Road, then southerly to pickup Bradley Road again, then easterly along Bradley to Cortez Road and 150 feet north and south along Cortez– the total length of the route for Segment 6 being approximately 9100 feet.  Degrove also completed the subsurface utility location and designation along Segment 6.

Degrove is proud to continue providing services for JEA projects.

Degrove Continues Providing Survey Support for Watershed Management Plans

Degrove Surveyors recently completed a project that will provide the survey data necessary for the Alligator Creek Watershed Management Plan.  Specifically, the data delivered will aid in the creation of a model of the Alligator Creek Watershed.  The model will support the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and the City of Clearwater in their efforts with the Watershed Management Plan.  Degrove completed a Topographic and Hydraulic Structure Survey that included 104 hydraulic structures, 4 bridges, and 34 channel cross-sections.  Field crews used a combination of RTK-GPS and conventional trigonometric and differential leveling to achieve the data.  The project had a 60 day time-line and was completed early.

Degrove Under Contract with FIND

Degrove Surveyors is now under contract with the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) to provide surveying and mapping services for projects on an as-needed basis.  Projects will likely include boundary, topographic, hydrographic/bathymetric, and as-built surveys in the District’s northern region.  Degrove has contributed to FIND projects in past years through work for the Army Corps of Engineers and has completed projects in all 12 of the counties within the District.  We look forward to serving the District and developing a great working relationship.