Council of Professional Surveyors (COPS)
For Membership Information, e-mail htalbert@acec.org SBA Size Standards SBA Size StandardsThe Small Business Association has released a proposal to increase the small business size standard. To follow this issue and ACEC's involvement, Click Here. Coalition to Save Our GPSACEC and COPS have signed onto the Coalition to Save Our GPS. As described, the Coalition to Save Our GPS "is working to resolve a serious threat to the Global Positioning System. A company has been granted a conditional waiver by the FCC to build 40,000 ground stations in the U.S. that could cause widespread interference to GPS signals — endangering a national utility which millions of Americans — notably Surveyors — rely on every day." To read COPS position statement Click Here. To learn more about the Coalition to Save Our GPS go to http://www.saveourgps.org/ Greeting from the ChairmanWelcome to the Council of Professional Surveyors (COPS) website! Hopefully, by now, you are seeing a uptick in activity and request for surveying services. If not, at least you've most likely "right-sized" your staff to meet market demand. We've all gone through some difficult and sad times over the last two years and now it's time to turn our focus to strategic planning — creating a recipe for growth and profitability. COPS is here to help you. In 2010 COPS released 2 new "Go-No Go" forms and a "Employee Interview Guide." We are currently working three new products to be released this year in addition to an update to the existing health and safety manual. As a member of COPS, you will have access to these brand new developing documents as well as the library of other products produced by surveyors for surveyors. As a member you can also participate in quarterly meetings or volunteer for a committee where you will can share ideas and interact with some leaders in the surveying profession from throughout the country. On behalf of my fellow Steering Committee Members and our nationwide coalition, I welcome you. We sincerely hope that the information provided here is useful to your business and will encourage you to join our coalition. Tim Cawood, McKim & Creed About COPSOur mission is to strengthen the business environment and image of member firms, focusing on quality professional surveying services in a competitive global marketplace. Links
Field NotesClick the following link to view the most current Field Notes: Spring 2011 PublicationsCOPS Members have free 24/7 access for all COPS Publications. If you are a COPS Member, please login to the Members Only section to access. If you wish to purchase a COPS Publication, please click here. Machine Guidance Issues—Position Statement and Suggested Language for Plans and Contracts. |
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