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Foster Survey Company Announces and Welcomes Azure Giroux as Geospatial/GIS Coordinator

FOSTER SURVEY WELCOMES GEOSPATIAL/GIS COORDINATOR!

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Azure Giroux, Geospatial/GIS Coordinator

Foster, RI  – Foster Survey Company, a professional land surveying company, is proud to announce and welcome Azure Giroux of East Greenwich as the Company’s Geospatial/GIS Coordinator.

In this role, Giroux will be responsible for a wide array of tasks for clients, including utilizing drones for data collection, making maps, performing analyses, and managing digital mapping data. Giroux will assist Foster Survey Company in attracting more customers interested in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and geographic information systems (GIS).

“We are very proud to have Azure on our team and are confident she will be a valuable asset to the company”, said Eric Colburn, president of Foster Survey Company. “Azure’s skills will help us grow our services and the company by placing us into advanced and innovative industry sectors, such as surveying with drones and GIS mapping/analysis, enabling us to provide more value to our clients.”

Giroux joins the Foster Survey team after receiving her MS in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at the University of Rhode Island in May 2017. After earning her degree, she spent the summer as the GIS Intern for the Town of Jamestown, Department of Public Works and as a Naturalist at the Napatree Point Conservation Area in Westerly. Giroux also holds a BA in English from the University of Vermont. Her personal interests include rock climbing, beekeeping, horseback riding, reading, and traveling.

About Foster Survey Company:

Founded in 1993, Foster Survey Company is a professional land surveying company serving all of Rhode Island. Land surveying offerings include: boundary surveys; lot surveys; septic system design; ALTA surveys; GPS; subdivision design; perc tests; topographic mapping; wetlands applications; construction layout; FEMA flood certificates; FAA-2C certification; GIS; aerial mapping and control; cadastral surveying; land planning; cartographic mapping; and expert witness testimony. If you would like to learn about Foster Survey Company or our Geospatial/GIS solutions please contact us or call us at 401.647.9240.

The company’s mission is to provide superior, prompt, and expert professional land surveying services utilizing the latest high-tech surveying equipment.

By Eric Colburn

Eric Colburn is a registered licensed Rhode Island Professional Land Surveyor (RI No. 1920) with 40 years of experience in land surveying and land development industries, and president of Foster Survey Company. He is an expert experienced in all aspects of boundary surveying and surveying technologies such as robotic surveying systems, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), AutoCAD Civil 3D, drone surveying, and remote sensing surveys.

Eric has obtained the following professional licenses and certifications:
• Licensed Professional Land Surveyor (RI No. 1920)
• Licensed Class II Septic System OWTS Designer (RI No. 2052)
• Certified Bottomless Sand Filter Designer
• OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety & Health Certified.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (RISPLS) and has been active in many professional land surveying organizations, including ACSM-NES, American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM), and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Eric served on the Board of Directors and was past President of the New England Section of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM-NES), which became the Geomatics Society of New England.

Professional Associations:
• Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (Board Member)
• National Society of Professional Surveyors