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Elevation Certificate Inspections and COVID-19 Safety

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COVID-19 Safety for you, your family and our survey technician

At Foster Survey Company we take the safety of you, your family and our survey technicians seriously.

Most of our land surveying services are conducted outdoors and away from people. This social distancing and wearing a mask or face covering when near people provides for little if any chance of transmitting COVID-19.

However, if you need an Elevation Certificate to obtain a mortgage, flood insurance or a building addition, for example, this type of land surveying does require that we inspect inside your home to determine the lowest floor and mechanical system elevations.

As such, we want to ensure you that we are taking appropriate measures during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic to keep you, your family and our survey technicians safe, including:

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