January 8, 2027 Workshop - CLick here to register

gATEWAY hOTEL- amES, ia

 8:00AM (Registration 7:15AM) - 4:30PM ( 7PDHs Offered )

A block of rooms has been reserved for SLSI at the Gateway Hotel.  Please use the following link by CLICKING HERE or contact the hotel directly at 515-292-8600 and reference the SLSI room block.  Room cut-off date is 12/28/26.

Workshop Fees:

SLSI Member: $155
Non-Member: $265
Students (Must be currently enrolled): $75

Programs:

The Top Five Reasons Land Surveyors are Sued During New Construction Projects (6 PDHs) Dr. Tony, Nettleman, Nettleman Land Consultants, PSM, Esq.

This course explains the five most common reasons land surveyors are sued during new construction. The course emphasizes that construction speed does not lower the surveyor’s standard of care. Attendees will learn how boundary, control, staking, and documentation errors can contaminate foundations, utilities, grading, paving, ADA features, retaining walls, and as-built certifications. Real-world examples show that surveyors are far easier to defend when they performed and documented reasonable professional work.

The course focuses on practical risk-control systems: plan-version control, QA/QC, responsible charge, communication, and complete records. The central takeaway is simple: construction survey liability is usually preventable with disciplined systems and defensible documentation.

By the end of this seminar, attendees will be able to: 1. Help surveyors understand why construction staking should not begin until an adequate boundary retracement survey has been completed and documented. 2. Teach surveyors how to verify that staking work matches the current controlling design documents before field layout begins. 3. Explain how datum, projection, localization, and control errors can create major construction defects and liability exposure. 4. Show surveyors how contract requirements can become enforceable standards of care when firms agree to them but fail to verify compliance. 5. Emphasize practical documentation, communication, QA/QC, and responsible- charge systems that help prevent claims and defend survey work when disputes arise.

Iowa Land Records (ILR) Notification System (1PDH). Jammie Hoffman, Executive Director, ILR

An overview of the newly updated ILR Notification System and Q&A

About the Speaker:  

Dr. Tony Nettleman, PSM, Esq.

Dr. Tony Nettleman is a land surveyor, attorney, expert witness, author, and educator with over 20 years of experience. He holds a PhD in geomatics and a law degree and is licensed as a professional surveyor in 15 states. A former professor at four universities, Tony has helped over 1,000 surveyors become licensed. He has co-authored leading surveying textbooks, including *Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles*, *Evidence and Procedure for Boundary Location*, and *Clark on Surveying and Boundaries*. Tony can be contacted through www.CNettleman.net.

*Cancellation/Weather Policy:

Cancellation Policy- If you are unable to attend you may cancel on or before January 4th, your registration fee will be returned less a $25 administrative fee. No refunds will be made after January 4th, but attendee substitutions will be accepted at any time.

*SLSI will try and hold the workshop regardless of weather. Attendees travel safety is paramount, should a need to cancel occur SLSI will notify attendees the day prior.

  For questions, please contact the SLSI office at [email protected] or 515-284-7055.