Jurjen Lock
Surveyor | Survey Contractor | Land Surveyor | CST -Certified Survey Technologist | Entrepreneur| Business Development | Construction Surveyor | CLS Candidate | ALS Articles
About
Hands-on, entrepreneurial survey professional with over 30 years of experience conducting surveys for the industrial, commercial, resource, municipal, provincial and federal sectors. Well-versed in reading, reviewing, and interpreting drawings, plans & specifications, with ability to draft submissions for complex construction projects. Skilled in coordinating estimating, scoping, and writing contracts for projects; in-depth knowledge of Survey Law, Survey Principal, Survey Computations, Township Systems, DLS Systems, Metes and Bounds Descriptions, Survey Plan Development, CAD, Computations, Adjustments, Photogrammetry, Celestial Astronomic Observations &
• Computations, GIS, Drone Surveys, Site Management, Crew Management, Equipment Trouble Shooting, Access route Planning &
• Surveying, Pipeline and Power Transmission Corridors, Plant Site Development, Industrial Equipment Monitoring, Open Pit Mine Surveys, Offshore Drill Platform Positioning, Road &
• Bathometric Surveys, Wellsite Surveys – Oil &
• Gas, Buried Pipe and Utility Location, Precise Survey Control Survey - Government of Canada, (First &
• Second Order), Airport Development, Highway Routing and Widening, Structure Monitoring &
• Settlement, Building Layout -Structural Foundations, Sewer, Grading, Site Electrical, Storm &
• Sanitary Sewers– Private and Municipal, BOMA Lease Area Certificates, Vertical &
• Shear Monitoring, Topographic Surveys, Small Residential Surveys REAL Property Reports, Boundary Retracement and large/small scale residential, commercial and industrial subdivision plans and surveys.
Strata
Plans and Condominium plans (Bare land and High/low Rise and commercial).
Easement
Plans, Right of Way Plans, Expropriation Plans and Monumentation Plans. Top of Slope Surveys and Plans. Establish best-in-class standards for survey and mapping practices. Instrumental in streamlining and improving processes, enhancing productivity, and implementing technology solutions.
Collaborative communicator with proven ability to cultivate lasting partnerships with owners, developers, builders, and other stakeholders. Committed to leading teams to achieve business, financial objectives and continual learning.
Experience
Professional Sabbatical - Edmonton, AB
(2025-01)
- Relocation to Edmonton
- Professional Development: Focused on gaining new skills or training. Namely CLS Exam Preparation. CEBPS
- to rest, recharge, or pursue personal/professional development, Namely ALS, OLS Professional Designations.
Lead Surveyor - ENGLOBE CORP/ DST CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD. - Ottawa, ON
(2017-05 - 2025-05)
- Leading the Surveying team in carrying out daily monitoring/surveying activities.
- Professional Development: Focused on gaining new skills or training.
- to rest, recharge, or pursue personal/professional development
- Consistently executing prescribed technical procedures, safe work practices and work plans in a safe, efficient manner under all applicable regulatory requirements and contract specifications.
- Coordinate and undertake planning and implementation of survey requirements to facilitate construction activities.
- Maintain accurate survey records, documentation, and stamped submittal.
- Generating deliverable documentation, including technical reports and letters, summaries, data sheets, graphs, proposals, and qualification packages.
- Working with field staff project needs to develop project-specific plans and documents.
- Produce work plans in which objectives are clearly defined, and steps for achieving them are well detailed for project crews to follow.
- Provide clients (internal and external) with efficient responses to inquiries.
- Anticipate client needs and respond within a timely manner to each inquiry.
- Monitor project and team performance. Forecast project outcomes and adjust where necessary to deliver successful project outcomes.
- Manage client expectations and scope changes through active communication.
- Identify and resolve client, project and/or team issues.
- Performs various tasks, including analyzing proposed project solutions to ensure structural reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
President, Project Manager, Surveyor - TERRE-ALTA GEOMATIC SYSTEMS LTD - Edmonton, AB – Prince Albert, SK
(2004-01 - 2016-12)
- Provide consulting and survey support and lead large general contractors and municipal public projects throughout Western Canada including senior high, middle, and elementary schools; college campus buildings; university resident complexes; airport development; churches; commercial "big box" stores; strip malls; gas and fueling facilities; new banks; theaters; transit facilities; private, residential, and commercial development, Hospitals, Sports Complexes, Arenas, Pools, Park Developments, Libr
- Utilize various survey software computation to design and create preliminary and final interactive submissions for site construction layout and as-builts.
- Provide full life cycle project management from office to field to finish COGO (Coordinate Geometry Computations).
- Coordinate data upload, transfer, and automated data collection with state-of-the-art GPS systems.
- Direct all office administration including scheduling, P&L, budget development and management, and invoicing.
- Prepare, draft and checking and submissions of: LTO Land Titles Legal Survey Plan Registration, As-Built Plans for Structural Engineering Design, Preliminary Site Plans and Post Construction Plans, Detailed Settlement Monitoring Reports & Real Property Reports .Submission to Architects, Engineers, Planners and Lawyers for Litigation, Expert Witness.
- Consultant on land development planning and implementation. Subdivision Planning and Development Proposals
Field Survey Contractor - TERREALTA SURVEY SERVICES - Edmonton, AB
(1994-01 - 2004-12)
- Initially single survey contractor to professional survey companies as Field Survey Contractor.
- Oilfield work completed throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC. Contracted to supply truck, quads, snowmobiles, chainsaws and peripheral equipment to complete well site and plant site tiedowns, well site and access road surveys, plant site development, route and site selection surveys, piling for pipe racks, conveyor systems, satellite and pumping stations, river, train and utilities crossings.
- Municipal, Educational and Recreational Facilities, Edmonton International Airport runway and taxi lane development.
Office Manager – Project Manager -Surveyor - WSP/MMM
Office Manager-Construction Surveyor - EXPLORE SURVEYS LTD.
Associate-Office Manager-Construction & Legal Surveys - TERRE-ALTA CORP
Computer Computation-Office Manager- CAD – Field Surveyor - CANADIAN ENGINEERING SURVEY INC
Survey Contractor - UNIVERSAL SURVEYS LTD.
Survey Contractor - CHALLENGER SURVEYS LTD.
Survey Contractor - CAN-AM SURVEYS LTD.
Field Surveyor | Party Chief - FOCUS SURVEYS LTD.
Field Surveyor | Party Chief - R.E. CLIPSHAM ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS LTD.
Survey Party Chief - MCCONNELL MAUGHAN ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS LTD.
Survey Party Chief - MMM GROUP INC.
Survey Party Chief - J.D. BARNES LTD. SURVEYORS
Education
Bachelor of Science - Survey Engineering - University of Toronto
Bachelor of - Survey Technology - Humber College of AA&T
Continuing Education - British Columbia Institute of Technology