Lee Lovell

Lee Lovell is a registered land surveyor in Colorado and Nebraska and has accumulated 34 years of professional experience. He resides in Parker, Colorado, where he was part of Western States Surveying for 20-plus years. In 2013, Lee completed an orderly wind down of WSS business operations, and after taking a year off, returned to the never boring, sometimes frustrating and usually rewarding practice of surveying.

Articles by Lee Lovell

• Preparing surveyors for the future

  Monday, June 05, 2017

  The decline in the number of individuals seeking licensure has raised concerns about the future of the surveyor profession. A logical solution to this problem is to find ways to make more surveyors. Some say the requirement for a BS in surveying should be dropped. After all, there are few colleges offering this degree.

• Surveyors: Are we our own worst enemy?

  Tuesday, February 07, 2017

  I admit to being a novice when it comes to ancient Greek philosophers. However, they seem to speak to some contemporary issues. In the Phaedrus dialogue, Plato expresses concerns that an information technology called writing might weaken a person's mind and cause trouble in the community. He suggests "learners will read and think they know many things; however they will not possess knowledge and become difficult to get along with."