Michael Blanchard is one of the founding members of Acadia Land Surveying, LLC. Mr. Blanchard has more than 22 years of experience as a professional land surveyor specifically related to surveying of civil engineering projects and providing clients with the expertise they have come to expect from Acadia Land Surveying. His project management responsibilities include proposal preparation, field crew scheduling, plat preparation, field work, client presentations, and final approval of survey plans and documents.

Education:
Nicholls State University – Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering Technology (1989-1994)

Professional Registration:
Professional Land Surveyor, Louisiana – PLS Reg. #4861, 1999
Licensed Professional Surveyor, Mississippi – PS Reg. #02834, 2001
Registered Professional Land Surveyor, Texas – RPLS Reg. #6010, 2008
Registered Professional Land Surveyor,  Alabama – PLS Reg. #38902-S

Professional Associations:
Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors (LSPS)
Mississippi Association of Professional Surveyors (MAPS)
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)

Andy Richard is a registered Professional Land Surveyor with Acadia Land Surveying, LLC and has over 9 years of experience. His project management duties include managing crews, contacting clients and contractor and processing field data. Mr. Richard also works on various legal documents, and is a licensed FAA Part 107 pilot.

Education
Nicholls State University – Bachelors of Science in Geomatics (2008-2012)
L.E. Fletcher Tech Com College – Associate of Applied Science degree in Drafting and Design Technology (2004-2006)

Professional Registration:
Professional Land Surveyor, Louisiana – PLS Reg. #5192, 2017

Professional Associations:
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors (LSPS)
American Drafting Design Association (ADDA)
Vice Chairman of the Upper Lafourche Duck Unlimited Chapter
Board Member of the Bayou Lafourche Chapter of Coastal Conservation Association
Secretary of Protector Fire Company No. 2 (Thibodaux Volunteer Fireman)

Wayne Vice Jr is a registered land surveyor intern with Acadia Land Surveying, LLC. He started his work with Acadia in 2016. In late 2017 he was moved to Gulfport to oversee the location known as Cassady-Acadia Land Surveying, LLC. His project management responsibilities include proposal preparation, field crew scheduling, plat preparation, field work, record keeping, and drafting. Mr. Vice is responsible for the overall management or the Gulfport location and will have assistance from his staff and the staff at the Louisiana office as well.

Education:
Nicholls State University – Bachelors of Science in Geomatics (2016)

Professional Registration:
Land Surveyor Intern, Louisiana – LSI #671, 2016

Professional Associations:
National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors (LSPS)

Ms. Anna has been with Acadia Land Surveying, LLC for over 10 years, and has over 22 years of experience in  accounting and office management.  Her duties as office manager include managing accounting, coordination of project documents, human resources and safety administrator, as well as other administrative responsibilities.

An ALTA/ACSM is a survey performed to specific guidelines set forth by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, and is performed primarily for businesses in order for the particular property to be insured.

Boundary Surveys include locating the client’s property corners. We can provide a plat or map of the subject property and do legal descriptions (descriptions as they are written in deeds for the transfer of property).

Our company is called from time to time to provide expert witness testimony in court cases involving a dispute over boundary lines. If we survey the subject property and come to a different conclusion than another surveyor as to the location of a specific boundary, then we are prepared to testify.

CAD stands for Computer Aided Drafting. ALS will do any drafting work in related fields including plotting deeds, transferring hard copy drawings of buildings, etc., to digital format and anything else within the scope of our profession.

Construction staking involves the layout of buildings, roads, curb, utilities, railroads, etc.

A FEMA certified Certificate sometimes needed before you can buy or sell your home or business if it is in a FEMA flood zone area to show your elevation. Elevation certificates are often need to acquire flood insurance.

Topographic surveys involve the determination of the shape and location of the ground and the location of both natural and artificial features on the ground. These surveys are often used for purposes of developing a piece of property to aid in determination of surface drainage of water on the property, location of large natural features, footprints of existing buildings, etc., so that design of proposed development will be facilitated in every degree.

Volume calculations are primarily used in landfills in order to determine how much waste has already been placed in the landfill and to aid in the determination of when a new cell must be constructed for the landfill.