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Nov 01

A big thank you to our UDOT clients and teaming partners for connecting with us at the 2022 UDOT Annual Conference.

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Above: Meridian’s Exhibitor Booth #2001 From Left-Randall Vickers, PE, Steve Johnson, PE, Tyler Baron, PLS, and Michael Nadeau, PLS, CFeds

This year’s annual UDOT Conference was held from October 25 – 27, 2022, at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah with over 2200 attendees including several professionals from Meridian Engineering. The conference is organized for UDOT employees, students, and partner agencies to connect and participate together in various activities.

Shown above break area in the central hall.

Meridian’s right of way and survey teams were happy to be involved throughout the conference as exhibitors and various break-out sessions of key industry topics such as right of way, stormwater, safety, leadership, and drones revolutionizing UDOT. Did you know there are now flying cars that resemble a large drone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcdPyzCgkZk

Shown above Matt Hirst, CRS Engineers and Darryl Fenn, Meridian Engineers

Overall, our team looks forward to this event for receiving professional development credits, gaining extra knowledge regarding the profession, and networking with like-minded teaming partners.

Aug 10

2017 Esri User Conference Report

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Jeff Searle and Adrian Welsh had the opportunity to attend the annual Esri User Conference (UC) held in San Diego, California in July. The conference is held to learn about best practices in the GIS industry and get a jump start on the latest geospatial technology.

This was Esri’s biggest conference ever with nearly 18,000 registered attendees. The main theme of “The Science of Where” resonated throughout the technical workshops and training sessions. The theme allowed attendees to  solve problems in real-time, using location and geography to integrate, analyze, and understand all types of data.

Due to Adrian’s presence in the GIS community and winning an MVP award for his diligence and assistance, he was asked to give a presentation at the Esri UC to discuss why the GIS community is important and what made him a success story. Adrian was honored to write a blog post for each day of the Esri conference. (a link to this blog post will be at the end of this write-up).

Instead of writing about the key take-away points from Jeff and Adrian of this conference, let’s take a look at a story map! Click on the link or image below to launch the story map presentation.

https://arcg.is/bWfH

Esri UC Convention Center

 

Thanks for reading! Please add a comment if you were able to attend the conference. Also, here is a link to Adrian’s blog written on Esri’s website: https://geonet.esri.com/blogs/AdrianWelsh/2017/07/17/2017-esri-user-conference-quick-thoughts

Nov 29

UDOT Conference Recap

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The UDOT Conference, which took place November 1-3, was quite the event, filled with fun, friends, and fantastic food. Our Meridian team benefited greatly from the available classes, and we were able to catch up with old colleagues and make some new ones as well.

Here are some photos of the event. We’ve already got big plans for next year!

UDOT Conference Recap

  • road carpet

    Right before the hustle and bustle.

  • gentlemen

    Tyler, Jeff, and Mike, looking great as always.

  • man with glasses

    Mike Timothy made some fashionable glasses using a 3D pen.

  • plastic house

    Jason Henley spent three hours constructing this masterpiece.

  • sandbox

    Playing with the sandbox.

  • balancing wood blocks

    Vic Saunders was a balancing champion.

  • giant cookie

    My eyes said yes but my stomach said oh, no.

  • dance game

    Some of us got our groove on.

  • plastic mustache

    Nichole briefly participated in No Shave November.

  • plastic mustache 2

    …so did Jennifer Avila.

  • plastic monocle

    Mike Timothy came back for round two, this time to make a monocle.

  • plastic glasses 2

    Doesn’t Dian McGuire look awesome in her new glasses?

  • bridge in sandbox

    Steve’s bridge was so good we had to use it.

  • bridge in sandbox 2

    It looked even better up close.