Company History

L.W. SURVEY ENGINEERING & DESIGN COMPANY was established and incorporated in 1998 in the state of Illinois.  The company was founded by a team with extensive knowledge and ample years of experience in engineering, route design, right of way acquisition, land surveying, document and contract procurement, drafting, and mapping applications.  L.W. Survey Engineering & Design Company is composed of staff members whose previous experience includes the completed preliminary, existing (as-built), and design phase services for the following list of major pipelines, powerlines, and telegraph cables:

  • Trail Blazer

  • Northern Expansion, Gathering System

  • Northern Border Project 

  • Montana Power

  • Ozark Pipeline Project 

  • AT & T North American Network, Fiber Optics 

  • Williams Pipeline USA Projects

  • Williams Communications Fiber Optic Network System

  • Great Lakes Gas Transmission 

  • Kern River Project 

  • North West Pipeline Project

  • Tenneco Beco Project 

  • Michcon Pipeline, Detroit Edison Project

  • Panhandle Eastern Projects

  • Lakehead Pipeline Project

  • Iroquois Pipeline Project, East Coast

  • Portland Natural Gas Transmission System Pipeline Project

L.W. Survey employs a wide array of services which include Route Survey, GPS, Data Collection, Land Contour Surveys, Mortgage Surveys, Civil Surveys, Hydrostatic Topographical, Aerial, GIS Base, Sediment, Classification, Rehab, Pearson and other surveys relative to the completion of the task. Both the officers and employees have a widespread knowledge of survey and design in areas such as tank farms, refineries, gathering systems, compressor stations, pump stations, add-ons low pressure-high pressure lines, well locations, regens, microwave towers, city utility related work, power lines and various other utility related work.  The company is also experienced in working with sewer lines, water treatment plants, water lines, city planning, corps of engineers, hydrology, highway surveys, aerial photogrammetry, and land law.

The officers and employees that make up L.W. Survey are an aggressive and dedicated team that is committed to meeting 100% of client expectations.  In order to better serve our clients, we have a corporate office and two branch offices that we manage projects from.  Our corporate office is located in Duluth, Minnesota, with branch offices in suburbs of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Chicago, Illinois.

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Company Resources

Equipment includes the following:

RTK GPS             Total Stations       Laser Units           Theodolites

Auto-Levels          Metrotechs           Data collectors      Laptops

Workstations      Plotters                 Printers                  TDW 14 Fusion Equipment

              TDW 28 Fusion Equipment             Friamat Electrofusion Equipment

 

Software Packages include:

               GasWorks 7.0                   AutoCAD 2007                    Carlson Survey and SurvCAD  2007   

Microstation                         AutoCAD Lite                                      Trim Map

SoftDesk                               Survey Link                                         Traverse PC

Microsoft Office                  Map Overlay                                         Geolab

SurveCE                                Blue-Sky                                  LandDesk and Civil Design

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L.W. Survey Company has the following offices:

Main Office: 1 East First St. Suite 201, Duluth MN 55802, Voice: (218) 722-8211 Fax: (218) 722-8207   

Oklahoma Office:  2156 W. Albany, Broken Arrow OK 74012 ,  (918) 251-1035  Fax: (918) 251-0425   

Illinois Office:    9700 197th St, Suite 2, Mokena IL 60448, (708) 479-6617, (866) 233-6084

 

 

 

Current Staff Include:

  • Principal

  • Project Managers

  • Inspectors
  • Professional Engineers
  • Professional Surveyors
  • GPS Manager
  • Designers
  • Survey Managers
  • Administrative
  • GPS Technicians
  • Data Processors/ Drafters
  • Senior Supervisors
  • Supervisors
  • Field Survey Crews

 

Lesley W. Welch, President and CEO

Sandy Welch, Assistant General Director

Khaled Gebarin, Ph.D., Dipl.Ing, PLS, Vice President, GPS Manager

Teresa Arnold, Attorney at Law, Director-Right of Way

Leroy Marlow, PE, LS Drafting Supervisor

Greg Holland, RLS, Project Manager

Sharolyn Cunningham, PLS Survey Supervisor

Larkin Wellerman, Survey Supervisor

Larry Raivala, Survey Supervisor

Duane Lindahl, Project Manager

Doyle Damman, Data Processing Supervisor

Seth Marsolek, Logistics Manager

Brian Johnson, Project Manager

Scott McDonald, Survey Coordinator

Brent Radosevich, Survey Coordinator

Doug Aulbach, Vice President Field Services