1993 – 2009

Celebrating 16 years of Professional Land Surveying in Rhode Island.

Foster Survey Company is a RI professional land surveying company established in March of 1993. We are Registered Licensed Rhode Island Professional Land Surveyors serving all of Rhode Island. Our core beliefs are to provide superior professional land surveying services that will benefit you with: Value,  Experience, and Quality!

Our mission is to exceed your needs by dedicating to you a Professional Land Surveyor with over 25 years of surveying experience utilizing the latest high tech surveying equipment, respecting your need for timely and expert service, and by having the expert you hire be the actual person working on your survey.

With 16 years experience running and operating a Professional Land Surveying Company in Rhode Island, and with the experience of Eric D. Colburn, PLS in all aspects of land surveying, we are confident that we can provide to you the highest levels of professional service.

About Eric D. Colburn, PLS, President

I am a registered licensed Professional Land Surveyor having over 25 years of experience in the land surveying and land development industries. I am the president of Foster Survey Company which is a RI Professional Land Surveying Company established in March of 1993.

I currently hold the following Licenses and Certifications:

• Rhode Island Registered Licensed Professional Land Surveyor: RI No. 1920.
• Licensed Class II Septic System Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) Designer: RI No. 2052.
• Certified Bottomless Sand Filter Designer.
• OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety & Health Certified.

I am currently President of the  New England Section of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM-NES) and I am active in many Professional Land Surveying organizations, including the following:

• New England Section of the American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM-NES) – Current President.
• American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM).
• National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS).
• Rhode Island Society of Professional Land Surveyors (RISPLS).

I provide expertise in performing expert professional land surveying services such as:

• Boundary Surveys
• Lot Surveys
• Septic System Design
• ALTA Surveys
• GPS
• Subdivision Design
• Condominiums
• Perc Tests
• Topographic Mapping
• Wetlands Applications
• Construction Layout
• Flood Certificates
• FAA-2C Certification
• Aerial Mapping and Control
• Cadastral Surveying
• GIS
• Land Planning
• Cartographic Mapping

I have worked with and used many software packages and surveying equipment over the years. Currently I use high performance, quality and advanced high tech surveying equipment, computer systems and surveying systems.  I employ the latest technological equipment including Robotic Total Stations (Leica TPS 1200), Global Positioning Systems (Trimble 4800) and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009.

I can be contacted by email at EColburn@FosterSurvey.com.