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Welcome New NYSAPLS Members! Members on the Move
Thank you for joining our amazing team of professional licensees, Prudent Engineering Promotes David
technicians, students, thinkers, leaders, professors, volunteers, and LaRue to Principal of the Firm
all-around good people! Watch for your new member kit in the EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. (February 13,
mail. In addition, one of our membership committee members 2024) Prudent Engineering, LLP, a multi-
will be contacting you by phone to welcome you. disciplinary engineering and land survey
Dawn McCall, Riverside, NJ – Associate Member firm, has promoted David LaRue, L.S.,
Michael Mihalczo, Congers, NY – Regular Member E.I.T., C.F.M., to principal, manager of
land survey services.
Ivan Pazmino, Lindenhurst, NY – Associate Member
Islip Land Surveying, Islip Terrace, NY – Sustaining Member In this role, LaRue will be responsible for
managing Prudent’s Land Survey Services department to meet
the needs of the growing client base, including overseeing the
Congratulations New Licensees! field survey team, survey staff recruitment, ensuring high quality
NYSAPLS would like to congratulate the following individual(s) delivery of services, and overall client satisfaction.
who have been granted the title of “Land Surveyor” as an official With over 40 years in the land surveying industry, LaRue has a
licensee in the state of New York: broad range of experience with fieldwork and survey business
Zachary J. Ennis 51227 West Nyack, NY management. His accreditation as a Certified Floodplain Manager
Luis A. Ramos 51228 Maspeth, NY provides the expertise to perform projects requiring FEMA-related
surveys. LaRue is also an FAA licensed commercial drone pilot.
All new licensees are granted a complimentary 1-year NYSAPLS A resident of Webster, New York, LaRue received his Bachelor
membership and will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during of Science degree in civil engineering technology from Rochester
the 2025 NYSAPLS Annual Surveyors Conference. Institute of Technology. He is an active community volunteer
having served in several local troop leadership roles with Boy
This fantastic program is a Scouts of America, and as the president of the Webster Volunteer
weekly Zoom meeting featuring Fire Department, where he continues to devote time as a volunteer
live Q&A’s on your favorite fire fighter.
surveying topics. Every Monday,
the forum is hosted by a rotating
series of guest speakers who are among the best in the surveying
business. It serves as a weekly meeting room for anyone wanting
to learn more. Whether you are a freshman in college or a 50-year
Professional Land Surveyor, we all have questions or we want help
with that second opinion.
https://mentoringmondays.xyz/

A bi-weekly virtual roundtable
discussion to go over a chapter
at a time from our “Surveying Are You Missing Out on
Bibles”. The goal is for everyone Potential Clients?
to read a chapter of a book and then have a discussion. All sessions Did you know our “Find a
are recorded and saved on the Wisdom Wednesdays website.
Surveyor” search feature is
https://wisdomwednesdays.xyz/ our most visited page on our
website? Help the public find you on our website by making
Regional Spotlight: WPAPLS sure your member profile is up to date. Login to verify your
address, add the type of work you perform and add your photo
The Westchester Putnam Association or company logo. If you need assistance, contact our office.
of Professional Land Surveyors We’re happy to help!
(WPAPLS) enjoyed their April 9th
meeting at the Gramercy Restaurant in
Yorktown Heights, NY. They reviewed Committee Updates
key points from the NYSAPLS Board Did you know ALL of our committees have a webpage with
of Directors meeting, including the meeting minutes and other member resources? We post brief
proposed budget, in addition to local monthly updates for all committees in our HQ news feature. But
regional business. if you’re looking for more details, visit our website committee
pages and see what they’ve been up to!

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