COMPASS CONSULTING SURVEYORS
DIRECTION IN DEVELOPMENT
Eric Smith
Eric grew up on a farm at Yeoval, south of Dubbo. Eric has had a passion for surveying since 1989, when he experienced surveying with local Wellington surveyor, Neil Doherty.
He graduated from the University of Newcastle in 1998 and after gaining experience in different locations across the country, has settled in the Central West. Eric has been a small business owner and company director since 2005, when he joined his former mentor, Neil Doherty, to form Doherty Smith and Associates, consulting surveyors. Eric has enjoyed teaming up with Pat Clarkstone to form Compass Consulting Surveyors in 2021.
Eric has a wide range of experience, from rural and suburban subdivision and design to UAV (drone) surveys for asset management and terrain modelling. He has a knack for attracting some of the most interesting projects, including an encroachment by a wind turbine over an adjoining neighbour’s property, survey and design for a rifle range, preparing a report in relation to tyre smoke from burnout competitions and it’s potential impact on adjoining development, and measuring inside the Wellington Caves. Eric’s articles, published on the Compass Consulting Surveyors blog, are used by a wide range of people seeking plain-English explanations of complex surveying and planning matters.
He is an amateur photographer, with his location photos bringing real world substance to your development proposals as well as colour to our website. Eric is a past president of the NSW Country Surveyors Association, and is a current examiner for the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information, NSW.
KEY PERSONNEL
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY & PROCEDURES
We aim to achieve a level beyond our duty of care obligations by implementing and following strict Workplace Health and Safety policy. All employees of Compass Consulting Surveyors undergo the necessary induction training and risk assessments when working on sites under our control.
All members of the team have completed the National WHS General Construction Induction Training and hold nationally recognised White Cards.
SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTISE
Compass Consulting Surveyors are endeavouring to implement a range of Sustainable Business Practises. These strategies of Sustainability must be both affordable and practical to realise and ensure that the Quality of Service always provided by Compass Consulting Surveyors is strictly maintained.
We anticipate that by putting these principles into practise we will take the very important step towards being considered a Sustainable Business.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Compass Consulting Surveyors, like all spatial professionals are under increasing ethical, business, regulatory and consumer pressures to perform at the highest level of efficiency and accuracy.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Compass Consulting Surveyors make every effort towards Continuous Improvement. We are implementing Sustainability and Transparency initiatives to ensure Customer Satisfaction and Quality Management Systems are sustained.
LATEST NEWS & PROJECTS
A Surveyor’s Toolbelt and Beyond
As a new survey trainee, there’s a lot that is new and interesting about on the job experience. The team at Compass Consulting Surveyors [...]
Plan of Delimitation
What is Delimitation? Delimitation is the process of removing a limitation notification from a Land Title. A Plan of Delimitation is the survey plan [...]
A Brief History of Surveying in NSW
Since 1788, the rapidly growing colony of Australia utilised land surveyors. Land surveyors were assigned the task of delineating new land rights as settlers [...]
Detail and Contour Survey – Tibooburra
Compass Consulting Surveyors were engaged to undertake a Detail and Contour Survey over a lot located within the Town of Tibooburra. The project involved defining [...]
Rural Subdivision – Paytens Bridge
Compass Consulting Surveyors were engaged to undertake a three-lot subdivision of 630 hectares land zoned RU1 Primary Production at Paytens Bridge. CCS prepared the [...]
Orange – Sewer Treatment Plant Expansion Project
The $8 million dollar Orange Sewer Treatment Plant expansion project commenced in November 2022. The works included replacing inlet work structures, pipe relocation and [...]
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
