UTILITY ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING INSTITUTE
About US
The Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI) offers professionals working within the utility, pipeline engineering, and surveying/geomatics communities the opportunity to network with others and shape the future of the industry by participating in technical activities, conferences, and the development of internationally recognized standards.
Our HISTORY
What Is Utility Engineering?
"Utility Engineering is a branch of Civil Engineering that focuses on the planning, position, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and asset management of any and all utility systems, as well as the interaction between utility infrastructure and other civil infrastructure.”
What Is ENgineering Surveying?
"Engineering surveying are those activities involved in the planning and execution of surveys for the development, design, construction, operation and maintenance of civil and other engineered projects. Engineering surveying may be regarded as a specialty within the broader professional practice of engineering and includes all surveying activities required to support the conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of engineered projects. Engineering surveying excludes the surveying of real property, for the establishment of land boundaries, rights of way, easements, and the dependent or independent surveys or resurveys of the public land survey system. ASCE believes that this definition should be adopted by state engineering licensing boards.”
UESI focuses on five subsects of utilities and surveying:
Pipelines - Advanced pipeline engineering, relative to conveyance of liquids, gases, and solids via pipelines.
Utility Risk Management – Hosting discussions on utility investigations, coordination, design, data management, and security.
Surveying and Geomatics - Providing leadership for the acquisition and management of spatial data while encouraging the advancement of geomatics.
Asset Management - Sharing knowledge related to the holistic life-cycle asset management of utility infrastructure.
Standards - Identifying new topics for standards development and growing the overall UESI standards program.
UESI provides its members with various activities to support their professional and technical growth:
Technical conferences – Pipelines and the Surveying & Geomatics Conferences
Involvement in Technical Committees and UESI Chapters
Development of Standards
Continuing education
Organizational membership
Who should join?
Water and Wastewater Pipeline Engineers and Suppliers
Oil and Gas Pipeline Engineers
Electrical and Communications System Designers
Utility Asset Managers
Utility Coordinators
Surveyors
Subsurface Utility Engineers
Everyone interested in the local utility engineering and surveying industry!
For the communities of Miami-Dade County, a local chapter was created in October 2015 and is recognized as the first Chapter to submit a Memorandum of Understanding to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). On a local level, the Miami-Dade UESI Chapter provides support and educational opportunities for professionals and students in the diverse field of utilities and surveying. The chapter regularly hosts lunch and learns, virtual technical sessions, site visits, networking events, and special-topic outreach campaigns on political or community issues of interest.
Our Mission
Our OBJECTIVES
Provide a national and international forum for exchange of technical and professional ideas.
Identify and disseminate developing technologies and research.
Develop and promote asset management best practices.
Enhance collaboration with ASCE’s technical, professional, and educational groups.
Develop partnerships with national and international organizations that are similar in nature to the Institute.
Identify, reduce, and manage uncertainty in surveying and utility infrastructure.
Assist in the development of associated public policy.
Our VISION
The Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI) is the worldwide leader in generating products and services that promote and reward excellence in the engineering, planning, design, construction, operations, and asset management, for utility infrastructure and engineering surveying.
Meet the Board
UESI Chair
Amy Romeo-Garcia, AM.ASCE