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Sam Zook is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor who pairs advanced mapping technology with sharp problem-solving, turning complex site conditions and conflicting records into clear, accurate survey deliverables teams can design and build from.
Sam leads boundary, topographic, hydrographic, and construction surveys, with specialized strength in survey control, scanning and reality capture, drone-based aerial mapping, and the development of high-value base mapping that supports design, permitting, and construction. He is known for reconciling discrepancies between historical documents and existing field conditions, and for bringing clarity to technically challenging sites through precise control, rigorous QA/QC, and practical field judgment.
As Regional Practice Leader for the Northeast Survey group, Sam provides technical leadership across the division, including staffing and equipment planning, oversight of software and field technologies, training and mentorship, and quality management for deliverables. He works closely with Survey Project Managers and clients to keep schedules and budgets on track while maintaining consistent, high-quality results across a wide range of project types, including utility mapping and subsurface utility investigation using GPR.
Sam is a Professional Land Surveyor licensed in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
As Project Manager / Professional Land Surveyor, Sam provided land surveying services, overseeing field and office work including mobile LiDAR target setup, horizontal control, utility plan/profile, sewer inverts, survey control plans, and traverse ties, while managing schedules, budgets, team coordination, and report QC.
Lead Surveyor for topographic surveying supporting renovations at eight mid-rise residential buildings (984 apartments). Sam’s team mapped grades, contours, buildings and first-floor elevations, sidewalks and site features, and extensive utility and drainage infrastructure including structures and inverts.
Lead Surveyor for a 21–26 mile shared-use path, leading in-house staff and subconsultants to complete survey mapping and ROW plots. The work supports a federally funded project on a tight schedule and includes coordination within public right-of-way, permitting, and utility coordination involving agencies such as NYSDOT and NYSDEC.
Lead Surveyor for a drone-based topographic survey used to develop the site design base plan. The survey achieved strong vertical accuracy (generally within 1/2 contour interval or better) and produced reliable contours and mapping for design.
Project Manager providing surveying services associated with construction of a new two-tower, seven-story headquarters with a plaza and sublevel parking. Work was delivered in four phases covering survey control and layout, column line stakeout, pile stakeout and as-builts, utility stakeout (water, storm, electrical), and building stakeout including slurry wall, elevator pit, control lines, and benchmarks.
Project Manager for a single-beam hydrographic survey at the USS The Sullivans Homeport Pier, covering approximately 200 feet around the pier. Work included pier deck spot elevations, and survey lines run parallel to the pier at roughly 20-foot intervals to support mapping relative to the surrounding mudline.
Sam has experience surveying various types of facilities, including:
Sam is able to lead various types of surveys including:
REALITY CAPTURE + DIGITAL TWINS
DRONE SURVEYS + AERIAL MAPPING
We’re excited to share that McLaren Engineering Group is now part of KCI Technologies Inc., a 100% employee-owned firm offering engineering and consulting across all markets, and construction for communications and environmental projects.
Our commitment to excellence continues with the added strength of KCI’s full range of engineering and consulting services.
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