The Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science was honored to play an instrumental role in the 2024 SkillsUSA Texas Land Surveying Competition, which took place at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) on Apr. 6, 2024. A total of 39 students from seven Texas high schools took part in the competition.

This year’s SkillsUSA Texas Surveying Competition winners were:

• 1st Place – Dubiski Career High School

• 2nd Place – Klein Collins High School

• 3rd Place – YISD Career and Technical Center

Judges for this year’s competition were all TAMU-CC alumni, and included:

• Competition Chair - Richard Smith, Executive Director of the Conrad Blucher Institute, ‘03, ‘06

• Dani Mladenka – SAM - Survey Technician III, ‘19

• Xavier Sandoval – XDS Surveying – Principal RPLS, ‘00, ‘08

• Bryan Gillis - Senior Geospatial Engineer at Katy ISD, ‘19

• Nathan Eby – President of Eby Surveying, ‘07, ‘08

Volunteers who assisted at this year’s competition include:

• Ron Brister – President of Brister Surveying

• San Garcia – Eby Surveying

• Liam Eby – Eby Surveying

• Jose Pilartes-Congo - Graduate Research Assistant at the Conrad Blucher Institute, ‘20, ‘22

• Seneca Holland – Conrad Blucher Institute

• Claire Smith – Baker Middle School

• Edgar De La Garza – Conrad Blucher Institute

• Travis Nelson – Construction Project Manager at SAM

Thank you to this year’s competition sponsors:

• SAM

• Allterra

A special thank you also goes to Dara Betz, Director of Workforce Programs at Del Mar College, for assisting with event logistics, prize dissemination, and capturing photos of competition winners.