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Volume 12 No. 2 April, May, June 2007 Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (785) 296-3053 900 S.W. Jackson Street, Suite 507 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1257 http://www.kansas.gov/ksbtp/ Code Officials Brochure Developed A Code Officials Brochure has been developed through successful partnering between the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions and the State Fire Marshal in conjunction with AIA Kansas, the Kansas Society of Professional Engineers, and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Kansas. This document is being distributed within the industry. The brochure is intended to inform code officials, design and construction professionals, and the general public of present statutes and rules and regulations. This is not a move to establish a statewide building code. This brochure will be a tool for the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions, the State Fire Marshal and code officials to carry out their responsibility to protect the public. The Code Officials Brochure may be downloaded from the Technical Professions’ and Fire Marshal’s web sites, at: www.kansas.gov/ksbtp and www. accesskansas.org/firemarshal. Inside This Issue Disciplinary Action Taken by the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporations Certified . . . . . . . . . . Address Change Notification Form Continuing Education Information . . . . . 3-4 . .8 . .9 . 11 . 12 Presort Standard US Postage Permit #14 Princeton, MN 55371 PAID Visit us on the web at http://www.kansas.gov/ksbtp Page 2—Kansas Technical Professions—April, May, June 2007 Kansas Board of Technical Professions 900 Jackson St. Suite 507 Topeka, KS 66612-1257 (785) 296-3053 www.kansas.gov/ksbtp Office Hours 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Please leave a message on our voice mail system at other times. Office Closings Our office will be closed on the following dates: Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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AGENCY MISSION To provide maximum protection of the health, safety and welfare of the people of Kansas by assuring that the practice of engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture and geology in the state is carried out only by those persons who are proven to be qualified as prescribed by the statutes and rules and regulations of the Board of Technical Professions. Programs Established To Assist With Agency Mission Licensing, monitoring and regulating of technical professions: • Examine and certify Intern Engineers • License, monitor and discipline Engineers • License, monitor and discipline Architects • License, monitor and discipline Land Surveyors • License, monitor and discipline Landscape Architects • License, monitor and discipline Geologists • Licensing of Professional and General Corporations BOARD STAFF Routing your calls to the numbers below will allow our staff to better assist you by answering questions about the areas they handle. You may also leave a message on our voice mail if we are unavailable and we will return your call promptly. Call (785) 296-3053 For Information On General information questions, application packet requests, address changes Examinations Continuing Education Corporations, Verifications Application status, licensure qualifications and foreign degree evaluations Renewals, reinstatements, accounts payable and receivable Jean Boline (785) 296-8612 Mary Leigh Dyck (785) 296-4800 Jeannine Harmon (785) 296-3054 Marilyn Nance (785) 296-4400 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS Joseph Johnson, Arch., Chair Wichita, KS Architect Member Cecil Kingsley, P.E., Vice-Chair Lawrence, KS Engineer Member Richard Moberly, Geologist, Secretary DeSoto, KS Geologist Member George Barbee Topeka, KS Public Member George Dean, P.E. Wichita, KS Engineer Member David Hoffman, Arch. Wichita, KS Arch/LA/Geo Committee Chair Architect Member Vincent Mancini, Arch. Garden City, KS Architect Member Philip Meyer, L.A. Wichita, KS Landscape Architect Member Thomas Mulinazzi, P.E., L.S. Lawrence, KS Engineer/Land Surveyor Member Donald Rathbone, P.E. Manhattan, KS Public Member Murray Rhodes, L.S. Kansas City, KS PE/LS Committee Chair Land Surveyor Member Timothy Sloan, L.S. Manhattan, KS Land Surveyor Member Kenneth Vaughn, P.E. Prairie Village, KS Engineer Member Mark Bennett, Jr. Board Attorney Betty L. Rose Executive Director Notice to All Licensees It is the responsibility of each licensee to read and be familiar with the latest statutes, rules and regulations of the Board of Technical Professions. The most current statutes and rules and regulations can be found on the Board website, www. kansas.gov/ksbtp. Notice to All Licensees The news articles contained in this publication should be treated as official correspondence from the Board of Technical Professions. This publication is one way that the Board can keep licensees informed of the Board activities and decisions. No State General monies or Board of Technical Professions funds are used to produce this newsletter. The publisher relies on revenue from advertising to finance its publication. April, May, June 2007—Kansas Technical Professions—Page 3 DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN ISCIPLINARY CTION AKEN BY THE BOARD BY THE OARD by Mark L. Bennett Jr., Board Attorney Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the following enforcement information is correct; however, this information should not be relied upon without verification from the Kansas board office. It should be noted that the names of companies and individuals listed may be similar to the names of parties who have not had enforcement actions taken against them. Disciplinary Mark L. Bennett Jr. orders are public information and copies may be obtained by contacting the board office. IN THE MATTER OF ILC OF TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE, LLC Summary: The Kansas State Board of Technical Professions received a letter of inquiry concerning the land surveying practices of ILC of Topeka and Lawrence, LLC. Following receipt of that inquiry, the Complaint Committee of the Board directed that an investigation of ILC’s land surveying practices be conducted. Once the investigation was completed, the Complaint Committee of the Board reviewed the investigative report and directed that a formal complaint be filed against ILC of Topeka and Lawrence, LLC. The Complaint alleged that on 13 occasions ILC of Topeka and Lawrence, LLC had engaged in the practice of land surveying in the State of Kansas by performing certain mortgage title inspections and placing a licensed land surveyor’s seal on said inspections when said land surveyor had not been involved in the preparation of said mortgage title inspections, was not aware that his seal was being placed on said inspections, had not authorized the placement of his seal on said mortgage title inspections and had not completed a detailed review and evaluation of the documents or supervised the preparation of the documents upon which his seal was placed. The mortgage title inspections performed occurred between August 3, 2004 and September 17, 2004. Board Action: Following the panel hearing on October 23, 2006, the panel entered its initial order in which it found: 1. Respondent is a company that, among other things, performs mortgage title inspections (MTI) and that an MTI is a pictorial description of real property that includes the location of property lines, improvements, setback lines, means of access, easements, and encroachments on real property based on existing but unconfirmed evidence. 2. An MTI is performed by a licensed land surveyor or is conducted under his/her supervision with the MTI to be signed and dated by the surveyor with the signature and date placed across surveyor’s seal. 3. Respondent does not hold a certificate of authorization pursuant to the Kansas Statutes, which authorizes it to practice land surveying. 4. Respondent, through its employees, affixed the seal of a licensed land surveyor and used said surveyor’s stamp on the 13 MTIs that were the subject of the disciplinary complaint. 5. None of Respondent’s employees who performed the 13 MTIs in question were licensed to practice land surveying. 6. Some of the 13 MTIs in question deviated from the minimum standards for mortgage title inspections in the following regards: (1) level of certainty; (2) no certification denoting supervision by a licensed land surveyor; no original signature by a licensed land surveyor; and (3) encroachments not clearly noted. 7. It has been Respondent’s practice since 1989 to utilize unlicensed individuals to perform MTIs with little or no supervision by a licensed land surveyor and then to affix the seal and stamp signature of a licensed land surveyor. 8. The Board’s costs in investigating and prosecuting this matter include $3,718.50 for attorney fees and $2,965.16 in investigative costs for a total cost of $6,683.66. As a result of the findings outlined above, the panel determined that the Respondent, ILC of Topeka and Lawrence, LLC had clearly violated the prohibition of practicing land surveying without a license during the times identified in the complaint. In determining the amount of the fine to be imposed, the panel took into account the Respondent’s long standing practice of violating K.S.A. 74-7001 and the abdication of its responsibility to be the “lenders’ eyes” by ensuring sufficient oversight of mortgage title inspections by a licensed land surveyor. In addition to the Board’s costs, including attorney’s fees, which total $6,683.66, the panel directed that Respondent shall pay a fine in the amount of $40,000 for a total fine and costs in the amount of $46,683.66 within 30 days from the date of the certificate of service. Status: Since entry of the Initial Order, the 30 days in which the Respondent had to file an appeal of said Initial Order has expired and the Initial Order has now become a Final Order. To date, Respondent has not paid the fine and costs assessed and the Board has determined that it will take appropriate action to collect the fine and costs. IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT G. BOLING, P.E., #6206 Summary: In November 2005, the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions received a letter of inquiry concerning the engineering practices of Robert G. Boling, who is a licensed engineer in the State of Kansas. The inquiry related to Mr. Boling having sealed with his engineering seal a “Site Plumbing Plan” for a project in Haysville, Kansas. Said “Site Plumbing Plan,” which was sealed by Mr. Boling, had not been prepared by Mr. Boling, nor was it prepared under his direct supervision and control in violation of K.S.A. 74-7026. Board Action: Following the completion of an investigation of Mr. Boling’s engineering practices, Robert Boling and the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions Disciplinary Action/to page 4 Page —Kansas Technical Professions—April, May, June 2007 Disciplinary Action/from page 3 entered into a Settlement Agreement and Consent Order, which included the following: 1. Robert G. Boling admitted that he signed and sealed the Site Plumbing Plan, which serves Lots 2 and 3 Peachwood 8th Addition, Haysville, Kansas, which plans were prepared by another individual who was not under Mr. Boling’s direct supervision and control as required by K.S.A. 74-7026(5). 2. Robert G. Boling shall immediately cease and desist from engaging in engineering practices, which do not conform with the Kansas Statutes and/or the Kansas Administrative Regulations. 3. Robert G. Boling shall pay a civil fine totaling $500.00 plus the Board’s expenses, attorney fees and investigative costs incurred in the investigation and prosecution of this matter in the amount of $870.40; for a total amount of $ 1,370.40; all of which were to be paid to the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions on or before February 1, 2007. Status: Robert G. Boling has fully complied with all of the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order in this matter and the case file has been closed. Waterproofing, Inc. was practicing, offering to practice or holding itself out as authorized to practice engineering in the State of Kansas through its advertisements and yellow page ad. Board Action: Following the completion of an investigation of the circumstances which led to the inquiry, KC Waterproofing, Inc. and the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions entered into a Settlement Agreement and Consent Order, which included the following: 1. KC Waterproofing, Inc., agreed that it had held itself out as entitled to practice, had offered to practice, or had practiced in the State of Kansas the technical profession of engineering when it was not licensed to do so and did not hold a Certificate of Authorization authorizing it to practice engineering. 2. KC Waterproofing, Inc. will immediately cease and desist from holding itself out as authorized to practice, offering to practice or practicing engineering in the State of Kansas until such time as it is licensed to do so or has obtained a Certificate of Authorization authorizing it to do so. 3. KC Waterproofing, Inc. will pay the Board’s expenses in the amount of $250.00. Said costs are to be paid on or before December 1, 2006. Status: KC Waterproofing, Inc. has fully complied with all of the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement and Consent Order in this matter and the case file has been closed. disciplinary action taken by the licensing Boards in those jurisdictions regarding Mr. McKinney’s engineering license in those states as well. As a result of the above, the Board filed a Complaint against Mr. McKinney on September 27, 2006 alleging the disciplinary action which had been taken against Mr. McKinney in the State of Kentucky. Said complaint asserted that the actions by the respondent for which he received discipline in the State of Kentucky also constitute violations of the provisions of the K.S.A. 74-7026(2)(4) and (5) and K.A.R. 66-6-4(d) and (f). A hearing on the allegations regarding Mr. McKinney and his Kansas license was held on October 24, 2006. Although notified of the hearing, Mr. McKinney failed to appear for the hearing. Board Action: Following the hearing on October 24, 2006, the presiding officer issued a Notice of Proposed Default Order. Mr. McKinney did not file a motion to vacate. As a Motion to Vacate the Proposed Default Order was not filed within the seven day time period set forth in K.S.A. 77-520, the Proposed Default Order became effective on November 2, 2006. On November 8, 2006, a Final Order was issued stating: “In order to protect the public, Respondent’s egregious violations of the laws governing engineering in Kansas and similar laws in other jurisdictions require revocation of his license to practice. Therefore, Respondent’s engineering license is revoked. In addition to revocation, the Board may assess civil fines and costs, including attorney fees, against Respondent for a violation of the statutes and regulations in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for the first violation and $10,000 for the second violation. Having been disciplined previously by this Board, Respondent is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $8,598.62 in addition to the Board’s costs, including attorney fees, in the amount of $1,041.38. Both the fine and costs totaling $10,000 shall be paid to the Board on or before 30 days from the date on the Certificate of Service.” To date, Mr. McKinney has not complied with the order of the panel regarding the payment of the fine and costs, nor has he appealed the panel’s determination. Status: On February 2, 2007, The Kansas State Board of Technical Professions filed a Petition For Civil Enforcement of Agency Action against Mr. McKinney with the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas to enforce payment of both the fine and costs. IN THE MATTER OF KC WATERPROOFING, INC., UNLICENSED Summary: During January 2006, the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions received an inquiry regarding certain practices engaged in by KC Waterproofing, Inc. The inquiry voiced a concern that KC IN THE MATTER OF EARL F. McKINNEY, P.E. #7771 Summary: In December of 2005, the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions received information and documentation regarding Mr. McKinney’s license to practice engineering in the State of Kentucky having been suspended. Shortly following its learning of the Kentucky suspension, the Board also received information from several other jurisdictions regarding April, May, June 2007—Kansas Technical Professions—Page 5 KANSAS STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS REPORT OF ALLEGED VIOLATION FORM 1. Your Name, Address, & Phone Number: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Address of the building or project: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Name & address of person being reported: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Name of owner of project (if known): _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Name of construction company involved in project (if known): _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Please describe why you believe there may be a violation of our laws concerning this project: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Please provide any other information you believe is relevant to your complaint: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Murray Rhodes Receives Land Surveying Excellence Award from Kansas Society of Land Surveyors (KSLS) The Board of the Kansas Society of Land Surveyors presented the Land Surveying Excellence Award to Murray Rhodes during the 49th annual KSLS Meeting and Education Conference. This is only the second time this prestigious award has been given by KSLS due to the extremely high level of criteria to be met. The first presentation of the award dates back thirty years to 1976. All fifteen KSLS board Murray Rhodes members voted unanimously to award Rhodes based on numerous selection criteria including his leadership as a Board member of the Kansas State Board of Technical professions; member, officer and presenter for KSLS on a local and national level; and his impact on the surveying profession with his cutting edge methodologies. While serving for thirty years as the County Surveyor for Wyandotte County, Rhodes was instrumental in advancing Wyandotte County past nearly all other counties in the United States with his Geographic Base Mapping Land Information System (GIS) which was modeled and used by other counties, universities and countries for similar GIS systems. Rhodes also led the 1977 and 2004 survey efforts for the Indian land boundaries in Wyandotte County as well as surveying, documenting and preserving other notable projects for future generations such as levee district boundaries, railroad rights of way and county and state rights of way. “He has presented seminars to lawyers, title insurance professionals, city, county and state government officials and every one of them came away with a renewed respect for the survey profession as embodied in Murray Rhodes. I consider it an honor to know him,” said Larry Graham, President, KSLS. Signature:________________________________ Date: ___________________________________ Visit us on the web at http://www.kansas.gov/ksbtp Page 6—Kansas Technical Professions—April, May, June 2007 State-Specific Exam Committee Meets by Dr. Richard Elgin, PLS, PE Land Surveying Curriculum (Written by the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions and approved by the Board on December 8, 2006.) All course work shall be completed at a technical school, technical college, community college, college, or university approved by the Board. I. General Education Courses. A. Mathematics 1. Algebra 3 credit hours 2. Trigonometry 3 credit hours A 3 credit hour course in calculus can be substituted for either algebra or trigonometry. A 5 credit hour course in pre-calculus will satisfy the mathematics requirement. B. Mathematical statistics 3 credit hours Participants at the Land Surveyor Workshop are from left to right standing: Doug Farrar, L.S.; Board Member Murray Rhodes, L.S.; Larry Graham, L.S.; Board Member Tim Sloan, L.S.; Fred Gibbs, L.S.; and Michael Kelly, L.S. Seated from left to right are: Bill Haverkamp, L.S.; Chip Woods, L.S.; Board Member, Tom Mulinazzi, P.E., L.S., Ph.D.; Steve Brosemer, L.S. and Richard Elgin, P.E., L.S., Ph.D. The Kansas Board’s State-Specific Land Surveying Exam Committee recently met in Topeka. Chaired by Dr. Richard Elgin, the committee is made up of eleven Professional Land Surveyors from different practice backgrounds and geographic areas of the State. The committee meets periodically to review the appropriateness of the materials and syllabus of the State-Specific exam, which is one of the exams required for licensure as Kansas Land Surveyor. The group also reviews each question in the bank of questions used on the exam and writes new questions. “The Board appreciates the time and dedication of this group,” said Board Member Murray Rhodes, LS. “The Board’s purpose is to make the exam complete, fair and appropriate and to assure competence of those whom we license. This group helps us achieve that goal,” he added. Many years ago the Committee identified seven subject areas which are examined on the State-Specific Exam. They are: 1.) The GLO system as used and applied in Kansas. 2.) Resurveys on the U.S. Public Land Survey System (USPLSS) as applied to Kansas. 3.) Kansas Minimum Standards. 4.) Calculation problems related to the USPLSS as applied to Kansas. 5.) Kansas Statutes and Rules. 6.) The Kansas State Plane Coordinate System. 7.) Kansas Riparian Boundaries. Each question on the State-Specific Exam relates to one of these topics. The Committee reviewed the percentage of the exam that covers each of these areas and slightly revised the syllabus percentage. The new (only slightly revised) percentages of the exam assigned to each subject area are: Kansas Minimum Standards 20% Resurveys on the USPLSS 19% Kansas GLO 18% Calculations Problems (on USPLSS) 20% KSA and Rules 12% Kansas State Plane Coordinates 6% Kansas Riparian Boundaries 5% 100% The Committee decided to continue the practice, started several years ago, of enclosing a form (to those who failed the Exam), which ranks the seven subject areas examined, from best to poorest performance. These results can be used by the examinee to prepare for a retest, should he or she wish to take the exam again. The Board thanks the Exam Committee for its work in helping make the exam fair and complete. C. English. A minimum of 12 credit hours in the following courses: 1. English I Composition 3 credit hours 2. English II Composition and Literature 3 credit hours 3. Speech 3 credit hours 4. Technical Writing 3 credit hours D. Physical Science. A minimum of 3 credit hours in either physics or geology E. Humanities. A minimum of 6 credit hours in the following courses: 1. A history course 3 credit hours 2. An ethics course 3 credit hours II. Technical Courses. A minimum in the following courses: A. Elementary surveying B. Advanced surveying C. Computer Aided Design (CAD) I D. Computer Aided Design II E. Global positioning system (GPS) F. Geographic information system (GIS) G. Boundary control H. Real property law of 24 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours 3 credit hours III. Business-related Courses. A minimum of 6 credit hours in the following courses: A. Accounting I B. Business management 3 credit hours 3 credit hours April, May, June 2007—Kansas Technical Professions—Page 7 New Board Land Surveyor Education Curriculum by Land Surveyor Board Members: Thomas Mulinazzi, Murray Rhodes, and Tim Sloan At its December 8, 2006 board meeting, the Board of Technical Professions approved a new land surveyor education curriculum consisting of 60 post-secondary credit hours. The Proposed Rules and Regulations related to this new curriculum are published within this newsletter edition, and a public hearing will be held on May 24, 2007 to receive comments. These courses do not have to be taken at the same institution. A two-year associate’s degree is not required. These courses may be taken at any accredited technical school, two year college, or four year institution. Distance learning courses may be accepted. College credits taken before starting this program may be approved if appropriate. Proposed Rules and Regulation Changes for Land Surveyor Curriculum 66-9-5. Surveying curriculum approved by the board. Any applicant seeking licensure as a land surveyor may fulfill the education requirement by any of the following: (a) Graduation from an approved engineering curriculum as defined in K.A.R. 66-9-4; (b) graduation from a four-year land surveying baccalaureate curriculum accredited by the accreditation board for engineering and technology (ABET); (c) graduation from an approved land surveying curriculum of two years from a school or college approved by the board; or (d) graduation from an approved four-year related science curriculum, which may include geology, mathematics, chemistry, or physics; or (e) successful completion of the board’s “land surveying curriculum,” which was approved by the board on December 8, 2006 and is hereby adopted by reference. (Authorized by K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 74-7013 and 74-7022; implementing K.S.A. 74-7022; effective Feb. 22, 1993; amended Feb. 14, 1994; amended Nov. 1, 2002; amended P-_____________.) 66-10-10a. Surveying experience required of an applicant who completes land surveying curriculum or is a graduate of an approved land surveying curriculum. (a) Each graduate of a four-year land surveying curriculum, as described in K.A.R. 66-9-5(b), shall be required to provide documentation of four years of surveying experience, as required by K.S.A. 747022(a), and amendments thereto. The four years of experience shall have been in progressive land surveying, as described in K.A.R. 66-10-12(b)(1). (b) Each person who has successfully completed the land surveying curriculum specified in K.A.R. 66-9-5(e) and each graduate of an approved land surveying curriculum of two years, as described specified in K.A.R. 66-9-5(c), shall be required to provide documentation of six years of surveying experience, as required by K.S.A. 74-7022(a), and amendments thereto. At least four years of experience shall have been in progressive land surveying as described specified in K.A.R. 66-10-12(b)(1), and the remainder shall have been in either progressive land surveying or basic land surveying, as described specified in paragraphs (b)(2), (3), or and (4) of K.A.R. 66-1012. (Authorized by K.S.A. 74-7013 and 74-7022; implementing K.S.A. 74-7022; effective Feb. 22, 1993; amended Feb. 13, 1995; amended Jan. 5, 2007; amended P-__________________.) 66-11-5. Admission requirements for fundamentals of surveying examination. (a) Each application shall be reviewed by the board to determine whether the requirements for admission to take the fundamentals of surveying examination have been met. Once the board establishes that these requirements have been met, the applicant shall be allowed to sit for the examination. (b) Each applicant shall meet one of the following requirements for admission before taking the examination: (1) Graduation from an accredited land surveying curriculum, as defined in K.A.R. 66-9-5 (b) and (c); (2) successful completion of the land surveying curriculum specified in K.A.R. 66-9-5(e); (3) verification of a combination of education and experience of a character satisfactory to the board. In evaluating an applicant’s record, a determination shall be made by the board of whether, based on the applicant’s educational background, the applicant requires no more than four years of additional progressive land surveying experience to qualify for admission to the practice of surveying examination; or (3) (4) through June 30, 2008, verification of four years of experience of a character satisfactory to the board, of which two years shall be in progressive land surveying as defined in K.A.R. 66-10-12. (Authorized by K.S.A. 74-7013; implementing K.S.A. 74-7022 and 74-7023; effective Nov. 1, 2002; amended Feb. 3, 2006; amended P-________________.) A typical four semester schedule: Semester 1-15 credit hours *English I *Algebra *CAD I *GPS *History Semester 3–15 credit hours *Speech Elementary Surveying Real Property Law *Accounting Statistics Semester 2–15 credit hours *English II *Trigonometry *CAD II *GIS *Geology Semester 4–15 credit hours *Technical Writing Advanced Surveying Boundary Control *Business Management *Ethics It is anticipated that very few students will follow this four semester schedule. Many of the students in this program will have other obligations, which would prevent them from relocating for two years to complete this academic work. The courses marked with an * should be available in many locations throughout the State of Kansas. Surveying courses are also offered through distance learning from the Metropolitan State College of Denver and the University of Wyoming. The Board hopes that this academic program leads to a two year associates degree so that the applicant will achieve that level of education. But because of the relocation problems of these students, an associates degree is not required, just the completion of the specified 60 credit hours. Page 8—Kansas Technical Professions—April, May, June 2007 Board of Technical Professions Permanent Administrative Regulations Amended January 5, 2007 The following rules and regulations were revised, and published in the January 2007 edition of the Board’s newsletter. Please go to the Board’s website http://www. kansas.gov/ksbto/ to view the full text of the newly adopted regulations. Article 6.-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 66-6-4 Article 8.-EXAMINATIONS 66-8-8 Article 10.-EXPERIENCE 66-10-9 66-10-10a. Article 11.-INTERN ADMISSION TO EXAMINATION 66-11-2 CERTIFICATION AND THE FUNDAMENTALS IN MEMORIAM The Board and staff wish to extend our sympathies to the families and friends of these individuals who have honored their professions: ENGINEERS Charles R. Bissey Frank W. Jones James Douglas Ritter Norbert J. Sidorowicz Charles W. Stewart Wayne W. Williams ARCHITECTS Max D. Bishop Gerald L. Imming Henry Lockard, II Norbert J. Sidorowicz #8194 #786 #9780 #1868 #2924 #8556 #1289 #752 #1200 #412 Manhattan, KS Saginaw, MI Wichita, KS Eugene, OR Topeka, KS Overland Park, KS Salina, KS Topeka, KS Tecumseh, KS Eugene, OR Liberal, KS Charles R. Bissey, P.E. Charles R. Bissey, 72, Professor Emeritus of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science at Kansas State University, passed away November 18, 2006 in the Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan. Charles Bissey volunteered his time to the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions as an exam proctor. He proctored the Fundamentals of Engineering exam at Kansas State for 30 years, serving as head proctor for many of those years. Jon Nelson, past president of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying and a graduate of Kansas State, said of Professor Bissey, “In a conversation with Charles we did figure out that he most likely proctored the FE exam when I took it in the fall of 1973…. Clearly he was a man of service.” Bissey was born January 9, 1934 in Huntingburg, Indiana, the son of Mike Bissey and Marie Morganthaler Bissey. He grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 1957, he received his BS degree from Colorado State University and in 1961 received a MS degree from Kansas State University. He continued with his graduate work in Structures and Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts and served as an Assistant Professor from 1961-1969. He returned to K-State in September 1969 to become an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Construction Science, College of Architecture & Design. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1971; participated in the transition of establishing the Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science in the College of Engineering in 1975 and retired as Professor in December 2002 after 33 years of dedicated service. He was bestowed the title of Professor Emeritus in January 2003. Professor Bissey received the Hollis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the College of Engineering in 1980 and the University Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1982. He was active in college and university committee work as well as state and national professional society organizations. He was active in the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and served as the ASEE Campus Activity Coordinator and on the ASEE Awards Committee. In 1983, he won the ASEE Outstanding Zone Campus Activity Coordinator and received the ASEE Western Electric Fund Award for Excellence in Instruction of Engineering Students in 1984. Professor Bissey was a licensed engineer in the state of Kansas and was active in the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Kansas Engineering Society and the Tri Valley Chapter of the Kansas Engineering Society, where he served as President in 1987 and as secretary/treasurer for many years. He was active in community affairs and even after retirement continued with his private engineering consulting practice. He was a founding member of the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) and was designated Fellow by the AEI Board of Governors in 2001. He established the Architectural Engineering Honorary Society, Phi Alpha Epsilon and held honorary memberships in Sigma Lambda Chi, Tau Sigma Delta and Phi Eta Sigma. He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, Manhattan, and at the time of his death was the District President for the United Methodist Men. On June 27, 1958, in Wichita, Kansas, he was united in marriage to the former Rose Gallemore. She survives of the home (2033 Arthur Dr., Manhattan, KS 66502). Mr. Bissey is also survived by a daughter, Pamela Lowdon, and her husband, Kelly, Lakewood, Colorado; a son, Jeff Bissey, and his wife, Julie, Orlando, Florida; a sister, Marilyn Faust, Cheyenne, Wyoming; and four grandchildren, Brett Bissey, Leah Bissey, Erin Lowdon and Kimberly Lowdon. LAND SURVEYOR James H. Pittman #678 RENEWAL NOTICES TAKE ON NEW FORMAT In an effort to make the renewal process faster, easier and paperless for you, the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions is encouraging online renewal. Your Renewal Notice will be a sealed, onesheet mailer. Those currently on Retired or Disability Status, and those professionals being audited will be automatically mailed a regular renewal form because they cannot renew online. If you want a regular paper renewal, please contact KSBTP at 785-296-4400 or ksbtp2@ink.org. Renew Online at: www.kansas.gov/ksbtp/ Safe. Secure. Fast. Visit us on the web at http://www.kansas.gov/ksbtp April, May, June 2007—Kansas Technical Professions—Page  CORPORATIONS CERTIFIED: (From November 1, 2006 to February 5, 2007) PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING: STV Incorporated Bird Engineering Consultants, Inc. Page Interworks, P.A. Michael K. Swim Consulting Engineer, Inc. Deep Creek Engineering LLC The Reinforced Earth Company Tech Services To Go Inc. Aviation Alliance, Inc. W. A. Noll & Associates, Inc. Structural Consultants, Inc. Engineering Surveys and Services LLC Shremshock Engineering, Inc. Nova Group, Inc. Monroe & Newell Engineers, Inc. TRC Worldwide Engineering, Inc. Welch and Mitchell, Inc. Hoerauf Consulting Incorporated Hixon Incorporated RTM & Associates, Inc. DeWitt Consultants, P.A. Thompson Dreessen Dorner Inc. Adams Consulting Engineers Inc. Gulf States Engineering, Inc. Strand Systems Engineering, Inc. Sloan Meier Hancock Engineers Surveyors PA Clark Nexsen Owen Barbieri & Gibson, PC W.L. Perry Associates, Ltd. ARCHITECTURE: NWS Architects Inc. Thompson,Hancock,Witte,&Associates,Inc Ambler Architects, Inc. FKP Architects, Inc. Riddle Design, LLC Nova Group, Inc. Calvin L. Hinz Architects, P.C. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Nevius Serig Palmer Architecture, P.A. Boulder Associates, A Professional Corp. Beringer Ciaccio Dennell Mabrey Inc. Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf, P.C. Gannett Fleming, Inc. FaB Environmental, Inc. Red Plains Surveying Company n/a CAS Construction Inc. GEOLOGY: E-1347 E-1348 E-1349 E-1350 E-1351 E-1352 E-1353 E-1354 E-1355 E-1356 E-1357 E-1358 E-1359 E-1360 E-1361 E-1362 E-1363 E-1364 E-1365 E-1366 E-1367 E-1368 E-1369 E-1370 E-1371 E-1372 E-1373 A-628 A-629 A-630 A-631 A-632 A-633 A-634 A-635 A-636 A-637 A-638 A-639 G-81 G-82 LS-185 THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS is pleased to announce that the following individuals have successfully passed the October 2007 Professional Engineering Examination and are now licensed. NAME Jason P. Abiecunas Austin L. Amershek Shawn Casey Beal Walter F. Bleser II Ilex J. Brandenberger Kurt A. Breuckmann Erin R. Briggeman C. Michael Caldwell Paul B. Chinn Kamran Derakhshandegan Gregory A. Duffy William Bryan Durant Jeffrey Lee Eckhardt Ryan Scott Falkenrath Rafael E. Flores D. Duane Gish Roberto Cavalcanti Gois *Paul J. Gros Boyd Russell Groves Mary I. Hansen Elliott Ryan Harris David Eric Hethcoat Jason Hoskinson Trevor J. Huhn Adam J. Johnson Jeffrey C. Jones Trevor Grant Jones Jacob M. Katzenberger Christine L. Kerschen Clarice M. Kinsella William C. Klassen Kevin W. Lee Justyn Leon Kregan Liang Timothy E. Lietzen Gregory W. Loest Ernesto S. Longoria Spencer O. Luke Paul William Mangan Ryan Asher McAfee Kevin D. McCurdy Sean Miller Robert E. Monnig Mohammad Mosallaei Darren James Nelson Wayne E. Nelson Jeffrey Vern Nickerson Brent A. Peterson Daniel Ray Pope Jason D. Pottorf Philip M. Repp Gary Lee Roberts Sean W. Ross Christopher L Saathoff Stephanie Elaine Salter Melissa D. Schlickbernd Michael E. Schmitz Kyle David Schomaker Steve Sellmeyer Tomonori Shino Elizabeth M. Stephenson Elise Stockton Michael A. Teter Hendra Valiandi Bradley J. Waller Kelly K. Warren Anthony R. Welter CITY KANSAS CITY MCCUNE BASEHOR MERRIAM WICHITA SHAWNEE PHOENIX BASEHOR GARDNER BURLINGTON TULSA OVERLAND PARK ST JOSEPH OLATHE JUNCTION CITY HESSTON SHAWNEE BLUE SPRINGS SHAWNEE OLATHE SALINA LAWRENCE BERRYTON LANSING TOPEKA LEE’S SUMMIT OLATHE OVERLAND PARK GREENWOOD OLATHE SHAWNEE OLATHE OVERLAND PARK OLATHE KANSAS CITY WICHITA PRAIRIE VILLAGE OVERLAND PARK LAWRENCE MERRIAM OVERLAND PARK VALLEY CENTER KANSAS CITY OLATHE OVERLAND PARK SALINA PHOENIX LOUISBURG OLATHE BURLINGTON EUDORA KANSAS CITY OVERLAND PARK SHAWNEE TOPEKA SOLOMON KANSAS CITY ROELAND PARK LAWRENCE OLATHE SHAWNEE OVERLAND PARK MOUNDRIDGE BEL AIRE MANHATTAN TOPEKA LOWELL STATE MO KS KS KS KS KS AZ KS KS KS OK KS MO KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS MO KS KS MO KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS MO KS KS KS AZ KS KS KS KS MO KS KS KS KS MO KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS AR CONGRATULATIONS! LAND SURVEYING: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: CORPORATION NAME CHANGES: to CAS Construction, LLC (E-432) to CJC Architects, Inc. (A-422) to Worley Parsons Group Inc. (E-1147) to GA Engineers, Inc. (E-1308) to Dalrymple Consulting, Inc. (E-431) to Infrasource Dashiell LLC (E-1038) to Jones-Gillam Architects, Inc. (A-375) to Sloan Meier Hancock Engineers Surveyors P.A. (LS-66) Coleman-Johnston-Clyma Inc. Parsons Energy & Chemicals Group Green Anderson Engineers, Inc. Dalrymple Environmental, Inc. Dashiell Ltd. Jones-Gillam Architects & Engineers,Inc. Sloan & Meier Surveyors, P.A. CORPORATION REINSTATEMENTS: Raasch Associates, Inc. (E-749) Brown and Caldwell (E-720) Raasch Associates, Inc. (A-401) *Denotes passage of voluntary exam, previously licensed. Page 10—Kansas Technical Professions—April, May, June 2007 THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS is pleased to announce that the following individuals have successfully passed the October 2007 Fundamentals of Engineering Examination. NAME Adam N. Ahmad Marcel Arinze Anozie Benjamin D. Asnicar Scott Thomas Baddeley Steven Baker Kale Devon Breer Craig Robert Brown Sheri Lynn Brune William Byer Brandon Paul Damas Christopher Scott Davidson Nicholas DeCoster Trent Edward Dunaway April Christine Eisenhauer Melanie Gaerlan Elazegui Charles James Elsea Gavin Robert Englund Ryan Thomas Evans Andrea Maryte Fischer Jennifer Fund Brian Christopher Geiger Ryan Joseph Hamel Brian Charles Huska Ryan James Hussey Joshua Scott Johnson Bradley James Jones Ryan William Kahm Jeffrey Adam Kling Josh Koebernick Tien Hai Le Eric Thomas Lundborg Kevin Michael Maxwell Jessica Elise McFarland Nathan Craig Mentzer James Robert Mevey Joel E. Miller Thomas R. Miller Katherine L. Molstad Scot L. Morrison John Ndunda Mutiso Zachary Allan Myers Robert Allen Negless II Viet Hoang Nguyen Amandibuogu Uchenna Ogbunuju John Robert Picolet Adam Patrick Rayne Darren Matthew Rus Daniel Allen Rutherford Manjit S. Sagoo Daniel James Schrant David Andrew Slade Brian Phillip Spano Patrick Joseph Stallbaumer Jr. Kelsi Lynne Steele Eric Christopher Taylor Levi J. Turner Rachel Lynn White Ryan Daniel Williams Christopher Brian Worthington CITY NAPLES WICHITA OLATHE OVERLAND PARK OVERLAND PARK WICHITA OVERLAND PARK LAWRENCE GREAT BEND OLATHE TOPEKA KANSAS CITY MANHATTAN LINCOLN MANHATTAN SALINA HAWTHORN WOODS ROELAND PARK ST. LOUIS MANHATTAN OVERLAND PARK OSBORNE KANSAS CITY LEAWOOD JUNCTION CITY ULYSSES KANSAS CITY LEAWOOD LAWRENCE JUNCTION CITY LITTLETON PRAIRIE VILLAGE DERBY NEOSHO FALLS NORWICH NORMAN BEL AIRE COLBY WICHITA LAWRENCE KANSAS CITY HOLDEN PHILLIPSBURG WICHITA FRANKFORT PaOla OVERLAND PARK WICHITA OVERLAND PARK HAYS LAWRENCE MINNEAPOLIS WICHITA SCOTT CITY OVERLAND PARK SHAWNEE EL DORADO GLADSTONE OLATHE STATE FL KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS NE KS KS IL KS MO KS KS KS MO KS KS KS MO KS KS KS CO KS KS KS KS OK KS KS KS KS MO MO KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS MO KS CONGRATULATIONS! The Kansas State Board of Technical Professions is pleased to announce the following individuals have successfully passed all parts of their Technical Professional examinations and are now licensed. Architect Registration Examination NAME Brian D. Berg Kara Christine Carlson Stacee M. Kersley Scott D. Klaus Chris C. Kliewer Lloyd M. McCall William Rogers Thomas, Jr. Home City Bonner Springs Stanley Loveland Lawrence Wichita Shawnee Overland Park State KS KS CO KS KS KS KS Landscape Architect Registration Examination NAME Daniel L. Cole David Brian Grossi Isaac Krumme Kathryn R. Meyer Anthony P. Moore Home City Bentonville Belle Plaine Wichita Kansas City Fayetteville State AR KS KS MO AR Geology—October 2006 Exam NAME Robert James Gavin Erin Suzanne Huttig Home City Paola Lawrence State KS KS ____________________________________________________________ The Kansas State Board of Technical Professions is pleased to announce the following individuals have successfully passed the fundamentals of geology exam and have been issued an Intern Certificate. Geology—October 2006 Exam NAME Christopher Cole Carey Aaron J. Hackman Lloyd Harrison Hemphill Meagan Caroline Henderson J. Andrew Horn Jonathan Alan Vopata Home City Topeka Kansas City Baldwin City Overland Park Wheat Ridge Topeka State KS MO KS KS CO KS THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS is pleased to announce that the following individuals have successfully passed the October 2007 Fundamentals of Surveying Examination and have received their Intern Land Surveyor Certificate. NAME D. Robert DiMaggio Robert Lynn Engle Brandon Wade Espinosa Ronald Jay Feldkamp Chris M. Humphrey Joshua L. Junghans J. Paul Maurin IV David Allen Paine Brian Lee Peltier Kevin Robert Sontag CITY KANSAS CITY GREAT BEND LAWRENCE SENECA LAWRENCE MILFORD OVERLAND PARK OVERLAND PARK HAYS LAWRENCE STATE KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS CONGRATULATIONS! THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONS is pleased to announce that, as of the October 2007 exam, the following individuals have successfully passed all sections of the Land Surveying Examination and are now licensed. NAME Lyndon J. Bragdon Jerrod L. Hogan Richard J. Iman Robert Justin Pearce James M. Powers Todd M. Snyder Bryan Wiegert CITY KANSAS CITY JOPLIN LEAVENWORTH KINGMAN YUKON PLEASANT HILL OMAHA STATE MO MO KS KS OK MO NE CONGRATULATIONS! April, May, June 2007—Kansas Technical Professions—Page 11 Kansas Statistics OCTOBER 2006 Exams # Tested # Passing % Passing National % Pass 1st TIME REPEAT TAKERS TAKERS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS Agricultural Chemical Civil Control Systems Electrical and Computer Environmental Fire Protection Mechanical Nuclear Structural I Structural II Fundamentals of Engineering Fundamentals of Land Surveying Principals & Practice of Land Surveying Kansas State Specific Land Surveying TOTAL # OF EXAMS GIVEN 14 237 10 71% NA 5 4 80% 67% 26% 1 3 41 3 16 4 3 27 1 8 1 91 19 1 3 25 3 8 3 2 19 1 2 1 59 10 100% 100% 61% 100% 50% 75% 66% 70% 100% 25% 100% 65% 52% 75% 76% 64% 80% 64% 69% 42% 70% 80% 47% 61% 73% 64% 44% 45% 30% 49% 23% 35% 34% 34% 80% 29% 31% 32% 37% Kansas State Board of Technical Professions Current Licensees February 1, 2007 Profession Resident Non-Resident 1,654 5,543 232 280 217 ______ 7,926 Total 2,552 9,630 370 763 615 _____ 13,930 15,543 66 55 Non-Resident 305 709 15 60 42 _____ 1,131 Total 427 936 36 132 72 _____ 1,603 Architects 898 Engineers 4,087 Landscape Architects 138 Land Surveyors 483 Geologists 398 ______ Total 6,004 Engineers-In-Training Land Surveyors Fundamentals Geologists Fundamentals Corporations Architects Engineers Landscape Architects Land Surveyors Geologist Total Resident 122 227 21 72 30 ______ 472 ADDRESS CHANGE NOTIFICATION MANDATORY This newsletter is being mailed to you at the address on file at the board office. If you move and do not notify the board office, you will not receive this newsletter, and you may be in violation of the Board’s statutes. According to K.S.A. 74-7025, “The licensee shall notify the board in writing of any change of the licensee’s address within 30 days after the date of such change.” Please use the following change of address form to report any changes to your home or business addresses. 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Our website features more than 800-1,000 online courses, free content download, unlimited quiz access and instant certificate of completion. Now you can save 20% on all PDH courses by entering coupon code “PDH5431” when ordering. Offer expires 12/31/08. For complete course listing, visit http://www.PDHcenter.com. Visit us on the web at http://www.kansas.gov/ksbtp