Tim Cawood

About Tim Cawood

Tim Cawood is a former President and Business Unit Manager for the Geomatics Group at McKim & Creed, a 800+person surveying and engineering firm with offices throughout the South, Mid-Atlantic and in Texas. Mr. Cawood is a licensed Surveyor in 8 states, is an NSPS Certified Hydrographer and is a graduate of ACEC’s Senior Executive Institute (SEI). Mr. Cawood is Past Chairman of COPS (Council of Professional Surveyors), and served on the Board of Directors at McKim & Creed from 2009 – 2014. He currently works for McKim & Creed part-time as a Senior Advisor. Mr. Cawood started as a rodman at McKim & Creed in 1985 on the company’s very first survey crew and worked his way up to President of the Geomatics business unit. He has helped lead the Geomatics group at McKim & Creed in its growth from to more than $50 million in annual revenues. Geomatics services at McKim & Creed include conventional surveys, GNSS/GPS surveys, GIS, hydrographic surveys, SUE (Subsurface Utility Engineering), terrestrial laser scanning, photogrammetry, MoDaC (Mobile Data Collection, Mobile Lidar, Mobile Scanning), Airborne Lidar and UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) services. Articles and Presentations: • \"Shoreline Success:\" Point of Beginning Magazine (POB) 2004 Issue • “Coastal Monitoring using RTK GPS” National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology 2004 • \"Evaluating Survey Methods for Obtaining First Floor Structure Elevations for Use in Federal Shore Protection Studies\" Paper for Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 Conference • “Mining For Ice Under The Ice” –Professional Surveyor Magazine 2006 Issue • “Making Surveying a Profitable Part of Your Business” – ACEC National Conference (2009 & 2013), NSPS/ACSM National Conference (2009) Specialties: Hydrographic Surveying Land Surveying

Experience

1. Geomatics Business Unit Manager, President

   McKim & Creed, Inc.

   Mar 1985 — Present · Wilmington, NC, US

   Responsible for management, operations and sales of Geomatics (surveying) services at McKim & Creed. Geomatics services include: • MoDaC® Mobile Data Collection (Mobile Lidar, Mobile Scanning) • Airborne Lidar (Rotor-wing and Fixed-wing) • Hydrographic Surveying (Singlebeam, Multibeam, Side Scan, etc) • 3D Scanning and Imaging (static ground based Lidar, phase and TOF. 3D modeling) • Subsurface Utility Engineering (vacuum excavation, utility designation and location) • Geodetic Surveys (Height Modernization, Bluebooking, Geodetic Control) • Topographic Surveys (design, route, as-built, volumetric) • Boundary Surveys (R of W, ALTA, easements, subdivisions, large parcels, Fed lands) • Environmental Surveys (wetlands, floodplain, pre/post storm) • Photogrammetry (planimetrics, topographic, base mapping, route surveys) McKim & Creed provides Geomatics (surveying) Services throughout the US and internationally specializing in advanced technology and large projects with emphasis on responsive service. With a staff of professionals, technicians and specialists of 200, McKim & Creed can meet the demands of the most challenging survey projects.

Education

• Cape Fear Community College

  AAS, Marine Technology

  1980 — 1982

• University of New Brunswick

  Certificate of Completion, Shallow Water Multibeam

  2001 — 2001

• The Ohio State University

  Marine Fisheries

  1977 — 1980