GEORGE C. (CHAPPY) YOUNG JR., PSM

Professional Surveyor and Mapper

PRESIDENT - GCY, INC.

George C. Young Jr., PSM

SCHOOLING

  • A.A. in Land Surveying, Palm Beach Junior College (Lake Worth, FL) 1974
  • Multiple Annual Continued Education Courses

SURVEYING CAREER

  • Began Surveying with Hutcheon Engineers, Inc. in Palm Beach County ~1964
  • Served as a surveyor in the U.S. Navy SeaBees and Honorably Discharged (Construction Battalion 133) from 1969 to 1972.
  • Continued Surveying for Hutcheon Engineers, Inc. from 1972 to 1982.  During that time I became the office manager of the Stuart, Florida office, a Stockholder and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the firm.
  • In 1982 Hutcheon Engineers, Inc. was acquired by Kimley Horn & Associates, Inc. and I continued as Stockholder and Office Manager.
  • In 1984, I left the employee of Kimley Horn & Associates, Inc. to establish the firm of GCY, Inc., Professional Surveyors and Mappers.
  • 1984 to Present I have been the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GCY, Inc.
  • 2010 Teaching “Legal Aspects of Land Surveying” at FAU in the Geomatics Engineering (Surveying) Department. This course is a senior level course for a four-year degree in Geomatics (Surveying).

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION & AFFILILATIONS

  • Professional Surveyor & Mapper, State of Florida License No. 3036.  Date of Registration: 1977
  • Past officer 1977-1983 (President, V. President, Secratery, Treasure and Member) of the Palm Beach Chapter of the Florida Society of Professional Surveyors (now Florida Society of Professional Surveyors and Mappers).
  • Current member of Florida Society of Professional Surveyors and Mappers.
  • Past member of the Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
  • Past member of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping.

CERTIFICATIONS or CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

  • Retracement and Restoration of Original Corners (39 mandays)
  • Survey Quality GPS training, San Jose, CA and Alexandria, VA. (4 manweeks)
  • Advance Cyclone Training, Norcross, GA., 2006 (Leica Scanner) (1 manweek)
  • Multiple Professional Level Continuing Education classes at the rate of 24 credit hours every two years.
  • 2007 Riparian Rights Continuing Education course.
  • 2013 Testifying as an Expert

OTHER AFFILILATIONS (Present and Past)

  • Member Martin County Planning & Zoning Board (1984 thru 1988), Former Chairman
  • Member Martin County Local Planning Agency (1984 thru 1988), Former Chairman
  • Member Martin County Airport Advisory Committee 1988-1990
  • Martin County Leadership Program Graduate ~ CLASS 01
  • Florida GPS User Group
  • Martin County Code Enforcement Board (Past Appointment)
  • Martin County Agricultural Landowners - Executive Director 1988-1996/Founding Member
  • Member of Board of Directors of First Bank and Trust of Indiantown, 1992-2012, Vice-Chair 2008-2012.
  • Member of Board of Directors of “Treasured Lands Foundation, LLC” a non-prophit Land Trust, 2009-2012.
  • Florida Atlantic University Advisory Board Member to the Geomatics Engineering (Surveying) four-year degree Program, 2009 to 2012.
  • Florida Atlantic University Adjunct Professor teaching “Legal Aspects of Surveying” Geomatics Engineering Program, 2010

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Boundary Surveys (from 108,000 +/- acres to 1⁄4 acre lot surveys)
  • F.D.E.P. Acquisition Surveys
  • F.D.E.P. Mapping Projects
  • F.D.E.P. Submerged Land Lease Surveys
  • Expert Testimony on Boundary and Construction disputes
  • Riparian Rights Line Allocation Determination
  • Condominium Surveys
  • Geodetic Horizontal and Vertical Surveys
  • GPS Surveys
  • Construction Staking
  • Mean High Water Surveys
  • As Built Surveys
  • Subdivision, Platting and Land Development
  • Topographic Surveys
  • Mortgage and Title Surveys
  • Materials Quantity Surveys