GEORGE C. (CHAPPY) YOUNG JR., PSM
Professional Surveyor and Mapper
PRESIDENT - GCY, INC.
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