Kenneth E. Sturgeon, PLS
Principal
Kenny is Benton’s Surveying Manager with over 30 years of experience in land surveying and construction observation.
Kenny has served as surveying crew chief and project manager on numerous land survey and civil engineering projects. His background includes street, road, and bridge construction surveys and stake out; surveys for utilities, mapping and construction; all aspects of subdivision construction including layout and stake out; topographic surveys for detailed horizontal and vertical mapping; and right-of-way and easement surveys for alignment control and acquisition. Kenny uses GPS equipment and Robotic Total Station for boundary surveys and topographic surveys.
Beyond knowledge and experience with standard surveying practices, Kenny is also trained to designate and mark subsurface utilities in accordance with ASCE 38 – Standard Guidelines for Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data. As a Principal, Kenny maintains the firm’s surveying standards and oversees the firm’s implementation of emerging data collection technologies such as LiDAR, GIS, and 3D laser scanning.
Kenny is a Licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Illinois and Missouri and a member of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association and the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors.