The Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science was honored to play an instrumental role in the 2024 SkillsUSA Texas Land Surveying Competition, which took place at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) on Apr. 6, 2024. A total of 39 students from seven Texas high schools took part in the competition.

This year’s SkillsUSA Texas Surveying Competition winners were:

1st Place – Dubiski Career High School
2nd Place – Klein Collins High School
3rd Place – YISD Career and Technical Center

Judges for this year’s competition were all TAMU-CC alumni, and included:

Competition Chair - Richard Smith, Executive Director of the Conrad Blucher Institute, ‘03, ‘06
Dani Mladenka – SAM - Survey Technician III, ‘19
Xavier Sandoval – XDS Surveying – Principal RPLS, ‘00, ‘08
Bryan Gillis - Senior Geospatial Engineer at Katy ISD, ‘19
Nathan Eby – President of Eby Surveying, ‘07, ‘08

Volunteers who assisted at this year’s competition include:

Ron Brister – President of Brister Surveying
San Garcia – Eby Surveying
Liam Eby – Eby Surveying
Jose Pilartes-Congo - Graduate Research Assistant at the Conrad Blucher Institute, ‘20, ‘22
Seneca Holland – Conrad Blucher Institute
Claire Smith – Baker Middle School
Edgar De La Garza – Conrad Blucher Institute
Travis Nelson – Construction Project Manager at SAM

Thank you to this year’s competition sponsors:

SAM
Allterra

A special thank you also goes to Dara Betz, Director of Workforce Programs at Del Mar College, for assisting with event logistics, prize dissemination, and capturing photos of competition winners.

Click here to view photos from the event.