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Member of:
Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
Maine Society of Professional Land Surveyors
National Society of Professional Surveyors
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping |
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Richard J. Leslie, PLS, Vice President
QUALIFICATIONS:
A proven leader with experience planning and executing complex, multi-disciplinary projects
from conception through turnover to owner. A team builder with the ability to coordinate all
members of the project team to bring a project to completion within timeline and budget. A
project manager with 23 years of experience in dealing with governmental agencies from the
local to federal level and ensuring that the myriad review process is fully coordinated in a
manner that minimizes the risk to the client.
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS:
BS, Norwich University, 1984
Professional Land Surveyor: State of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Rhode
Island
Massachusetts DEP Certified Soil Evaluator
LEADERSHIP:
Vice President of Bay Colony Group, Inc. (BCG), a 47 year old multi-disciplinary civil
engineering firm that specializes in infrastructure, commercial and residential development site
design. Average annual cost of construction under design is $15 million. Responsible for
approximately 12 office and field personnel that operate in the northeast United States.
Is recognized as a leader within the surveying community in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts through service on numerous state-level organizations. Formerly a member of
The Engineering Center Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees for The Engineering Center
Education Trust. Currently a member of The Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
Eastern Chapter Board of Directors. He maintains involvement in the legislative initiatives that
are relevant to the Land Surveying professional and is sought out by legislators for his insights
into the development of standards for the profession.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:
As Vice President of Bay Colony Group responsible for the planning, design and execution of
projects that involve the practice of land surveying. The firm specializes in large land
development projects that must be brought from the conceptual phase through design,
governmental approval, construction and hand-off to the client. Project construction budgets up
to $100 million on multi-use sites with multiple owners have been successfully executed through
the use of solid planning and controls to ensure that the owners’ vision is executed. The land
surveying division provides the base mapping, construction layout and construction verification
phases of these projects. The field work and work product of the surveying division must be
closely coordinated so that it meets the needs of the engineering, architectural, and construction
team members as well as the specialized needs of the clients’ attorneys.
Currently Asst. Project Manager for Land Surveying and Construction Surveying for the
redevelopment of the Foxborough State Hospital, which includes the renovation of about
300,000 gsf of existing buildings into offices, condominiums and apartments. The construction
includes, 100,000 sf of office, 55,000 sf of retail, 5,000 lf of new roadway, and 203 single and
multi-family residences. Also included is the construction of a new recreation complex that will
contain football, soccer, baseball and softball fields as well as a 45,000 gpd wastewater
treatment facility. Estimated project cost is $100 million. The project involved the surveying of
a 150 year old former state hospital located on multiple tracts of land comprising over 150 acres.
The initial work included a property line survey and the preparation of a base map for the
facility that included the location of underground utilities constructed over the life of the facility.
The State and local archives were researched to find the construction drawings for the site. Close
coordination with attorneys representing the proponent and the Commonwealth was necessary to
meet the differing requirements of the legislation transferring the facility as well the needs of the
lender. Construction layout for multiple contractors is underway and construction is projected to
be completed in 2015.
Project manager for BCG’s portion of the ASEC Corp./Bay Colony Group, Inc. JV that was
awarded Central Artery/Tunnel Contract MO26M, a 3 year, $5 million joint venture project with
ASEC Corporation. The contract involved the work of coordinating, scheduling and supervising
up to 10 surveying crews at one time as well as the office staff to coordinate the work and to
process the data into plans and reports furnished to the CA/T team. The services provided
included: horizontal and vertical control surveys; bridge, highway and tunnel construction
verification surveys; pre-construction monitoring surveys; deformation and structure movement
monitoring surveys, and utilities location surveys. Due to the nature and sensitivity of the area
of the survey, entry permits had to be obtained prior to our field work. Permits were required
from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, AMTRAK, the Consolidated Rail
Corporation (now CSX), U.S. Federal Reserve, and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.
Project manager for MHD field survey and total station contracts. Bay Colony Group, Inc. has
been a land surveying consultant to MHD District 5 on multiple contracts since 1995 for total
contract value of about $5 million. BCG provides total station survey services to locate critical
horizontal and vertical data for the design phase of the project and prepares and/or updates
mapping on projects within the districts. Base mapping is then prepared and furnished to the
design consultant. Mapping has been done using the English and Metric system, depending on
when the work was authorized. During the construction phase, BCG provides to MHD
surveying crews to perform construction layout services and to verify the construction work
done by the contractor. This construction layout work is also done in either English or Metric
systems, depending on the plans supplied. The field survey crew portion of the contract is ongoing
and this particular contract will end in 2012.
Specialized work done by Mr. Leslie includes work on waterfront parcels that require an indepth
understanding of property law as well as skill as a researcher as land bordering bodies of
water is constantly changing. An example of this type of work is the Greenwich Bay Marina,
which is located in the City of Warwick, RI, is comprised of two parcels of land which are
bisected by Warwick Cove. Parcel 1 which consisted of nineteen individual lots comprising 6.39
acres is located on Wharf Road and is where all marina operations take place. Parcel 2 which
consisted of three individual lots comprising 2.88 acres is located on Second Point Road and is
an undeveloped parcel of land. As part of a project team, which was coordinating the
simultaneous purchase of three separate Marinas within the State of Rhode Island, Mr. Leslie
was responsible for preparing an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey for this marina. The survey
consisted of in depth research and review of recorded locus and abutting deeds and plans, as far
back as 1774, in order to reproduce property lines, rights of way (constructed and not
constructed) and easement lines. The survey also consisted of the locating and plotting of the
marine perimeter line which defined the limits of federal, state and private ownership rights in
that portion of Warwick Cove abutting the locus parcel.
WORK HISTORY:
1996-Current Vice President, Bay Colony Group, Inc. Foxborough, MA
1987-1996 Project Manager, Bay Colony Surveying, Inc., Foxborough, MA
1984-1987 Active Duty as U.S. Army officer; Ft.Knox, KY
PUBLICATIONS:
“Surveying a Town’s Boundary” by Richard J. Leslie, PLS, The MALSCE Surveyor, Fall, 2008.
"Straitsmouth Island Lighthouse, A Boundary Replacement Survey" by Richard J. Leslie, PLS, The Surveyor, Summer, 2010. |
