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| The Company |
Founded in 1997 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the firm was established to provide professional consulting and project management services in hydrographic surveying and associated marine activities. As one of the leading firms in the Caribbean region offering specialist hydrographic surveying services, CANE Associates brings together well experienced Chartered Surveyors with knowledge in various aspects of hydrography, physical oceanography, dredging, offshore surveys, marine environmental assessment, coastal resource management and marine information. |
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various marine projects throughout the Caribbean, Middle East and in South America. As registered members of the British Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad & Tobago, CANE Associates is bound by the rules and ethics of these distinguished bodies and as such we must comply with their regulations. Why a Registered (Land) Surveyor ? According to Trinidad and Tobago law, (The Land Surveyors Act No. 33 of 1996), the Act “provides for the registration of land surveyors for the regulation of the practice of surveying and for other connected matters.” Only cadastral surveys made by Registered Trinidad and Tobago Land Surveyors are legal. Only registered land surveyors have completed the academic requirements, practical training and experience required for registration with the Land Survey Board. Registered surveyors are required to maintain the necessary theoretical, practical and ethical standards set by the Act. Only registered land surveyors are issued with a seal to be used the in certification of plans, drawings, reports and documents. Registered surveyors are required to have in place Professional Indemnity Insurance and are required to pay into the Land Survey Board’s Compensation Fund. Complaints against a registered surveyor are brought before the Land Surveyors Disciplinary Committee for the purpose of hearing and determining same. Registered surveyors are governed by the Land Surveyors Regulations of 1998 which were made by the Land Survey Board under Section 64 of the Land Surveyors Act of 1996. The principals of CANE Associates are Registered Land Surveyors for the practice of hydrographic surveying.
Why a
Registered (Surveying) Partnership, Association or Corporation ? CANE Associates is a Registered Corporation with the Land Survey Board of Trinidad and Tobago for the practice of hydrographic surveying. In addition to being registered, the principals of CANE Associates are Chartered Hydrographic Surveyors with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the U.K. and are Members of the Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad and Tobago. Therefore, CANE Associates is a professional firm of hydrographic surveyors, governed by, and upholding professional standards and ethics. You, the client, have a right to expect professional results. What is a Hydrographic Survey ? According to the International Hydrographic Organization, in the “Hydrographic Dictionary”, Part (1), Volume (1), Special Publication No. 32, a hydrographic survey is . . . “A survey having for its principal purpose, the determination of data relating to bodies of water. A hydrographic survey may consist of the determination of one or several of the following classes of data: depth of water; configuration and nature of the bottom; directions and force of currents; heights and times of tides and water stages; and location of topographic features and fixed objects for survey and navigation purposes.” And “Hydrography” is . . . “That branch of applied science which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of the navigable portion of the earth’s surface and adjoining coastal areas, with special reference to their use for the purpose of navigation.” And “Coastal survey” is . . . “A hydrographic survey of a coastal area.” And “Offshore survey” is . . . “A hydrographic survey conducted in areas beyond a certain distance from the shore.” And “Oceanographic survey” is . . . “A study or examination of any physical, chemical, biological, geological or geophysical condition in the ocean, or any part of it.” |
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