2019 MALSCE Plan Contest

Please fill out a separate entry form for each plan submitted. Entries can be emailed to Kevin Arsenault at kdarsenault@comcast.net. Plan Contest questions can also be directed Kevin Arsenault.

Click here for the 2019 MALSCE Plan Contest Entry Form

The entry fee for MALSCE Members is $20 per plan. Nonmembers $25 per plan. Please complete and enclose this entry form with a check payable to MALSCE and send to: The Engineering Center Attn: MALSCE Plan Contest, One Walnut Street, Boston, MA 02108-3616.

Plan Contest Rules

• Each entry must be accompanied by an entry form and fee.
• Plans must be one sheet. (No multiple sheets or sets).
• No plans will be accepted after the deadline of March 12, 2019.
• Must be a plan of land in Massachusetts, dated between March 2018 and February 2019.
• Entries can be PDF or TIFF copies of the drawings.
• One plan, per drafter, per category. Firms can enter plans in the same category by different drafters.
• Color submittal is allowed for non-registry plans.
• All entries will become the property of MALSCE.

Judging
Plans will be judged on compliance with the effective 250CMR, Section 6, based on plan date. The plan will also be judged on the following:

• Overall readability, appearance, neatness, balance and consistency.
• Completeness (dimensions, labels, references, monuments, etc.)
• Qualifying notes or statements (clearly and understandably stated).
• Well defined and descriptive title block.

All plans will be displayed at the convention. Finalists in each category will be selected by a panel of land surveying judges and convention attendees will vote to determine the winning plan in each category and the Plan of the Year.

Awards
Award-winning plans will be displayed at the 2019 MALSCE Convention and noted in the MALSCE News. All awards will be presented to a representative of the submitting firms during the Convention dinner the evening of Friday, March 15, 2019.

Plan Categories:

• 3D Survey
• ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey
• Cadastral
• Data Accumulation/Existing Conditions plan
• Engineering Site Plan
• Land Court