About Us...

Our field crews use the latest and most up-to-date survey equipment. We are equipped with: Trimble 5800 and 5700 GPS Receivers for both Real Time Kinematic and Fast Static Surveys, we complement the Trimble with Ashtech Locus (3) and Promark 2 GPS receivers. We use Trimble 5600 and the NEW S-6 Robotic Total Stations along with Leica and Sokkia Total Stations.

Our office crew is just as up to date. We use AutoCAD 2006, are proficient in Microstation, and are on the cutting edge with ArcView 8.3. With our tools and experience, we can help you complete any project you have in mind.

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David T. Rosell is the President of Rosell Surveying and Mapping, Inc. and has over 30 years of experience. He has been a licensed professional for 21 years. Dave has become a specialist in boundary, record maps, right of way engineering, pipeline layout and as-builts, construction staking and ALTA's. Dave has an extensive computer background and is proficient in the use of AutoCAD and Microstation, as well as numerous other computer programs including GPS processing software. Dave has been involved in many large single family and commercial developments throughout California and Colorado. Dave surveyed over 50 square miles for the preliminary mapping of the new Denver Airport, and he was instrumental in surveying over 60 miles of railroad right of ways in the Los Angeles basin for the Metro Rail Project. Dave has extensive GPS training and has used GPS to tie in control for the Los Angeles County Redline subway system, and has used GPS for topography, construction staking, as-builts and geodetic control network. Dave manages the overall operations of the company, but will sit at a computer to prepare a map or run a field crew in order to get the job out. Dave is licensed in both California and Colorado.


Patrick Donohoe, LSIT, Senior Party Chief and Field Support Specialist. Pat has over 10 years experience in the surveying industry. With over 8 years of that specializing in the petroleum and chemical industry. Pat has been a key member on many large scale pipeline projects including Kinder Morgan’s east line expansion phase 1 (engineering and planning). He has also staked and as-built over a 1000 miles of pipelines in the greater Los Angeles region. He is skillful in boundary, topography and ALTA surveys, in addition to all forms of construction staking. He is skilled in the use of AutoCAD, Microstation and Starnet least squares adjustment software, and takes many of his projects from field to finish.
Aaron Tillmanns, LSIT, Chief of Parties and Project Surveyor. Aaron has 10 years of experience and is proficient in preparing boundary and topographic maps, ALTA's, Tentative and Final maps. He supports the field crews by providing them with coordinates and calculations. Aaron is skillful in both AutoCAD and Microstation, and runs our mapping department.

Chad Rosell
, Party Chief, has 10 years of experience and is proficient in the use of AutoCAD and takes many of his projects from field to finish. Chad is well versed in boundary, topography and ALTA surveys using electronic data collection and RTK. He is also experienced in surveying oil refinery, pipeline staking, as-builts, and construction staking. Chad has been instrumental in a number of projects out of state including working on Kinder Morgan 12” lines in Tuscan, mapping pipelines from Phoenix, Arizona to El Paso Texas and numerous projects in Nevada and Colorado.

Jeff Farless, LSIT, Manager of GIS Operations and is a GPS specialist. Jeff has a Bachelors of Science in Social Geography and a minor in GIS from California State Monterey. Jeff works with the cities and counties to record final maps, corner records and record of surveys. He also manages our CAD Department.


Steven Marquis, Party Chief, is skillful in boundary, topography and ALTA surveys, in addition to all forms of construction staking.

Tom Lewis , Operations Manager / Party Chief. Tom has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management. Tom has over 6 years experience in the surveying industry, with over 3 years of that specializing in the petroleum and chemical industry. Tom has been a key member on many large scale pipeline projects including Kinder Morgan’s east line expansion phase 2 and numerous Southern California Gas Company projects. Prior to
joining RSM, Tom served as President of TLC Transport, and held executive management
positions at Home Depot and Hughes Supply.

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