GEM Resource Surveys was incorporated in 1978 starting out with two conventional survey crews and has grown steadily until now employing up to 45 people.  The conventional surveying techniques were complimented with the addition of GPS (Global Positioning Services) in 1997 with the acquisition of Trimble 4000SSi GPS Receivers, with Topcon GPS/Glonass Receivers in 2001, with Trimble 5700 GPS Receivers in 2003 and with Leica 1200 GPS Receivers in 2005 .  The Trimble 5700 system was upgraded to Trimble R8-5800 in August 2012. We have completed programs throughout Western Canada and the Northern United States of jobs ranging in size from short 2D lines to 40,000 point 3D’s.

We believe that with experienced seasoned people armed with solid guidance from our head office we can compliment your seismic data with exceptional quality surveying and report submission.

Our clients include;
Datum Exploration
Arcis Corporation
Veritas DGC
Synterra Technologies
Aguila Exploration
Landquest Services
Petro-Canada
LXL Consultants
Polaris Explorer
Tesla Exploration
Outsource Seismic
Geokinetics Exploration
Conquest Seismic
Sourcex Exploration


SERVICES

PROJECT  SUPERVISION

FULL  SCALE  MAPPING

GPS  STATIC  CONTROL

GPS  RTK STAKEOUT

GPS  PPK  UNDER  FOREST  CANOPY

CONVENTIONAL  SURVEY

CONVENTIONAL  LAYOUT

CATPUSH

SLASHER  SUPERVISION

DATA  ARCHIVAL

PROCESSING - QUALITY CONTROL
 

KEY  STAFF  PERSONNEL
 
NAME  TITLE EXPERIENCE
Garry Murphy President Founded GEM in 1978.  31 years surveying
Gord Sutton Project Manager 15 years surveying
Rob Barry Senior Surveyor 20+ years surveying and Catpush
Ken Graham Senior Surveyor 15 years surveying
Al Murphy Project Manager 15 years surveying
Brian MacEachern Surveyor 10 years surveying
Merv Waye Project Manager 15 years surveying

Note: In addition to our staff personnel we have several sub-contractors on call.
 

EQUIPMENT

HARDWARE
11  Dual frequency Trimble 4000SSi GPS RTK Receivers
13  Dual frequency Trimble 5800 GPS RTK Receivers
11  Dual frequency Leica 1200 GPS RTK Receivers
 3   Ashtech Locus L1 Receivers
 2   Ashtech Promark II Receivers
20  Handheld GPS Receivers
12  Conventional Total Stations
12  Theodolites
16  Pentium Class laptop computers w/printers
 4   Desktop Computers w/printers
 1   HP 350C Plotter
 1   HP 500c Plotter
 2   HP 750c Plotter
20  4*4 Trucks
20  Quads
  6  Sno-mobiles
  2  Argo’s

SOFTWARE
 GPSeismic
 Mtrex + Mtrex 3DL
 Cad Software
 Gravnav/Gravnet
 Custom Chaining detail software
 Custom Horizontal Sketch software
 Custom Mapping software
 Excel
 Word
 GPSurvey
 Ashtech
 Leica LGO