As a conveyancer, understanding survey plans is essential for ensuring accurate property transactions. However, deciphering the technical language and nuances of these plans can be challenging. Our recent workshop, “Demystifying Registered Plans for Legal Practitioners” presented by recently-retired surveyor Bob Harrison, offers practical solutions to these challenges. The workshop provides in-depth explanations of survey plan components, the different ways land can be measured, the reliability and limitations of older registered plans, limitations of useful tools such as SIX Maps, and offers guidance on how to identify and address potential errors.
Please note: This is a longer session (running approximately 2 hours) so ensure you set aside enough time or plan to run it over two or more sessions. We recommend watching the recording in smaller segments to maximize your understanding and retention.
Presenter: Bob Gordon Harrison OAM
Graduating in Surveying from the University of NSW in 1973, Bob has spent his entire career working as a Registered Surveyor in NSW and Queensland. As the founding Director of Harrison Friedmann & Associates Pty Ltd, since 1980 the business’s objectives have been to provide surveying services that conform with or exceed the client’s expectations and provide total client satisfaction.
Harrison Friedman is multi-disciplinary practice that has specialised in smaller land development projects and managed projects involving drainage design, road design, sewer and water design, subdivision planning applications, bushfire reports, Torrens, and Strata subdivisions.
Clients have ranged from private citizens, builders, developers, Local Government, a small number of Government tenders such as RailCorp, Sydney Water, AusGrid. He has also worked with the Dubai Municipality for whom he set up the Regulations for Strata Titles.
In February 2024 Bob retired from his firm. Bob has served on a variety of professional bodies including the Boards of the Association of Consulting Surveyors, Institution of Surveyors NSW and BoSSI (Board of Surveying and Spatial Information NSW, (the regulatory body of surveyors in NSW).
Bob’s commitment to the surveying industry was recognised in him being awarded an Order of Australia for services to the Surveying profession in January 2017. Bob has also found time to be actively involved in the community as a Life Member of Apex, Member of St Vincent de Paul Sydney Central Council and for fun he is a Director of the Vintage and Veterans Chev Association of Australia.
The PowerPoint presentation for this session is available for download here
