Taking off in Tassie

Ben Ritchie is a surveyor with a difference: having taken a 10-year hiatus from working with the land to work in the sky as a commercial pilot, he recently returned to the surveying industry with a view to combining his skills and leading the way for Veris’ aerial mapping services. Veris, known until November last year as OTOC, was formed from eight businesses joined by a vision to create a world-class planning, design, surveying and spatial solutions business that could service clients across Australia. Lester Franks is a 35-strong team based in Devonport, Tasmania, that specialises in delivering clients comprehensive surveying services that incorporate the latest technology. “3D laser scanners, sonar and more recently drones complement traditional survey