The Northern Kentucky Chapter of KAPS will be hosting an in-person spring seminar led by Ben Shinabery, PLS, Luke Woodyard, PLS, EIT, and Jason Harris on April 11, 2026 at Riegler Blacktop's Training Room in Florence, KY.  All times are Eastern.

Breakfast Snacks Provided

8:00 - 10:00 "Incorporating Laser Scanning into the Modern Survey Workflow" by Ben Shinabery, PLS (2 PDH)

Course description coming soon...

10:00 - 12:00 "3D Survey Scanning a Billion Dollars of Bourbon in KY" by Luke Woodyard, PLS, EIT (2 PDH)

What happens when you put 9,000 tons of liquid gold into a 7-story wooden structure built decades ago for one purpose: to age the smoothest bourbon in the south. In 1964, Congress declared bourbon “America’s Native Spirit” and everyone knows that if it’s not distilled in Kentucky... it’s not really bourbon. Billions of dollars of assets age in the rickhouses along the “Bourbon Trail” in central Kentucky and those assets need to be protected. In years past, these rickhouses were monitored by large plumb strings hanging on the interiors of the structures to reveal the inevitable movement of the wooden beams. How much deviation and sag is difficult to tell when four strings are all you can count on. Starting in 2019, Qk4 began using laser scanning technology to capture the exact conditions and vertical deviation of bourbon warehouses for several sites in rural Kentucky for structural analysis. These high-resolution scans provide not only the relationship of the roof line to the foundation but the fine details of wall deflection and sag. With the interior and exterior details of these wooden vaults, structural engineers can know better how to protect one of Kentucky's great industries.

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Provided

1:00 - 5:00 Trimble by Jason Harris (4 PDH)

Title and course description coming soon...

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