Tom Pilarski, PLS

Geospatial Solutions Lead, Guida, Inc.

Bio Tom Pilarski, PLS, is the Geospatial Solutions Lead at Guida, an SBE survey firm with offices across California that has specialized exclusively in land surveying, mapping, subsurface utility engineering and geospatial services, providing comprehensive support to local agencies and infrastructure projects for 30 years. Tom is also actively involved in ACEC, ASCE, and UESI, contributing to advancements in geospatial solutions, subsurface utility engineering and survey innovation.

Over Tom’s 29 years in the Land Surveying industry, he has worked on several large projects like Southern California Gas’s Pipeline Safety Enhancement Program (PSEP), California High Speed Rail and the Los Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project, one of the world’s largest BESS facilities. While working on the PSEP project Tom was introduced to Subsurface Utility Engineering and the importance of proper utility mapping. Since that program he has been an advocate and speaker for the use of ASCE Standard 38 and how it can save money on design and how through proper asset management agencies can save on operating and maintenance costs.

Tom, through Guida, currently is working with Geo Search on creating 3-D models of underground utilities. When coupling their innovative technology with Mobile LiDAR we are creating a true digital twin for our clients.