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Our Company
We do not have a conventional ‘head office’. Instead, we have a virtual office, where our team members are based throughout our service areas. Team members are assigned to specific projects depending on their location and expertise.
Where we operate
Many of our clients are located in Victoria, Sidney, the Gulf Islands, Duncan, Chemainus and the Sunshine Coast. We’ve worked on projects throughout British Columbia, including the Lower Mainland, the Cariboo, the Kootenays and the Peace River District.
Brent Taylor BCLS, CLS
Brent was commissioned as a British Columbia land surveyor in 1984 and a Canada Lands Surveyor in 1995. He has been actively involved in providing land surveying services to a variety of clients and industries since 1981.
Brent has extensive experience in project management and condominium development in British Columbia. Through the 1990’s he was influential in the preparation of the Strata Property Act. He has been the survey coordinator on many major projects on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands as well as select projects throughout BC.
His experience includes challenging boundary determination of natural boundaries and rectilinear boundaries, major topographic surveys, land consolidation, re-zoning, subdivision, construction layout, easements, rights of way, covenants, condominium surveys, air space surveys, well site and pipeline surveys. Brent has been engaged as an expert witness for a variety of cases relating to the definition of habitable area of a strata lot, the definition of public roads through municipally owned land, the location of a drainage course and the flooding of land, as well as cases regarding the definition of a present natural boundary in the presence of filled foreshore
Jordan Litke BCLS
Jordan began his surveying career in 2002 in the prairies, working in the oil and gas sector. After a few years, he worked his way west, eventually landing in Victoria and joining Polaris in 2010. A year later he was commissioned as a BC Land Surveyor. Jordan’s work experience is both geographically and technically diverse.
He has worked on remote projects in mountainous terrain, on rural acreages and farmland, and in populated urban settings like Victoria and Vancouver. Jordan’s resume includes land development such as subdivisions, bare land stratas, building stratas, and air space parcels. He also has completed numerous First Nation Treaty Settlement surveys.
In addition to traditional construction and topographic surveys, Jordan has spearheaded Polaris’ reality capture activities, expanding our offerings to include drone photogrammetry, aerial LiDAR, and terrestrial laser scanning.
Michael Rogers BCLS
Michael received his commission as a British Columbia Land Surveyor in 2016, after spending many years working on a variety of survey projects throughout the province and into the high arctic. Michael’s experience is varied and includes surveys related to large-scale Hydro, mining, mapping, telecommunication and highway projects.
After spending most of his survey career working out of the Kootenays, Michael moved to the Sunshine Coast to work with the Polaris team where Michael manages the daily operations in Powell River.
Andrew Christian ALS (Ret.), BCLS, CLS
Andrew has been working in the land surveying industry for nearly 20 years and was an undergraduate of the University of Calgary’s Geomatics Engineering program. Andrew joined Polaris in 2016 and holds commissions as a BC Land Surveyor, Canada Lands Surveyor and Alberta Land Surveyor (presently not practicing in Alberta).
He has obtained a large variety of experience by completing many different types of surveying projects over the years, from large scale infrastructure projects to small residential and commercial developments.
Andrew enjoys working on First Nations lands and has been involved in work spanning multiple provinces and jurisdictions; from boundary investigations to community mapping and infrastructure projects. Residing in the Cowichan Valley Andrew services clients on Vancouver Island and enjoys undertaking legal surveys, topographic surveys, and construction surveys.
Alex Gorelik ALS, BCLS, SLS (Ret.)
Alex started his land surveying career in Alberta in the early 2000s working primarily in the oil and gas sector. While working towards a land surveying commission, he was involved in various projects all over Alberta and also in southwestern Saskatchewan.
Alex received his commission as an Alberta Land Surveyor in 2015 and was also commissioned in British Columbia and Saskatchewan later the same year. As his career evolved, Alex started to be more involved in various municipal and infrastructure projects.
After moving to the Greater Victoria area in 2017 and continuing to work in the municipal sector, Alex eventually joined Polaris in 2019. He currently resides in Sidney, BC and is involved in various residential surveys, including topographic and legal surveys, as well as larger commercial and construction projects.
John Haggerty ALS, BCLS, CLS, P.Eng.
John is a senior Land Surveyor with experience across Western Canada and in the North. He lives in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and stages from there to the field and to Polaris’s Offices on Vancouver Island and in Powell River. He also handles projects through the interior and in Northern British Columbia.
John has over 20 years of experience surveying for the energy sector, as well as practicing municipally and serving rural and First Nations clients.
Michelle Blake BCLS
Michelle started her career in the lower mainland working on small residential surveys and monitoring jobs. She joined Polaris in 2014 and has since worked on a variety of projects throughout Greater Victoria, the Gulf Islands, Cowichan Valley, and Powell River.
Michelle got her commission as a British Columbia Land Surveyor in 2019. She now resides in Colwood and focuses on large construction projects, strata plans, air space plans, and residential surveys.
Jeff Beddoes BCLS (NP), CLS (NP)
Jeff began his surveying career in northwest British Columbia, receiving his land surveying commission in Smithers in 1985 before operating a practice in Fernie until 1992. He then joined the Surveyor General Branch of the BC government, later part of the Land Title & Survey Authority, where he was appointed provincial Deputy Surveyor General in 2003 and Senior Deputy Surveyor General in 2006.
Though formally retired in 2018, Jeff remains active with Polaris Land Surveying 2024 Inc. and through contract and volunteer work with the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors. His tenure with the Surveyor General provided him with unique expertise in boundary determination law, historical surveying practices, and modern and historical survey records. He is particularly skilled in natural boundary location and determining the legal status of roads.
Bert Hol BCLS, CLS
Bert Hol has been a prominent land surveying figure in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland since 1984, specializing in complex multi-use projects, Air Space Subdivisions, and high-rise strata developments. He has extensive management experience, having led survey businesses since 1984 and overseeing large teams.
His expertise includes client relations, project management, mapping, construction, and surveying. He held significant leadership roles, serving as President of the Association of BC Land Surveyors in 2001 and as a Director for the Land Title & Survey Authority of BC from 2010 to 2019. He received a Life Membership in the Association of BC Land Surveyors in March 2023. Notable projects include the Lions Gate Bridge North Tower and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Doug Pearson BCLS
Doug began surveying in Peace River, Alberta, in 2012. He now resides in the Cowichan Valley and works primarily on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, as well as in parts of British Columbia’s interior and coastal communities.
Doug has experience in a variety of legal surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, and construction surveys and is most drawn to projects in rugged and remote areas of B.C. Doug holds a bachelor’s degree with a focus on Geomatics from the University of Victoria and a diploma in Geomatics Engineering Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Doug received his BCLS commission in January of 2025.
Odysseas Christodoulou BCLS
Odysseas studied in Athens, Greece, and holds two degrees in Surveying Engineering. He began his surveying career in Greece in 2007, gaining extensive experience across a variety of projects before relocating with his wife to Vancouver Island in 2014 to continue his work in Canada’s dynamic land surveying industry.
In 2024, Odysseas obtained his British Columbia Land Surveyor commission and, in August 2025, joined Polaris Land Surveying. With over 18 years of experience, he has developed extensive expertise in construction, topographic and legal surveys, including subdivisions, easements, rights of way, building strata, and bare-land strata. Throughout his career, he has contributed to a wide range of projects across architectural, archaeological, industrial, and construction applications, serving both public and private sector clients.
Brent Taylor BCLS, CLS
Brent was commissioned as a British Columbia land surveyor in 1984 and a Canada Lands Surveyor in 1995. He has been actively involved in providing land surveying services to a variety of clients and industries since 1981.
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Brent has extensive experience in project management and condominium development in British Columbia. Through the 1990’s he was influential in the preparation of the Strata Property Act. He has been the survey coordinator on many major projects on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands as well as select projects throughout BC.
His experience includes challenging boundary determination of natural boundaries and rectilinear boundaries, major topographic surveys, land consolidation, re-zoning, subdivision, construction layout, easements, rights of way, covenants, condominium surveys, air space surveys, well site and pipeline surveys. Brent has been engaged as an expert witness for a variety of cases relating to the definition of habitable area of a strata lot, the definition of public roads through municipally owned land, the location of a drainage course and the flooding of land, as well as cases regarding the definition of a present natural boundary in the presence of filled foreshore
Jordan Litke BCLS
Jordan began his surveying career in 2002 in the prairies, working in the oil and gas sector. After a few years, he worked his way west, eventually landing in Victoria and joining Polaris in 2010. A year later he was commissioned as a BC Land Surveyor. Jordan’s work experience is both geographically and technically diverse.
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He has worked on remote projects in mountainous terrain, on rural acreages and farmland, and in populated urban settings like Victoria and Vancouver. Jordan’s resume includes land development such as subdivisions, bare land stratas, building stratas, and air space parcels. He also has completed numerous First Nation Treaty Settlement surveys.
In addition to traditional construction and topographic surveys, Jordan has spearheaded Polaris’ reality capture activities, expanding our offerings to include drone photogrammetry, aerial LiDAR, and terrestrial laser scanning.
Michael Rogers BCLS
Michael received his commission as a British Columbia Land Surveyor in 2016, after spending many years working on a variety of survey projects throughout the province and into the high arctic.
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Michael’s experience is varied and includes surveys related to large-scale Hydro, mining, mapping, telecommunication and highway projects. After spending most of his survey career working out of the Kootenays, Michael moved to the Sunshine Coast to work with the Polaris team where Michael manages the daily operations in Powell River.
Andrew Christian
ALS (Ret.), BCLS, CLS
Andrew has been working in the land surveying industry for nearly 20 years and was an undergraduate of the University of Calgary’s Geomatics Engineering program. Andrew joined Polaris in 2016 and holds commissions as a BC Land Surveyor, Canada Lands Surveyor and Alberta Land Surveyor (presently not practicing in Alberta).
See more
He has obtained a large variety of experience by completing many different types of surveying projects over the years, from large scale infrastructure projects to small residential and commercial developments.
Andrew enjoys working on First Nations lands and has been involved in work spanning multiple provinces and jurisdictions; from boundary investigations to community mapping and infrastructure projects. Residing in the Cowichan Valley Andrew services clients on Vancouver Island and enjoys undertaking legal surveys, topographic surveys, and construction surveys.
Alex Gorelik ALS, BCLS, SLS (Ret.)
Alex started his land surveying career in Alberta in the early 2000s working primarily in the oil and gas sector. While working towards a land surveying commission, he was involved in various projects all over Alberta and also in southwestern Saskatchewan.
See more
Alex received his commission as an Alberta Land Surveyor in 2015 and was also commissioned in British Columbia and Saskatchewan later the same year. As his career evolved, Alex started to be more involved in various municipal and infrastructure projects.
After moving to the Greater Victoria area in 2017 and continuing to work in the municipal sector, Alex eventually joined Polaris in 2019. He currently resides in Sidney, BC and is involved in various residential surveys, including topographic and legal surveys, as well as larger commercial and construction projects.
John Haggerty
ALS, BCLS, CLS, P.Eng.
John is a senior Land Surveyor with experience across Western Canada and in the North. He lives in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and stages from there to the field and to Polaris’s Offices on Vancouver Island and in Powell River. He also handles projects through the interior and in Northern British Columbia.
John has over 20 years of experience surveying for the energy sector, as well as practicing municipally and serving rural and First Nations clients.
Michelle Blake BCLS
Michelle started her career in the lower mainland working on small residential surveys and monitoring jobs. She joined Polaris in 2014 and has since worked on a variety of projects throughout Greater Victoria, the Gulf Islands, Cowichan Valley, and Powell River.
Michelle got her commission as a British Columbia Land Surveyor in 2019. She now resides in Colwood and focuses on large construction projects, strata plans, air space plans, and residential surveys.
Jeff Beddoes
BCLS (NP), CLS (NP)
Jeff began his surveying career in northwest British Columbia, receiving his land surveying commission in Smithers in 1985 before operating a practice in Fernie until 1992. He then joined the Surveyor General Branch of the BC government, later part of the Land Title & Survey Authority, where he was appointed provincial Deputy Surveyor General in 2003 and Senior Deputy Surveyor General in 2006.
See more
He then joined the Surveyor General Branch of the BC government, later part of the Land Title & Survey Authority, where he was appointed provincial Deputy Surveyor General in 2003 and Senior Deputy Surveyor General in 2006.
Though formally retired in 2018, Jeff remains active with Polaris Land Surveying 2024 Inc. and through contract and volunteer work with the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors. His tenure with the Surveyor General provided him with unique expertise in boundary determination law, historical surveying practices, and modern and historical survey records. He is particularly skilled in natural boundary location and determining the legal status of roads.
Bert Hol
BCLS, CLS
Bert Hol has been a prominent land surveying figure in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland since 1984, specializing in complex multi-use projects, Air Space Subdivisions, and high-rise strata developments. He has extensive management experience, having led survey businesses since 1984 and overseeing large teams.
His expertise includes client relations, project management, mapping, construction, and surveying. He held significant leadership roles, serving as President of the Association of BC Land Surveyors in 2001 and as a Director for the Land Title & Survey Authority of BC from 2010 to 2019. He received a Life Membership in the Association of BC Land Surveyors in March 2023. Notable projects include the Lions Gate Bridge North Tower and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Doug Pearson BCLS
Doug began surveying in Peace River, Alberta, in 2012. He now resides in the Cowichan Valley and works primarily on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, as well as in parts of British Columbia’s interior and coastal communities.
Doug has experience in a variety of legal surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, and construction surveys and is most drawn to projects in rugged and remote areas of B.C. Doug holds a bachelor’s degree with a focus on Geomatics from the University of Victoria and a diploma in Geomatics Engineering Technology from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Doug received his BCLS commission in January of 2025.
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