Events in the South Sound | July 2025
Puyallup Meeker Days
Where: Pioneer Park Pavillion | 300 S Meridian, Puyallup 98371
When: June 13th - 15th, 2025
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Olympia Air Show
Where: Olympia Regional Airport | 7643 Old Hwy 99 SE, Tumwater
When: June 14th - 15th, 2025
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2025 Rhubarb Days in Sumner
Where: Sumner Main Street | 923 Kincaid Ave, Sumner
When: June 21st – 22nd, 2025
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Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival
Where: Point Defiance Park | 5400 N Pearl Street, Tacoma
When: June 7th - 8th, 2025
Time: 11:00AM – 6:00PM
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Maritime Gig Festival
Where: Gig Harbor Waterfront | Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor 98335
When: June 7th - 8th, 2025
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Featured
This Week in Survey: Expanding Our Capabilities by Land,
Air—and Water
Aug 11 2025
At McInnis Engineering, we’re committed to delivering uncommon engineering value—and that means continually investing in tools that improve accuracy, efficiency, and outcomes for our clients. This week, we’re excited to share some major upgrades to our survey equipment that expand our capabilities across Pierce, Thurston, and King Counties.
Eyes in the Sky: DJI Matrice 4E RTK Drone
We’ve added a DJI Matrice 4E RTK drone to our survey toolkit. This isn’t your hobby drone—it’s a precision-engineered workhorse equipped with real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning for centimeter-level accuracy. The Matrice 4E allows us to quickly capture high-resolution aerial data, generate detailed topographic surfaces, and perform volumetric calculations with speed and precision.
Whether we're mapping large development sites, tracking construction progress, or surveying hard-to-access terrain, this drone allows us to do more in less time—without compromising accuracy.
Boots on the Ground: New Leica Total Stations and GPS Units
In addition to the drone, we’ve upgraded to Leica’s top-tier survey instruments, including total stations and GNSS gear that set the industry standard. These tools improve field efficiency, reduce errors, and allow us to handle complex survey conditions with confidence.
For clients, this means faster turnaround, reliable data, and survey crews equipped to tackle the toughest site challenges.
Into the Water: A Boat for Pond Surveying
Not every job stays on dry ground. We’ve also added a survey vessel to support work in ponds, wetlands, and other water bodies. This boat is equipped for shallow water surveying, and it helps us safely and accurately gather data where traditional equipment can’t go.
It’s a key part of our commitment to environmental and stormwater-related survey work, which continues to grow throughout the region.
Why It Matters
These investments aren’t just about having cool gadgets—they’re about giving our clients better information, faster. Whether it’s a preliminary site survey, an as-built for a stormwater pond, or topographic data for design work, we’re bringing the best tools to the job.
If you’ve got a project coming up that needs surveying—whether by land, air, or water—we’d be glad to talk.