Duane R. Burrell
President
Professional Land Surveyor, Illinois & Missouri
University of Phoenix, MBA
Duane Burrell is the president of Sabur, Inc. He started his land surveying career at an entry level field position. He became an entrepreneur in January of 1993 when he co-founded Sabur, Inc. as an infrastructure based land surveying company. Mr. Burrell oversees business development, marketing, and the financial activities of the firm in addition to contract preparation, project scheduling, and the design of quality control systems. Mr. Burrell holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Legal Studies from Webster University and earned his MBA, in 2010. Mr. Burrell has successfully completed twenty-six (26) hours of state board testing and consequently holds professional surveying licenses in the states of Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Burrell also completed state board testing to acquire his Real Estate Broker’s license to augment his expertise in land development consulting. As the president of Sabur, Inc. he has kept the focus of the business on infrastructure projects which has positioned Sabur, Inc. as a “go to” teaming partner for civil design, mapping, construction layout, and GIS survey integration. As a member of numerous design teams, his business has provided surveying for heavy highway construction, major bridge projects, trail projects, and airport control surveys.
Professional Land Surveyor, Missouri
Mr. Higgins has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Mr. Higgins is skilled at survey adjustment analysis, project survey management, and boundary resolution. Mr. Higgins has become an expert at utilizing GPS field equipment such as GPS receivers and Robotic total stations with surveyor point file email capability. Mr. Higgins is well versed in survey project management and is entrusted with the scheduling and coordination of field activities, project graphics, and submitting final deliverables. Mr. Higgins is certified in the OSHA 10-hour industry outreach for on-the-job safety training.
Office Manager, Sabur, Inc.
Mrs. Elder has served as office manager for Sabur, Inc. for many years. She is responsible for all office duties including preparing contracts, invoicing and all aspects of job costing, as well as bank reconciliations and banking matters. In addition, Sharon performs payroll tasks, tracks accounts payable, and accounts receivable through QuickBooks Software. Sharon prepares the financial reports and associated charts for managing Sabur, Inc. Sharon spent two years of college at Northeast Missouri State University and one year at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley focusing on Administrative Office Systems.
Field Technican
Mr. Mittler is certified in the OSHA 10-hour industry safety training. He is trained on GPS and Total Station robotic equipment. Mr. Mittler is a valued member of the Sabur team.
CAD Draftsman
Trained in AutoCAD at ITT Technical School, Mr. Berliner provides a solid contribution to CAD productivity and construction staking setup. He is also experienced in Microstation and Geopak software. Mr. Berliner is instrumental in setting up the field work scheduling and reconciling what the contractor needs with how Sabur can be most helpful in the layout of project improvements.