AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 25, 2026--
SAM Companies (“SAM” or the “Company”), the most trusted and sought-after company in the infrastructure ecosystem and the nation’s leading provider of professional Geospatial and Inspection solutions, today announced that it has acquired Inland Geodetics (“Inland”), a Texas-based land surveying firm serving water utility, transportation, and local government clients across Central Texas.
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Inland Geodetics has established a strong reputation for delivering accurate and reliable geospatial data through its comprehensive land surveying services. With a team of nine professionals and experienced office and field staff, Inland supports a diverse portfolio of active infrastructure projects, providing high-quality solutions that help public agencies and utility clients plan, build, and maintain critical assets.
Inland brings deep local market knowledge and long-standing client relationships that align naturally with SAM’s broad suite of Managed Geospatial Services™. This acquisition expands SAM’s footprint in Central Texas and enhances the Company’s ability to support complex infrastructure programs across water, transportation, and public-sector markets.
“SAM continues to invest in firms that bring strong technical expertise, trusted client relationships, and leadership talent,” said Chris Solomon, RPLS, President and CEO of SAM. “Inland Geodetics has earned a solid reputation throughout Central Texas for delivering dependable, high-quality surveying services. Their professional capabilities and regional experience complement our existing services and position us to deliver even greater value to our clients.”
“This partnership represents an exciting next chapter for Inland Geodetics,” said Frank Rivera, Owner and President of Inland Geodetics. “By joining SAM, our team gains access to national resources, advanced technologies, and expanded opportunities to better serve our clients while continuing the high standard of service Inland is known for.”
SAM continues to pursue a disciplined strategic growth strategy, both organically and through acquisition, focused on expanding technical capabilities, strengthening client solutions, and growing its national footprint. Business owners interested in learning more about SAM’s mergers and acquisitions strategy and the benefits of partnering with the Company can visit the Mergers & Acquisitions page on the SAM Companies website.
ABOUT SAM COMPANIES
SAM is a leading provider of spatial data for decision support, serving utilities, transportation, and infrastructure-focused clients. As the most technically advanced professional Geospatial and Inspection solutions firm in North America, SAM uses advanced scientific methods to capture and analyze infrastructure and environmental conditions with unrivaled speed and accuracy, providing partners with insights that support informed decisions and ensure the safety, sustainability, and reliability of critical infrastructure. The Company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
SAM is excited to announce that Inland Geodetics, a trusted provider of Land Surveying services in Central Texas, has joined the SAM family.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, is due to hold talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Thursday in Geneva, Zelenskyy told reporters.
A U.S. push for peace has already brought Russia and Ukraine to the table in Abu Dhabi and Geneva this year, but the talks have produced no breakthrough on key differences as Russia’s invasion of its neighbor enters its fifth year.
Thursday’s meeting will address details of a possible postwar recovery plan for Ukraine and discuss preparations for an upcoming trilateral meeting with Moscow officials, Zelenskyy said, adding that he has also tasked Umerov with discussing a possible prisoner exchange.
Ukraine expects the U.S.-brokered talks with Russia to take place next week, Zelenskyy said.
Witkoff said Tuesday he would meet Umerov in Geneva for talks that could be followed by a trilateral meeting in Florida.
The Swiss city is also expected to host a round of nuclear talks on Thursday between the United States and Iran.
Previous talks with Russia and Ukraine have largely resolved the question of security guarantees, Witkoff said. Both sides are engaging with the peace efforts, with almost daily conversations taking place between officials, he said.
Washington is not pressuring Ukraine to concede on any point, and the Russians have shown “some moderation,” Witkoff told the Yalta European Strategy — an international annual leaders’ forum organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv.
On Tuesday, amid events marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Zelenskyy noted that Russia has not defeated Ukraine nor broken the Ukrainian spirit, despite Moscow's bigger and better equipped army and heavy bombardment of civilian areas.
Ukrainian forces have in recent months pushed Russia’s army back at points along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (750-mile) front line in eastern areas of the country, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
The “significant gains” are the biggest since 2024, the Washington-based think tank said, though they are unlikely to grow into major offensives as Ukraine struggles with a troop shortage. Even so, they likely will disrupt Russian plans for a spring-summer offensive, it said.
Ukraine has also continued its almost nightly long-range drone barrage of military and allied infrastructure targets deep inside Russia.
The U.S. State Department has expressed its displeasure with Ukraine’s recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan, Kyiv’s chief envoy to Washington said Tuesday.
A Ukrainian drone attack on the Dorogobuzh fertilizer plant in western Russia’s Smolensk region killed seven workers, injured 10 people and caused a fire, Gov. Vasily Anokhin said.
Ukrainian authorities said Russia attacked with 115 drones overnight, including one strike on a village in the southern Zaporizhzhia district that killed four people and injured a child, the State Emergency Service said.
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A woman sits in front of a grave of her relative during memorial service for fallen Ukrainian soldiers during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Relatives of those killed during the Russian occupation react at the Wall of Remembrance during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
