What Do Environmental Engineers and Environmental Scientists Do?
A five-year redevelopment effort turned the City of Glendale, Wisconsin’s former Bender Road Landfill site into a vibrant community park and collegiate-level baseball facility. On the highest level, environmental engineering has two goals. The first is to help correct the mistakes of the past that have led to the environmental issues of today. The second… Read More »
Tags: Bioswales, Blighted Areas, Brownfield, Contaminants, Ecology, Environmental, Environmental Engineers, Environmental Scientist, Industrial Sites, Landfills
Native Plants Improve Environment, Reduce Maintenance Costs
Native plants play such a critical role in our ecosystems. They have coevolved with the soils, rainfall patterns, and climatic conditions of a region. Native plants also have specialized relationships with the birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife of a region, providing nutrition and nesting. A common misconception is that all plants can provide the… Read More »
Tags: Biodiversity, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design, Native Planting, Native Plants, Sustainability
Visual Communication: Enhancing the Message and Inspiring Collaboration
By Craig Stoffel, PLA It’s been said that drawing is a designer’s first language, communicating ideas in 2D that will eventually be constructed in the real world. The graphics vary in detail, complexity, and refinement, and for good reason. Similar to for-construction drawings, which have established milestone deliverables of schematic design, design development, and construction… Read More »
Tags: Conceptual Design, Design, Designer, Drawings, Graphics, Rendering, Sketch, Visual Communication
