Grants Make Essential Dam Fixes Fiscally Feasible
By Pete Haug, PE Dams, like any other type of infrastructure, eventually need repair, reconstruction, or modification to improve safety and extend their useful life. Dams also sometimes need to be abandoned and removed. Whether it’s making repairs or taking a dam out completely, it all costs money. Case Study: Pigeon River Dam Consider the… Read More »
Tags: Dam, Dam Removal, Dam Repair
10 Powerful Elements Bring Public Spaces to Life
By Chris Silewski, PLA How do you make a space great? Design it for its intended uses but with flexibility for those uses to change over time. And give people not just a single focal area in which to congregate but at least 10 ways to engage with the space. Look carefully, and you’ll notice… Read More »
Tags: Placemaking, Power of 10, Public Spaces
Planning with an Eagle Eye: Highway Project Brings Bird-Watching Bonus
By Chris Silewski, PLA If you have a public space to design, it’s best to ask the public what they would like designed. Then be ready to work with the many public sector entities, businesses, and organizations that all need the project to fit in reasonably with surrounding infrastructure and stakeholders’ dreams for the future.… Read More »
Tags: Collaboration, Landscape Architecture, Native Plantings, Permeable Pavement, Planting Design, Public Involvement, Seed Mixes, Site Analysis, Site Inventory, Transportation Engineering
