Slope The shape of the earth. Slope, pitch, levelness, steepness. Site design. Road design. Drainage design among others. There is so much to each of these disciplines, but this blog is just about slope. The slope of the land is called topography and it heavily influences site and building design. While there are landscape architects, […]
More than a pretty area to paint, exterior wall surfaces of a building have to be considered for its: appearance, utility, adjacent conditions, and maintenance, and ahem… cost…. they are more than skin deep Frankly, each surface could become a 200 page technical manual and discussion. Since that is not practical for design and construction purposes, […]
When rainwater goes where it is supposed to, drainage basics tend to be easily overlooked. However, when you have lots of construction, new roads, and a big storms combined with little heed as to how the “run-off” from a rainstorms will get back into the earth: you have issues, like ponding issues. Does it seem […]
“Hey, I just want to flatten out my backyard so the kids can play” was my customer’s reason for initiating a recent project. One way to achieve that level yard is to re-grade (move the soil around ) the yard and add a retaining wall that retains the earth to create that more usable level […]
