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Extra money moving around (ie, wealth) is the best thing for environmental projects. When things get tight, it is back to minimizing expenses.
 

 It’s all about image with most of the homeowners that are willing to pay for my services
 
Yip, so true. When picking up $75k checks, one must at least dress in slacks, good shirt and decent shoes. My scale of operation is picking up $7k checks if I’m lucky.  Presently, am semi-retired but need to pick up some jobs for mental and physical healt…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing, Leslie!  
Curious to know how successful it will be, especially when compared to the High Line.  🙂

I know, it’s “Fox”  business etc. but if you can still read it, this wasn’t what I was expecting it to say:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/04/30/how-to-avoid-career-choice-decision-trap/?link=mktw

“not going to let the back-hoe and 48” Deck SKAG operating, dump truck driving designer anywhere near their property.”  This is a little sterotypical. Sure we all want to target the wealthy home owners who will spend $200k on a landscape but until this happens do you muck around installing labor intensive landscapes?
Craig, the point is to have a…[Read more]

Talk about being out of touch. If you ask me, the economy has, at best, temporarily suppressed the mainstream practice of sustainability and popularity of all things green  – kinda like our profession. But for him to not even acknowledge any problem in the profession confirms that he is ill-equipped to lead the professional organization that…[Read more]

I have not really looked for a job in more than a decade, however, I do remember that when looking for my first job after graduating that my professors ( who in most cases had not been in the job market and working as a landscape architect in decades and really…lets face it… they are in a different field—which is  teaching) gave me all ki…[Read more]

Thanks so much. 

Thanks – That really cleared things up for me. 

Thank you for your reply. That gentleman has a nice comprehensive list. I’ve done some some finagling and the ivy brige i7-3770 came out and looks to provide a significant increase in performance over both the i5-2500k and the fx-8xxx for only a modest increase in price.  As long as I provide enough memory to keep latency low I think it will work…[Read more]

Just downloaded the Sample Report pdf… at least the pet store industry is doing well…

This may help you. In the last paragraph the author provides a link to his Amazon list of recommended hardware based on your budget and the level of work you intend to do. Though his reccomendations are based on 3d modeling and rendering, they should be fine for Autocad and 2d work like photoshop. The “Budget 3d Artist” list should be more than…[Read more]

Sounds like great news to me, I’ll just be waiting for others to read the article and come here talking about how we are Landscape Architects not Landscape Designers, and how we are being misunderstood or disrespected. 😉

 
“The owner is a nice guy, but mentality closed off. They have been doing the same thing for 30 years and just can’t see the benefit of being flexible, or trying something new.”  Trying new things means new problems that cost time and money.
 
The owner is responsible for law suits for up to 7 years after the design goes in. If one of your id…[Read more]

I would look at tomshardware.com. Tons of great advice there, and they do system builds every few months in three price brackets.  What is your total budget looking like? In march they build a $650, a $1250, and a $2600 machine. 

The productivity comparison (between each and their January builds) is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overcl…[Read more]

I found it much less expensive to purchase a machine than try to build one, and I’ve built most of my old machines for the past 15 years. I could not even come close when trying to match part for part with a mass builder. You used to be able to build a more powerful machine for less than it cost to buy a basic-duty machine, but not anymore. I…[Read more]

I’d be somewhat wary about the AMD chips. Historically, AMD GPus had issues with some 3D modeling programs, though the built in graphics processing on the new FX series CPUs are pretty interesting (they can be disabled in BIOS if you use a standalone card).

If you’re looking for a budget build, why spend the money on a workstation level card? I’m…[Read more]

Hi Andrew, I do not have the personal experience in India, but the cost of living is lower typically and the salaries are as well.  Great food and nice people.

 
Building landscapes is one of the most difficult construction jobs to do since it requires so many different trades or skills. One must have tools for irrigation, lighting, rototilling, excavation, cement work, carpentry, surveying, planting stuff, flat bed deliveries and the list goes on. Each category requires special equipment and is a sep…[Read more]