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“A twenty four year old who has labored for a successful landscape contractor for five years is likely to be better prepared to run a landscape construction business than someone out of school.”
Bingo.  Thanks for confirming my train of thought.  This is exactly the type of person I’d want to partner up with: my design abilities + your knowledge o…[Read more]

I started this process over a decade ago, set it aside (not the best decision I have made) while working in the public sector, and want to finish it now. The reports I am hearing about CLARB are not very encouraging. Thank you for your response and may you have a very fruitful career!

I think that the biggest negative about going straight into entreprenuership is that it isolates you. There is a reason that most states require an internship (besides exploiting recent grads). The alternative is like homeschooling yourself and expecting that the teacher is a legitimate mentor for the student while they are one in the same pe…[Read more]

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Hi Susan,
I took the multiple choice exams first and then moved on to Sections E and finally C last December.  If I remember correctly, the results of each test were posted no earlier and sometimes later than anticipated.  It’s ironic that the most challenging thing I’ve ever done scholastically has been orchestrated by an organization that d…[Read more]

Thanks, Craig.  It feels great to be on the down-hill leg of getting my license. Still have the California test to pass, but I hear that is not as grueling.
Cathryn

There is no other accomodation in the ADAAG other than truncated domes for detectable warning, that is pretty much the only thing in the ADAAG that does not have a substitue. Also, the DOT has adopted the 2′ deep truncated dome as the universal tactile warning device. There is no substitution.

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Kim, rather than worrying about the job market, which may or may not be down by the time you get out, just make sure you know what you are getting into in terms of the profession itself.  I don’t know what your exposure has been to the field thus far, so perhaps it goes without saying, but the majority of real life jobs in this field are nothing…[Read more]

“I encourage you all to dip your foot into the entrepreneurial pool.”
I wish you could come and talk to our professional practice class about that!  There needs to be a lot more education/support in BLA/MLA programs that would equip us to start our own businesses.  The entire thrust of our class is geared around the typical path of “do p…[Read more]

same questions as above to you Roland….you must have a stylus. How well does the handwriting recognition work? Are the CAD apps clunky or work smoothly?

Doug – I would love a list of apps and what you are primarily using them for. It would really halp to give me a sense of what the slate-type computers can be used for. Did you consider anything other than an iPad? Do you use Mac or PC for other computing? I use PC, so would want easy interface there…
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My ipad has definitely been useful, and will probably be more useful when I start working again. It’s more dependable than my laptop (which crashes fairly often), and has several apps which are useful to landscape architects. I enjoy the sketching app a lot. I have more and more books on it. I take notes on it. There are several CAD apps and at…[Read more]

Hi Andrew! 🙂

I haven’t been on here FOREVER…but spotted this thread. I heartily agree with what others are saying. BUT I also think there is room for a living with this career…but that it looks different then most of us imagined. We are still truckin’ along here in little Moscow…and it is getting better. The economy IS getting better. We are hearing it…[Read more]

Dustin,
I was just talking to some colleagues about this last week. I too recalled that there are accommodations for warnings other then truncated domes. The only thing I could find was in ADAAG A4.4.1 fig A4 for cane technique. The problem with this is that you end up having a preponderance of bollards. We are somewhat sensitive to forests of…[Read more]

Cathryn,
Which section did you just pass? I took section D two weeks ago and am curious how quickly you got your results. I used his webinar and found it to be very helpful. I really would have been very overwhelmed had I not utilized it.
Thanks!
Susan

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Thanks Andrew.  My background is in public policy, not so much planning.  I’m trying to cross over into that field but I’m attracted to the design aspect over the finance/ business aspect. When developers explain to me how their buildings are financed through “tax exempt bonds, tax equity…LLC partnership…3% something…maturity rate…”  I ju…[Read more]