https://land8.com/members/brettt-long/activity/ Activity feed for Brett T. Long. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:43:16 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 753c4e2e588adede933e90cb656a9517 https://land8.com/forums/topic/san-francisco/#post-158885 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:39:54 +0000 Hey Brett,
Don’t forget to get across the Golden Gate Bridge to Muir Woods and up the coast a bit to Point Reyes. http://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm 
http://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm   Enjoy.

]]> 0 c6d7e44118c7d1fdc5067f57078b2ad6 https://land8.com/forums/topic/municipal-landscape-requirements/#post-158925 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:36:50 +0000 Hey Rick. This may be a helpful example of a more progressive city direction.  This commission is slowly getting more sustainable site planning and landscape policies into city codes.  There was actually an incentive program that gave priority permitting review to projects that were attempting to meet a list of sustainable guidel…[Read more]

]]> 0 9361b7cb5e8e9fd0bccc9c9357dff08f https://land8.com/forums/topic/municipal-landscape-requirements/#post-158926 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:44:44 +0000 Excellent rebuttal, Rick.  We should talk.  I have some very interesting situations that are very closely mirroring your efforts in the City of Delta.  My practice is vested in the City of South Lake Tahoe, CA.  Incidentally, also situated on Highway 50.  You may want to call them on the fact that it appears the City Manager is “putting toge…[Read more]

]]> 0 5c85e85f67b2d76b4c13ff183f212347 https://land8.com/forums/topic/bus-stops-and-shelters/#post-159147 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:50:51 +0000 Hey Mark.  These were custom designed and built for North Tahoe.  Nothing to interesting, but they are built like a bomb shelter. I wish my house was built like these.   http://www.moonshineink.com/articles.php/0/1798

]]> 0 588ef00afb67d3fa4f9a205fa5745744 https://land8.com/forums/topic/consultation-planning-and-design-procedure/#post-159212 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:25:06 +0000 Hello Marcus.  It is not customary for potential client to ask for a design without a proposal or contract. Typically I am glad to meet with the potential client and gather necessary information to prepare a proposal based on an agreed scope. Design competitions and charrettes are different and the possibility of being awarded larger projects may…[Read more]

]]> 0 757b04e156d1b4ffeebad50bb7e01674 https://land8.com/forums/topic/i-need-some-advice-about-the-working-environment/page/2/#post-159483 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:56:22 +0000 Hey Thomas. Your boss is probably under considerable pressure to perform as well, and may not deal with his expectations very well or has difficulty communicating/relating to junior personnel. Your were hired as an entry level designer and it should be expected that you will be performing at that level with learning time and mistakes being part of…[Read more]

]]> 0 dcd00d77990915a10f05a391dfbb5c55 https://land8.com/forums/topic/another-failed-landscape-when-ideology-trumps-user-needs/#post-159802 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:42:53 +0000  You had some good thoughts. It is a shame that you led with a ridiculous insult and closed with another.

]]> 0 cfcbdbafebf57dd77b77362ea850cca1 https://land8.com/forums/topic/another-failed-landscape-when-ideology-trumps-user-needs/page/2/#post-159806 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:54:41 +0000 You aren’t alone. 

]]> 0 37dec1564a5febef1eab27bb4e0fd0fd https://land8.com/forums/topic/naming-residential-drawings/#post-160711 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:19:16 +0000 I agree.

]]> 0 d4c086a4886aeadfdb16da9deedd405a https://land8.com/forums/topic/naming-residential-drawings/#post-160714 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:48:55 +0000 There seems to be different terminology between design build and public bid projects.  Very interesting.
This is from the California Department of General Services and what I typically follow for my private and public projects:
What are preliminary plans? Preliminary plans are the initial design phase in preparing the construction bidding do…[Read more]

]]> 0 196e69b85d4a8ae4ae443cda79542265 https://land8.com/forums/topic/naming-residential-drawings/#post-160716 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:47:33 +0000 In my little world, Master Plan indicates a larger project with multiple disciplines, and possibly phases that may be constructed at different times and possibly with different funding. The master plan then ties together several separate parts from multiplel design disciplines. It does seem a bit much to use the term Master Plan in residential d…[Read more]

]]> 0 7474e2826aaaca6defc1f73c1842797c https://land8.com/forums/topic/parking-lot-landscape-islands-what-is-the-best-approach/page/4/#post-160806 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:56:53 +0000 http://land8lounge.com/photo/diy-center/next?context=user   This was a simple, integrated stormwater and native habitat restoration that revitalized a commercial lot.  Design capacity is a twenty year storm event infiltration as required by the regional planning agency.  Removed 13,000 sf of asphalt from a car lot and cut in bio-swales from the ex…[Read more]

]]> 0 e075f72923638d1109694cd06a2533a0 https://land8.com/forums/topic/travel-usa/#post-161070 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:53:35 +0000 Hey Andrew.  Welcome to the Bay Area!
The Academy of Science and other points in Golden Gate Park , The Castro, The Presidio and catch a Giants game at AT&T park. Pier 39 is a tourist trap, but you can jog from Levi Plaza along the piers through Marina Green to the Golden Gate in 6 miles and take in quite a bit.  You can take a taxi back if yo…[Read more]

]]> 0 f1611518c4b9b2586be98f57f18ea0c0 http://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/#post-163298 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:12:19 +0000 Allyson,  You are breaking the law and could be putting your self in jepordy of being fined by your state licensing board by advertising yourself as a landscape architect on land8.  You will not win this fight.  The laws are clear in every state.  Read them.  You appear to be the one who needs to get over yourself.

]]> 0 1327863bd1b34b9c79bd3dd1055b9492 https://land8.com/forums/topic/portfolio-max-pages-per-project/#post-161358 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:33:44 +0000 Hey Peter.  I think you should be able to give me a complete understanding of your capabilities from concept through construction documents on a single project in 5 pages or less.  You can always offer “additional sheets upon request.”   I don’t want to build your project, but I want to see that you can.  I would rather see 3 sheets of 5 project…[Read more]

]]> 0 0d0637e0674c8382a6af8a0457cfe23b https://land8.com/forums/topic/permaculture-and-landscape-architecture/#post-161748 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:26:26 +0000 John Lyle and the Center for Regenerative Studies provided a cornerstone to my education and degree in Landscape Architecture.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~crs/support_membership_call.html

]]> 0 000d70cf01644691c109d1a0f998c79b http://land8.com/forums/topic/permaculture-and-landscape-architecture/#post-161749 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:18:40 +0000 I beleive that Landscape Architecture is the tool, not the product. My training and understanding of natural systems goes beyond suburban societal and cultural norms of landscaping. The challenge is bringing good, sustainable, possibly fringe ideas to mainstream architectural design. The priorities are most often set by the owner/client rather…[Read more]

]]> 0 d74949b76a04042efe32f877d3e6d92f https://land8.com/forums/topic/permaculture-and-landscape-architecture/#post-161755 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:46:50 +0000 I have been contemplating this very question for quite a while.  Every landscape architect should be striving to promote and integrate many of the concepts and methods of permaculture.  I am not sure how we can claim we are creating sustainable landscapes without utilizing or at least considering these concepts. In another forum someone used the p…[Read more]

]]> 0 58bafb0ed94b57725141e6bace97c0b9 https://land8.com/forums/topic/anyone-with-experience-actually-getting-leed-stormwater-credits-6-1-and-6-2/#post-161760 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:53:31 +0000 Hi Tanya,
Bio-swales, rain gardens and water spreading are very low tech and very effective BMPs that can provide all of the required treatment and infiltration if space, slope and soils provide the opportunity. Permeable paving is also a big help to reduce the peak and annual volumes.  If you are able to convey to vegetated basins and infiltrate…[Read more]

]]> 0 38cd66175f0286eaac8b52eb0460dcb2 https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-to-call-yourself-or-i-like-poking-sleeping-bears-with-sticks/page/2/#post-162659 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:04:26 +0000 Are you a landscape architect?

]]> 0 03bd2e1db07529defdbf0ef3c2c4a6da https://land8.com/forums/topic/frustration-wautocad-workflowstandards-in-small-la-firm/#post-162436 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:59:56 +0000 Don, I think that Thomas said it pretty well. I own my practice and still do much of the AutoCAD production and design work. I am also a Certified AutoCAD instructor with several years of teaching under my belt and it is still a bit of a struggle to keep the standards and x-ref files sorted out from project to project. The unfortunate thing about…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c22e7d35bce5a2973692bfd2b64c179 https://land8.com/forums/topic/visiting-california/page/2/#post-162571 Fri, 27 May 2011 16:23:05 +0000 Nick! Welcome back to California.  I know you said you are roaming the Coast, but maybe you should try a diversion from West to East across the State.  California’s best design is the access to nature.  In two days you could bisect Big Sur, the Central Valley, Yosemite and jog down to Death Valley and back.  It is a lot of driving, but is ama…[Read more]

]]> 0 cb9df5f365c15fe317f69f1c5e2ae48d https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-to-call-yourself-or-i-like-poking-sleeping-bears-with-sticks/page/4/#post-162693 Wed, 25 May 2011 05:37:37 +0000 Sorry, Jarrod. One is not a landscape architect by merely performing work requiring registration. If you are performing work that is defined by a state’s Practice Act, without direct supervision by a Landscape Architect, you are breaking the law. It is unfortunate, that you feel your postulate is obvious, when you are absolutely incorrect. The l…[Read more]

]]> 0 7977680119ef74c31d6c0f0fcd2c0f09 https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-no-dig-revolution-eco-myth-or-the-way-of-the-future/#post-162926 Mon, 16 May 2011 19:19:29 +0000  No-till gardens are great, but have obvious limitations. Heaping composting material on top of existing grades probably won’t be appropriate on many projects. However these are valuable tools in sustainable gardening.

]]> 0 75e0b804213dd7d9abdcddd922352b35 https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/11/#post-163442 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:33:43 +0000  
Let’s face it. We have a lot of talented young designers that think it is really cool to call themselves landscape architects. I know the feeling. I am guilty of that. I probably did play it up a few times here or there when I didn’t think it would hurt anybody. However, I know we need to promote and protect our professional license because ou…[Read more]

]]> 0 825483777d16dfaf63ab475efc04a0d1 http://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/12/#post-163458 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:11:18 +0000 Tim,  Why not just work hard, study and get your lincense.  This is the law in California:
 
5640. Unlicensed Person Engaging in Practice — Sanctions
It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or b…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b335f6628bd0e3fac78d9d7281a9984 http://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/13/#post-163473 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:33:17 +0000 We were all unlicensed at some point and we all have our choices. If you care enough about this profession, then suck it up and put in the time. If you don’t want to put in the effort and face the challenge of getting a license… don’t. This is true for a degree, a drivers license and library card. If you can’t be bothered to earn your state’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 be2811ec74bc34d1453f8090e462550c https://land8.com/forums/topic/southern-california-mla-programs/#post-163642 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:02:16 +0000 Hi Jake.  Congratulations on your career path.  I graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 1997 with a BS in Landscape Architecture.  I hold both the graduate and undergraduate programs in high regard. I was really impressed with the campus improvements and design studios at CPP .  I think your best bet is to talk to the current students at both univ…[Read more]

]]> 0 72d5a52b4c57815820ea11b0f6ad5cde https://land8.com/forums/topic/autocad-2011-where-do-i-start/page/2/#post-163504 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:12:42 +0000 Hey Claudia,
I taught AutoCAD for several years and I know that it is very “big” software that can put engineers, architects and landscape architects on the same page in a design team.  I thought I was a wiz until I started teaching it.  Unfortunately, even the latest versions of AutoDesk AutoCAD require considerable trial and error.  Having a go…[Read more]

]]> 0 82f3db9db3ec9d696d10990723c3277f https://land8.com/forums/topic/xeriscaping-august-5th-chat-conversation/#post-173509 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:00:52 +0000 Xeriscaping is just a brand name for a part of sustainable design. I don’t call irrigation design “Rain Birding”. Our firm and the local agencies; including Lahontan Water District don’t recognize or utilize the term xeriscaping. It seems that it was a fairly successful attempt to simplify lower water use and sustainable designs for homeowners etc.

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