Clayton Munson

We’ve tossed that idea around in my office. My concern is that we work with primarily HOA’s. I would be concerned about privacy complaints. Programming a drone to map an entire community would risk photographing private property.

Using the historical photo of from Google earth can sometimes help with the tree coverage issue. Look for a photo that was taken in the winter or shortly after construction to fill in the gaps that are not visible on a more recent aerial.

Google Picasa works well.  You can tag, create albums, export, and keyword search.  There is also minor photo editing available.  However you can’t share your tags with others.  Tags are stored on your hard drive.

Recent architecture grads are 13.9%.  I’m sure LA’s are far off that.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/04/news/economy/unemployment_college_major/

“Letters to the President” – Hawk Nelson
 
http://youtu.be/N3J9Uxo6dho

Kierland Commons and Scottsdale Quarter are both projects in Scottsdale AZ that are both close pedestrian and vehicular interactions.

I agree with you Trace. It does look like a mess. The write calls it “equally art and nature”, I only see art. . . barely.

I’ve never been a fan of artist’s modifying nature and calling it art. “Over the River” for example. One that I do like however was “The Gates” in Central Park.

The write of the articles says that it is inspired by “swells…[Read more]

I love to see this kind of work. It’s the type of thing that makes you stop and think about your everyday surroundings. Park(ing) day is another good example. It makes you become more aware of the world around you.

There is also those groups that do the freeze action in a busy location.

Which was the cause? did the demand for the craftsman go by the wayside or have the manufacturers over simplified materials to where nearly anybody can install them. Faux stone that is pre-cut for cornersfor example. I will say though that it still takes a lot of skill to install these products and have a great natural look.

I think it’s funny when tv show hosts start throwing around the words “green” and “sustainable”.

It can be done either way. I think a lot of it will be based on the amount of foot traffic that it will get. usually using a 1/4″ minus granite. It can be done by just rolling/tamping it. Or there are many different types of liquid stabilizers out there. Your granite suppliers usually carry some form of it, or paver suppliers will often stock it…[Read more]

I actually got my first job off of career builder, not through them matching me up but by me searching out landscape companies.

As for the resume id theft I’ve never thought about that happening until now. I used those job sites just to find a company then I would contact them personally from my personal email or by phone.