Groups – Activity – David Bell

Ben Hartberg posted an update in the group LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 2 months ago

Great group thread….Here are a few of my favorite quotes made to engineers over the years…perhaps you can relate?!
“Rectangular ponds are great….if you’re treating raw sewage”
“Yes, all those trees are necessary…..to hide your handiwork”
“Remember, Jesus was a carpenter because Landscape Architecture wasn’t invented yet..”
“Apparently…[Read more]

Leah posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 2 months ago

Thank you, Jay, for the info… I am looking into the cost of E & O insurance as I get into more commercial and large scale projects.

Amir H. posted an update in the group LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 2 months ago

I’ve been working for a landscape contractor for 8 years running, now working for a consultant in Kuala Lumpur, apparently a lot of shit is happening to my projects where engineers seem to over look conservation here in Malaysia.

We’ve got a beautiful climate but a not so beautiful way of managing projects. I heard that in Australia LAs and…[Read more]

Travis T posted an update in the group Middle East Landscape 17 years, 2 months ago

I wanted so say thank you to Abdulkader for the recommendation of the the Illustrated Guide to the flower of Saudi Arabia. It is a great resource. I was hoping that someone might be able to share their experience with procuring plant material in Dubai. The Landscape Contractor that we are working with is procuring most of the plant material from…[Read more]

Andrew Spiering posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 2 months ago

Hey Mack,
Great questions! Feel free to add them to the group forum. Just click the little green plus sign…

Jay Everett posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 2 months ago

Mack,
I think Errors and Omissions Insurance is usually a policy that the firm keeps on itself, you may change Insurance companies from time to time but the insurance is usually constant. I don’t believe it is available on a job by job basis.
helpful link:
http://www.nfib.com/object/3789933.html

This is the key quote which may speak to your…[Read more]

Dean "Mack" McKenzie posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 2 months ago

One more question….E&O is this something needed forever? If I do a job today do I have to carry it till I die or is there a statute of limitations?
Can it be obtained on a month to month or by job basis?

Dean "Mack" McKenzie posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 2 months ago

I wanted to add a comment/question.
I have seen serveral diffrent ways to approch contracts and proposals. One way is keep it very simple, the other it to complicate it to the point of needed a harvard law degree to understand the contract.
The questing I have is where is the middle ground? I don’t want to be too simple, miss something and then be…[Read more]

Dean Hill, ASLA posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 3 months ago

Brandon…
Thanks for creating this group. For anyone that will be attending the ASLA Annual Meeting in Philly, I will be moderating two roundtable discussions regarding topics revelant to this group.
The first roundtable is Best Business Practices and Client relations in the Residential Market. It is scheduled for Monday, October 6 at 9:45 a.m.…[Read more]

Haris Piplas posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 3 months ago

Hi Business Group people,
looking forward to your comments, especially from more experienced colleagues. I graduated 2 months ago, business is still waiting for me.

Greetings from Sarajevo

Andrew Spiering posted an update in the group BUSINESS HELPS 17 years, 3 months ago

Great idea for a group, Brandon!

Phillip Smith posted an update in the group LA Downunder 17 years, 4 months ago

Upside down miss Jane!

stu posted an update in the group LA Downunder 17 years, 4 months ago

Hey how you going. glad someones got an oz page going.

Ahmad Ali Al-Gilani posted an update in the group Middle East Landscape 17 years, 4 months ago

Hello, hope this will be a constructive forum.

Abdulkader A. Al-Gilani posted an update in the group Middle East Landscape 17 years, 5 months ago

I am posting this for the sake of sharing knowledge. This might me the most comprehensive encyclopedia of native plants in Saudi Arabia.

An Illustrated Guide to the Flowers of Saudi Arabia. By Sheila Colenette.
Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Flora Publication no. 1.
Scorpion Publishing Ltd.,…[Read more]

Leo Gonzales posted an update in the group LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 5 months ago

Hey Isabel, you live in the UAE, too?

🙂

Rico Flor posted an update in the group LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 5 months ago

Hmm…come to think of it, my fellow larkies in the office fit the description. We are a “construction engineering consultancy”, but we’re doing fine so far, save the many moments when you feel the need to educate them about your profession, and point out that their utility manhole will be sitting askew on you paving grid…and that styrofoam on…[Read more]

Rico Flor posted an update in the group Middle East Landscape 17 years, 5 months ago

The accreditation system seems quite blurry for now this side, save bulletins for seminars by the Emirates Green Building Council (initiative by HH Sheik Makhtoum), but developers are taking notice. Much talk in meetings about projects meeting Green Building standards, but not much push or initiative from the companies yet on getting on board the…[Read more]

Sussan Z. posted an update in the group LA in an Engineering World 17 years, 5 months ago

Hello all
I dont actually work in an engineering company but im a lonley LA who works within a design dept run and filled with engineers! Does that count?
S.