Eric Galvin

Fascinating question. i had never really thought about it before because i always liked the stark white modernism of the turbines in a way. It seems that the The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires structures over 500 feet to be painted orange or white.
http://masstech.org/is/Memo20071127daytimelighting.pdf
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Yes, i agree xref’s are the key. We have 1 cad technician here and he has set up a layer standard for himself and the engineer. i didnt want to muck up their system, so i worked with him to set up a drawing for each project that xrefs in their drawing into a new LA sheet that has the layer system i work with.
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heres some basic info from ASLA
http://www.asla.org/RESIDENTIALINFO/
“The general rule of thumb is that you get back 100 percent to 200 percent of what you invest in landscaping when you sell your home.”
“Homes that have been professionally landscaped can fetch 15 percent to 20 percent more at the time of resale than homes that lack landscaping.”

Heres two of my favorite –
http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/
http://www.cnu.org/search/imagebank

yes, i agree with Craig. If you really are making the transition to being an LA for the rest of your life, definitely smarter to go with the accredited program; it will be harder in the short term, but better in the long term. some notes from the California LATC
http://www.latc.ca.gov/candinfo/index.html
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hi, glad to hear your looking into LA as a career. Its very broad and diverse, so there are a number of different niches you can get into. If you can get your hands on a copy of the april (i think.. maybe march..?)issue of Landscape Architecture magazine, they had a great article that talked about different positions people were in, how they got…[Read more]

some of these links might help – good luck
http://www.ipe-wood.com/faq.html
http://www.trimscrew.com/ipedeckinginfo.htm