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Heather L. Venhaus posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years, 10 months ago

Urban “Green” Space may lead to Global Warming

Interesting article about the importance of extending sustainable practices to the maintenance of our landscapes. If the implications of maintenance requirements are not considered, the benefits of sustainable design practices may be lost. I think this article also highlights the advantage of having…[Read more]

Jim Del Carpio posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years, 10 months ago

Phil,

Ditto Dan comments on experience, common sense and to use your company history on previous Construction estimates. I would add to his list, network(social) with local contractors and ask them for their input. Some will be glad to help out and others may not, you never know until you ask. Good Luck

Dan Barnes posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years, 10 months ago

Phillip,I have seen several programs over the years and have not been a big favorite of any of them so far. I have been in d/b for almost 28 years. I have worked in the field and behind the desk and I know how long it takes to plant a 4″ tree etc. including the stop at 7-11 for a big gulp and traffic, waiting for the semi to deliver the sod or…[Read more]

Phillip Merritt posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years, 10 months ago

Hi, I’ve recently started working for a small residential design/build company and I’m wondering how other people go about estimating construction costs. Is there some great piece of software that makes the process easy, or do people rely on their own knowledge of material and labor prices. It seems like the estimating software I’ve looked at are…[Read more]

Gavin Walsh posted an update in the group Veg.itecture 15 years, 10 months ago

Hey Charles.. what do you mean by nonwoven material for a base? Are you referring to the waterproof backing or the felt?

Heather L. Venhaus posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years, 10 months ago

Hey Folks! Just a quick note to say hello and introduce myself. After completing the 2009 report, I resigned as project manager of the Sustainable Sites Initiative to pursue other opportunities and spend more time with my 7 month old son. I am interested in the practical application of landscape sustainability in residential settings and look…[Read more]

STEPHANIE Landregan FASLA LEED posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 15 years, 10 months ago

The only requirement for running for office is being a citizen and the ability to raise money.

Charles A. Warsinske posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 15 years, 10 months ago

The legislator happens to be a brick mason. I heard that only 30 percent of the people in the Washington legislature have college degrees. This might say something about their lack of support for teachers, colleges and universities.

Ray Freeman posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 15 years, 10 months ago

Aren’t politicians wonderful? Did he do an apprenticeship to qualify for the bar exam?

Charles A. Warsinske posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 15 years, 10 months ago

In order to pass the new practice act in Washington, we had to capitulate to a legislator who said he “is an apprentice kind of guy”. So now the state LA Board is drawing up rules for the act’s implementation. One of the areas being addressed is this aspect of the legislation. As it stands now, the law gives a big boost to kids of licensed…[Read more]

Susan Murray posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 15 years, 11 months ago

Katrina – Sorry I accidentally posted a question about the practice tests to your discussion earlier !!

STEPHANIE Landregan FASLA LEED posted an update in the group L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 15 years, 11 months ago

Katrina,
If your program is LAAB accredited, then you should be fine. Email me priviately and I can make some recommendations for you to address the LATC staff.
Stephanie

Robin Alyse Doyle posted an update in the group Residential Design Group 15 years, 12 months ago

Hands-on all-day workshop on Modeling Residential Sites with Slope in Google SketchUp (for intermediate/advanced users) in San Francisco Feb. 20th, 2010

tal_sketchup.pdf

Vanessa Ruiz posted an update in the group Graphics 16 years ago

Hi James,
Actually, my professor introduced me to your work this past summer, my first semester in LA, and it was he who let me know about your rendering techniques and color usage. In fact, our first shot at perspectives involved 20 minute perspective-making sessions that aimed to emulate your graphics.
I could only hope that if he hadn’t told…[Read more]

James Richards posted an update in the group Graphics 16 years ago

Hi Vanessa; glad you’re having success with the colored pencil techniques. You have a good eye! I do use a cream pencil combined with peach on almost all buildings and hardscape at the very beginning of coloring a drawing, then wash over them with whatever color will best depict the material I’m envisioning…terra cotta, slate blue. etc. The…[Read more]

Eric Shepley posted an update in the group Graphics 16 years ago

Nick,
Thanks! I’ll probably be doing more of these in the future and I would like to seed them be as representative of the true design as possible.

Thanks!

nca posted an update in the group Graphics 16 years ago

Eric-

I got your message. I need to make some evergreens for a plan tomorrow as fate would have it. I’ll post my steps here or shoot you a message.

-Nick

nca posted an update in the group Graphics 16 years ago

Eric,

I couldn’t tell you how to do it using drop shadows, but I could offer some good advice on doing it manually in photoshop without creating numerous layer copies and keeping the file size down.

send me a message if you still need help with this and I’ll explain some simple tricks.