Jordan Lockman

Our firm has for the most part switched to REVIT. We are primarily an architecture firm, so that is why we did it. It is difficult to have an accurate 3-d site fully graded out, but in plan view the program works great and Construction Documents are easier and faster. Automatic schedules and counts are a real plus. Curbs, parking, and planting are…[Read more]

As a person I love my suburb. Living in a good sized metro area the suburbs give you a choice when it comes to where you can live. In my newer suburb there is a focus on walkable communities and parks. I live in a older home but am surrounded by newer neighbors and it is a great place to live.
There is an opportunity for Landscape Architects to…[Read more]

Have you looked at Leed ND? That seems to apply the most to LA’s.

I do a lot of research in as many different books than I can and even take a walk through garden centers to get to know what is new and what is not working. There are plenty of local gardens that I visit as well that give you a good idea of what looks great down the road. Around here we have an arboretum that is a great place to learn how things…[Read more]

Did you try calling Sakrete or another manufacturer? They make the product and can tell you what it is designed for.

Oh and I believe that the best way to change the system would be to volunteer with CLARB. I think that you need to be licensed with at least 5 years of experience?

https://www.clarb.org/Pages/BecomeaVolunteer.aspx

It is most worth it if you can’t even make a guess at what you missed!

Last Decembers test I thought I passed with ease only to find out I failed. It turns out, I just made stupid errors that I thought I had accounted for, after 5 minutes there was not much else I needed to look at, but they give you to look at the actual book used to…[Read more]

If you can afford it, I would recommend working as close to the field as possible. I worked on a landscape crew for my first year out of school and it helped immensely. I did get frustrated having a Landscape Architecture Degree and holding a shovel, but in the end I connected a lot of dots between what I was taught and what really happens in the…[Read more]