Land8 | Mike Tupa | Activity https://land8.com/members/miketupa/activity/ Activity feed for Mike Tupa. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d32b90384a203eb793844025729af65b Mike Tupa replied to the topic Help! Highway Commercial Design Guidelines in the forum RESEARCH https://land8.com/forums/topic/help-highway-commercial-design-guidelines/#post-170128 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:51:00 +0000 Look for ways to safely bring peds through the traffic. Medians to slow the traffic, Mid block crossings, extra pedestrian cross lights, wider sidewalks, bump-outs at the intersections (narrowing the travel lanes to minimum width), etc. You are asking to solve a problem that you may not be able to solve. The highway moves traffic most efficiently…[Read more]

]]> 0 0f58939f51a24aa1564ab0d199899ed5 Mike Tupa replied to the topic Help! Highway Commercial Design Guidelines in the forum RESEARCH https://land8.com/forums/topic/help-highway-commercial-design-guidelines/#post-170132 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:08:24 +0000 Tanya, We work on rural downtowns in Colorado and I’d be happy to help you as much as I can.

What you have is a downtown with a 5 lane highway (4 travel lanes and turn lane) and diagonal parking on each side. That’s probably 100′ of asphalt for the pedestrians to cross in the “downtown proper” and frankly that “downtown” is not a pedestrian…[Read more]

]]> 0 89179cb0762ba84edeb626460782ec7a Mike Tupa replied to the topic Resume Gaps: Should times of unemployment be represented on the resume? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/resume-gaps-should-times-of-unemployment-be-represented-on-the-resume/page/2/#post-171914 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:21:14 +0000 Amy, I’ll agree with all you said. But a year behind a register or stacking products for display doesn’t say much for growth of professional skills. And as an employer I’d be looking for a progressive growth in skill, understanding and value to my office. Department store experience tells me that the prospective employee can meet basic employment…[Read more]

]]> 0 24106fc69822f0e0dbf53d77228d5add Mike Tupa replied to the topic Resume Gaps: Should times of unemployment be represented on the resume? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/resume-gaps-should-times-of-unemployment-be-represented-on-the-resume/page/2/#post-171916 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:13:13 +0000 I suggest another tack. Give yourself a name, JSdesigns, or something like that and list the design-graphic-LA-construction-sales, etc. that you are doing that includes the growth and improvement of skills.

A gap in the resume can “read” several ways, most of them poorly. And, with dozens of resume to choose from a gap can read like you were…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a0c4960a3d402d3f7d88d924055a386 Mike Tupa replied to the topic Cemetery Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/cemetery-design/#post-174158 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:32:34 +0000 As promised attached is the final report for that cemetery we were working on. This is for general information only and represents concept designs to help the town after the site was stripped of all mature vegetation by a tornado. New designs include revegetation, expansion to include a columbarium space, veterans memorial, visitor center and…[Read more]

]]> 0 b9e7a2a16bf393d4bad94791d4871c1e Mike Tupa replied to the topic The Recession is OVER! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/the-recession-is-over/#post-172928 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:47:09 +0000 The recession ends when you and I start making more than we did last year. Just that simple.

Sherman makes a good point. Times are ripe for new firms to start up. You have to look for work where others are not looking. Look to small developers, builders, contractors, etc. for a starter project or two. Nothing wrong with following the “for sale”…[Read more]

]]> 0 3cfbdbe5c66456457432aa1b03f77e4e Mike Tupa replied to the topic Experience necessary before starting your own practice? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/experience-necessary-before-starting-your-own-practice/#post-173210 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:38:33 +0000 I’ll agree that you need professional skill and real world experience to become successful. I also offer that to start your own practice you must have a network of clients and that network takes time to build. Unless you are blessed with instant knowledge of the industry you are consulting in you need to know people and they need to know you. And…[Read more]

]]> 0 d7e7c741fa231d396775d1dcaf97c8b1 Mike Tupa replied to the topic Career Change in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/career-change/#post-173273 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:29:26 +0000 I’ll also agree, In the last dip in economy I had receivables that were 180 days old. My days were spent making phone calls to almost beg for a payment. In some cases begging LARGE companies for a couple K to pay some bills.

This will pass, Old acttive firms will be smaller, New firms (of old associates or partners or recent grads) will spring up…[Read more]

]]> 0 358e86a12bdf5bc583343c7991bcf2e6 Mike Tupa replied to the topic Forestry Restoration in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/forestry-restoration/#post-173622 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:30:20 +0000 Your gonna need to know elevation, orientation, location, vegetation (ecotone), slope, nutrient in the remaining soil, and native seeds on the ground, and condition of the disturbed land. If it’s just burned then there are still significant nutrients and seeds in the top soil and you will only need to stabilize the soil. If it’s already eroded…[Read more]

]]> 0 2afe4fefdd014ff42910fb2342ffa188 Mike Tupa replied to the topic Digital vs. Hand-Rendered etc. in the forum GRAPHICS https://land8.com/forums/topic/digital-vs-hand-rendered-etc/page/2/#post-176625 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:10:23 +0000 The design process we all pose as our craft is built around our ability to express ideas. We sell ideas. And the only way to sell a design is to illustrate it. That is the essence of our profession and a range of other design professions. My view is that the computer just is not the beginning tool within this craft. It is a great illustration tool…[Read more]

]]> 0 6c5da7503241f1e0c6da5934c2c710ce Mike Tupa replied to the topic Is America too safe? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-america-too-safe/#post-173776 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:35:10 +0000 Ah, Nick, Glad to hear you also joined “the group” of privilaged among those of us who have been pulled over by the res’ patrol. Me, on jet ski having fun while the wife is on the pontoon of friends. I motor up to say hi-ask if she would like to ride, and I get pulled over because I was following too close, another time just to make sure I had the…[Read more]

]]> 0 d0f5e4099d913d3e7edf23fd35990e04 Mike Tupa posted an update in the group Project Resource Connection: It would be interesting to find an RFP that we could all […] https://land8.com/activity/p/18926/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:59:10 +0000 It would be interesting to find an RFP that we could all respond to under this umbrella.

]]> 0 ee487f71df082fee5145103a146a59bc Mike Tupa replied to the topic What are hiring managers looking for? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/what-are-hiring-managers-looking-for/page/2/#post-173830 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:51:10 +0000 I’ll add this.
All the billability, skill, design ability, and speed issues are certainly important.
I’ll add that I also look for someone who can work on a team, listens to those around him-her, is willing to respond (to a supervisor and the client), and most of all is someone who is compatable with the other office staff and me. When all is said…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3ba9da1cb57691730a1c36040bdd17e Mike Tupa replied to the topic Cemetery Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/cemetery-design/#post-174159 Sat, 30 May 2009 04:18:04 +0000 Again, thanks for the input and insight.
I think Nic is correct, this appears to be a niche market. And for those like Nic and Chris who are in the groove that is great. But none of us can build guidelines to encourage communities to engage in cemetery improvements (or to hire Nic to do the work) without knowledge of the field. Jennifer’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 3605d73d18819976c1876746f102e77f Mike Tupa replied to the topic Cemetery Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/cemetery-design/#post-174166 Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:41 +0000 Thanks to you all for responding.
Chris and Riri has the right questions but I don’t have the information to understand the purposes of those elements of the design. Part of what we are trying to do is to “spruce up” a historic Colorado Eastern Plains cemetery (few trees, native grass, 100+ year headstones, wire fence, etc) and 1) improve the…[Read more]

]]> 0 57871f88b52f5a24992edd862393b5a6 Mike Tupa replied to the topic Unemployed Recent Graduates in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/unemployed-recent-graduates/#post-175486 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:46:50 +0000 I’ll agree with some of the other “old timers”. This will pass. As meintioned in other responses, these slumps seem to happen in cycles, can almost be seen before they happen (in hind sight) and require designers to be creative in how they get themselves out there to earn a living doing what they enjoy doing.

I suggest you look for projects not…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c4dd0d5081ded75b3a60d309d81ce7f Mike Tupa posted an update in the group Habitat Restoration and Mitigation: Re Justin and Glass Factory Brownfield conditions. Is there […] https://land8.com/activity/p/28764/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:44:42 +0000 Re Justin and Glass Factory Brownfield conditions.
Is there contamination of anything other than “broken glass” and in what condition would that contaminate be? .. Glass is just another form of sand, I wonder if you could tumble the contaminated ground in something like what they tumble new bricks to make them look old. Smooth off the edges, maybe…[Read more]

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