Richard Longman

None. Just the courage to know that when you have failures you can pick yourself up.

I recently had the need for an irrigation design for a project and was referred to the Irrigation Association. They have a cerification program for irrigation designer (CID). Some of the people I contacted were irrigation contractors and some were landscape architects.

I suspect if the design involves tying into a facilities plumbing system that…[Read more]

I think you’re definition of gray water is confused. The UPC (Uniform Plumbing Code) definition for single family dwellings define gray water to exclude household waste water that comes in contact with toilet waste and also doesn’t include wastewater from kitchen sinks and dishwashers.

In most areas these other waste are often referred to as…[Read more]

Once read where a landscape architect described a good design is where there appears to be no designer. Not sure if that would apply to urban situations but it seems like a good objective.

Bianca,
I worked for AECOM and on some level think that the name change is good. AECOM sells it’s range of services to a lot of international clients who don’t know the name EDAW, as hard as that is to believe. Though some of the companies AECOM has acquired have retained their names, most do not.

I’m sorry to say but I think with the change of…[Read more]