Land8 | Rick Spalenka | Activity https://land8.com/members/rickspalenka/activity/ Activity feed for Rick Spalenka. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:38:51 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 a8bff2fbce4aa40bacfe7f8610d5d3d5 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Painting pavement for raised garden beds? in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/painting-pavement-for-raised-garden-beds/#post-152012 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:50:31 +0000 I tried to add text to the photo of those barrack looking buildings.  That was a project I did in Garmish, Germany in 1979 while in the Army.  That building was then the “Russian Institute” where our army prepared people for “visiting” the USSR.  We had some left over money and I was asked to build a “garden” over the parking lot without re…[Read more]

]]> 0 d0b788722f1e31a34d908a8a08e65926 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Vectorworks Landmark 2015 in the forum STORY BOARD https://land8.com/forums/topic/vectorworks-landmark-2015/#post-152194 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:49:07 +0000 I started out with autocad ver 1 and went to Vectorworks about four years ago. Will never go back to Autocad. There is a saying that Vectorworks makes Autocad autocan’t. The 3D is fantastic at the cartoon level. I’m not at the photo level, yet. I now design more in 3D than I use to. Any changes in 3D are automatic in your plan. Love it.

]]> 0 b67f2ad47380998fada4c0d00edd145e Rick Spalenka replied to the topic LARE SECTION A - woes for a 24 year veteran in the industry.... in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lare-section-a-woes-for-a-24-year-veteran-in-the-industry/#post-168236 Wed, 01 May 2013 16:27:05 +0000 The first time I took my registered nurse exam (yea, I’m both an RN and a PLA) I looked for the right answer and only answered 75% of the test before my time ran out. The second time I took the test I eliminated the wrong answers without looking for the right answer and passed in record time. I disagreed with the right answer but knew the others…[Read more]

]]> 0 213999e10c8f4f1f8f39fda6f527042e Rick Spalenka replied to the topic LARE SECTION A - woes for a 24 year veteran in the industry.... in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/lare-section-a-woes-for-a-24-year-veteran-in-the-industry/#post-168237 Wed, 01 May 2013 16:17:27 +0000 When taking a multiple choice test I find it helpful to not look for the right answer. I eliminate the more wrong answers. Sometimes I don’t even look at the remaining answer because it just makes me angry.

]]> 0 1f65dc9c1a52eaf46c2678051fa797a8 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Crickets in the Lounge? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/crickets-in-the-lounge/#post-155166 Wed, 01 May 2013 16:03:25 +0000 It’s been awhile since I posted or even lurked. Don’t see many of the regulars but do remember Craig. Two years ago I had too much time on my hands because of this lousy economy so I got involved in ASLA Central. Now that my chairmanship is up I’m back to this lousy economy. I too had come out of early retirement but I’m doing it in a geographic…[Read more]

]]> 0 c9ad60456797b5598e8a315823fa5d90 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Landscape Architecture Vs. Architecture in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/landscape-architecture-vs-architecture/#post-155637 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:12:37 +0000 It is still ugly out there.  Around here anyways.  Half the LAs I know locally are not doing what they were doing 5 years ago and the other half are lying.  The architects are hurting as bad.  The best news is that the architects have time to talk to you now and get to know you.  We are all in this sinking boat together.

]]> 0 e46538e1d1880d744391e2993e3c5d6e Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Guiding My Career Path in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/guiding-my-career-path/page/2/#post-157731 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:00:27 +0000 In the early 80s I was working for a very talented landscape architect who had supper client skills but terrible leadership skills.  He took on design/build and did great projects.  His abrasive personality caused many employees to leave.  I first took on the maintenance of his past projects as my own company and withing ten years was doing my ow…[Read more]

]]> 0 03830416859a3f047f064396eb6dc610 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Municipal landscape requirements in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/municipal-landscape-requirements/#post-158923 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:24:19 +0000 In my limited experience it seems landscape code is typically written for the gas station chains, ie conocos and kum and go’s rather than private local developers who want to do good projects.
 
Hi Nick.  You comment is true in many more progressive areas.  We live in the OutBack.  Watch out for the kangaroos.  Are you packing enough water when…[Read more]

]]> 0 0e21f966b23e568a4a452b404f649c09 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Municipal landscape requirements in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/municipal-landscape-requirements/#post-158927 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:51:53 +0000 Here’s the link to the newspaperr with the cited article:   http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/news/top-stories/24846-city-hopes-to-make-regs-more-business-friendly.html
 
Here was my letter to the editor which they said they will print next week:
     It was with concern and dismay when I read the DCI’s front page story on December 14th con…[Read more]

]]> 0 e998eff02478688c38a77a59770ad484 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Occupy Wall Street - Are you with it? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/occupy-wall-street-are-you-with-it/page/9/#post-160021 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:09:00 +0000 Yea Craig, China’s Mao Zedong and his Great Leap Forward resulted in the starvation deaths of 20 – 40 million Chinease.  Aggressively moving into the future.

]]> 0 547a85abd028d705cf37a5de60696f58 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Occupy Wall Street - Are you with it? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/occupy-wall-street-are-you-with-it/page/9/#post-160022 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:53:15 +0000 Henry, if you think the protesters ended the Viet Nam war you spent too much time with Cheech and Chong.  We had a President then who didn’t have a clue to what was going on and history repeats.  I was on the streets in the late 60’s, early 70’s, as a bystander like many others.  The Sterling Hall bomb knocked me out of bed and I walked through th…[Read more]

]]> 0 dfee2be20731960ca95bd28274b22af4 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Why hire a landscape architect? looking for an article in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/why-hire-a-landscape-architect-looking-for-an-article/#post-160268 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:30:13 +0000 My Father-in-law was a high end corporate attorney.  His creed was (not exact words but close), “a $200 an hour attorney gets the job done in two hours = $400.  A $100 an hour attorney gets the job done in 5 hours = $500.”  Might be something useful for us there.  I’ve tried that and low ball still sells.  Just look at car loans.  Sales…[Read more]

]]> 0 1dc50768b573c30ae94ad857851cb533 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic We Need Some New Blood! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/we-need-some-new-blood/page/2/#post-160235 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:14:39 +0000 Terrific, that makes sense but what also makes sense is why many of their “healing garden” designs, even award winning designs, have absolutely no healing qualities.  They are just very fancy plazas that catch the admiration of judges who don’t have a clue what a healing garden really is.  Idiots judging idiots.

]]> 0 7e6b5b5f871802821ebd2ead413aff70 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic We Need Some New Blood! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/we-need-some-new-blood/page/2/#post-160244 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:54:29 +0000 Can you please expand on the “healing garden” reference.  I think I am either missing something or paranoid.  BTW I love your sketches.  Great talent.

]]> 0 1c6f07af9646e040235aa55bc27a8522 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Professional Boundaries for Landscape Contractors in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE http://land8.com/forums/topic/professional-boundaries-for-landscape-contractors/#post-160304 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:36:35 +0000 “I was hired to oversee construction”
Were there specific construction documents drawn up?  Did the contractor bid on those documents?  Were you involved in the contracting?  Since you were hired to be the project manager two things happened.  The “contractor” overstepped bounds and the “project manager” didn’t oversee very well if you had com…[Read more]

]]> 0 a8b80ca6f46270f6ce8839438cddd867 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Professional Boundaries for Landscape Contractors in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE http://land8.com/forums/topic/professional-boundaries-for-landscape-contractors/#post-160308 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:12:08 +0000 Having just studied for Section A of the LARE, it is clear from the ASLA code of ethics that the designer is not supposed to accept funds from more than one party without full written disclosure to the client, and if the client objects they must either drop the practice or that client.
 
Holy moly, are you licensed?
 
Of all comments so far H…[Read more]

]]> 0 b9a922bb579ceb18e81a4720f117277f Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Professional Boundaries for Landscape Contractors in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE http://land8.com/forums/topic/professional-boundaries-for-landscape-contractors/page/2/#post-160329 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:12:12 +0000 If your landscape contractor is like most that I know, they can’t afford to miff anyone who can lead them to work.  Just tell your contractor how you feel and if he doesn’t feel the same way find another one.  If I’m contracted to do construction management then I sure better be managing the subs.  If I’m not then the project owner is res…[Read more]

]]> 0 935617245a5be4bf1f6efaafb36e0927 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Architects venturing further into landscape design... in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/architects-venturing-further-into-landscape-design/page/4/#post-160536 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:00:15 +0000 It is about the money and more.  Architects, I think, do think they are better designers than Landscape Architects, indoors and out.  I’ve had to bite my tongue more than once as I’m being “told” where the walks, parking, drainage and screens, et all, should go much less what names to apply to the circles.  Recently, I asked a city manager why a l…[Read more]

]]> 0 33591fed1751de285b574a60af81843c Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Architects venturing further into landscape design... in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/architects-venturing-further-into-landscape-design/page/5/#post-160552 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:29:45 +0000 I don’t think it’s a matter of architects venturing into landscape design as it is architects venturing into the ability to stamp and sidestep the landscape architect.  For example, until the recent municipal code change in our local city, architects were doing it all.  They thought what they did looked nice and the clients and public thought wha…[Read more]

]]> 0 6512624ee51c42e9c45932f35216a675 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Is advertising for LA's still considered unethical? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-advertising-for-las-still-considered-unethical/#post-162762 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:08:22 +0000 I have not found the true secret to getting my name out.  Because Colorado just re-introduced licensure two years ago it’s a new game now.  The rules have changed so the word needs to be disseminated.  Yellow pages doesn’t work with all the non-LAs who list under landscape architect.  Newspapers don’t work because nobody reads anymore.  TV and…[Read more]

]]> 0 68767c8d78c80f79e28cdb784f8a07fc Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/2/#post-163300 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:22:53 +0000 You call yourself a landscape architect in Colorado and you are not we call you a felon.  You get over it.

]]> 0 477161c1c14cc7ff486bdb3abdd3dad5 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Has anyone here exited the Landscape Architecture industry? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/has-anyone-here-exited-the-landscape-architecture-industry/page/4/#post-161289 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:46:53 +0000 “Has anyone here exited the Landscape Architecture industry?’ 
I did and regret it.  I had a great DB company and made the mistake of opening a garden center.  A new nearby Big Box creamed my retail sales and mental stability.  I got out of the LA field and pursued the healthcare field.  Didn’t like that and got back in the LA field after LA lice…[Read more]

]]> 0 65832c112eded7de5202c62469e17d26 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic landscape or garden? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/landscape-or-garden/#post-161547 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:39:31 +0000 William, you mis-focused.  No where in my post did I endorse the use of less plant material in fact I did the opposite.  It’s the accusations when I hear where LA’s don’t know their plant material that irk me.  If we had the limited palette of those previous historic landscape architects and designers and their much more limited range where the…[Read more]

]]> 0 04109fcf8b296a52d79466e1b29d8268 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic landscape or garden? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/landscape-or-garden/#post-161551 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:42:22 +0000 This discussion is getting more complicated than it’s worth.  Forget about “LAs don’t know plants” because when there are 2,500 different selections of Dianthus to choose from who gives a crap anymore.  We can’t clone a Beatrix Farrand, Andrew Downing, Garrett Eckbo, Jens Jensen, or a Frederick Law Olmsted like LA departments are trying to do…[Read more]

]]> 0 49736bbe133ef79f4861d1adefd683b4 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Anybody get a bulk discount on Prozac? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/anybody-get-a-bulk-discount-on-prozac/#post-161672 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:38:45 +0000 I spent the day yesterday schmoozing here in Western Colorado to let local architects and engineering firms know I’m still around.  Let’s see, three engineering firms closed, one architect office closed, three engineering firms with time to “chat” and the largest local LA firm down to three bodies.  A couple of phone calls with “that number has…[Read more]

]]> 0 97744ead3815bb1524e3050b774b0458 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic ASLA-- Relevant? or Exists only to sustain itself? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/asla-relevant-or-exists-only-to-sustain-itself/#post-162624 Thu, 26 May 2011 19:47:53 +0000 With the option to have it debited monthly it’s no different than a phone or sattelite TV bill.  What’s more crazy?  You earned your way into a great profession (when things go right) so being a member of it’s professional organization is really not too much to ask.

]]> 0 ceb5b8e710d6db06b7af629226799c7b Rick Spalenka replied to the topic ... more ways to make $ in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/more-ways-to-make/page/2/#post-162862 Fri, 20 May 2011 23:21:37 +0000 MauiBob is absolutely correct about making money in stocks.  I guarantee I can make you money in the stock market.  Just watch very carefully what I do and DO THE OPPOSITE!.

]]> 0 69c2cf7b3fc3a27b1c72e3477c6e46a0 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/6/#post-163370 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:56:27 +0000 You don’t get it Craig.  I’m not blaming the beauty of Western Colorado for our economic crisis.  When you start comparing us to Florida and other beautiful locations with regard to my argument you are out of touch.  We don’t have the population or high income mass like some places in CA, FL to support high demand for high quality design.  The loc…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd48b5d64ca9d3298468b126c0e086a0 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/7/#post-163378 Mon, 16 May 2011 13:30:30 +0000 Nick, you should have called.  We have lots of room.  Speaking of small towns that need good design we have to compete against the State of Colorado that offers free community landscape architect service.  Restated, a small community will not pay for professional private LA services when they can get it from the State for free!  It’s funny you men…[Read more]

]]> 0 c313e6529cbe21b0f484a9a8abe14050 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/7/#post-163386 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:30:01 +0000 “I’m sorry Rick, but I strongly believe that you have to have a little ability to open people’s eyes to be a successful designer of anything. You might not win them all but you at least have to give it your best shot. ”
 
I’ve been involved in many community education projects and events.  See my web site under Profile.  Me, like you, have been a…[Read more]

]]> 0 1264cdd2406b911fc57e7ada5f5e5e6d Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/8/#post-163389 Sat, 14 May 2011 23:59:24 +0000 Great advise from the pulpit not for the trenches.  I’ve been doing design work for 40 years and have heard all the “educate the public” crap I can stand.  If I have a choice between stamping a 15 shrub 1 tree design or flipping burgers I have no choice but currently being a “Stampman” since I don’t speak Spanish to qualify to flip burgers.

]]> 0 972435acea0c6e5cd4022d4b4d0aa538 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/8/#post-163392 Sat, 14 May 2011 15:29:08 +0000 “If a prospective client can’t understand how spending an additional $15-20,000 on their $2,000,000 property will directly benefit them, perhaps that’s a prospective client you should walk away from.”
 
Perfect world, not real world.  I wish I can move to where I can chose and pick clients.  I can’t.  Many of our local landscape architects are fin…[Read more]

]]> 0 7a8739e64e361553d3018cd30b321b04 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION http://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/9/#post-163406 Thu, 12 May 2011 13:21:19 +0000 I just finished my third commercial project yesterday since our local municipality required minimum planting by code and follow Colorado’s requirement that all commercial projects be stamped by an RLA.   I’ve mentioned this code in a previous post.  I support the Colorado State requirement but I have reservations about the minimum re…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4633e92a0324255b13f3985bf1a8722 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Non-RLA's using the title Landscape Architect in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/non-rlas-using-the-title-landscape-architect/page/10/#post-163428 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:46:44 +0000 A lot of posts here bad mouth the LARE.  Here’s an irony.  I qualified to sit for the test, attend an LARE boot camp, paid for the test and spent 3 days out of town taking it.  I passed 3 out of 5 sections.  Pretty typical really.  Had to wait 6 months to take the other two sections which I passed.  Hallaleua.  I also qualified to take the Nation…[Read more]

]]> 0 e25aba5cba051022506497bf2a8ee1c1 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Hunting in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/hunting/page/3/#post-163599 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:49:56 +0000 I owned a design/build business in Va Beach, VA.  It was very successful.  There is a threshold problem.  Gross under a million and you make money, between 1 mil and 2 mil and you find mgt and administration issues, over 2 mil and you start making money again.  Too many headaches so I sold out and moved to Colorado.  I chose Western Colo…[Read more]

]]> 0 7120e16e16eefb97902a4f432bfe5a73 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic How do you create plant schedules on AutoCad plans? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/how-do-you-create-plant-schedules-on-autocad-plans/#post-168508 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:20:04 +0000 Way to go Jason. I like your KISS philosophy. Circles are what was used for years and all these different graphic symbols make the drawing look childish when you are using a plan to plant shrubs. I use to own a landscape construction company and if I had to translate some symbol or abbreviation each time I wanted to locate a plant I would go nuts.…[Read more]

]]> 0 5d28ee7d092f35f312c0d0eb89659c51 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic From Maryland to Colorado in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/from-maryland-to-colorado/#post-168486 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:33:11 +0000 Thomas makes many great points that can be debated. I wrote on another discussion in this forum where I know of a high school drop out who made it big in landscape construction and was hiring two LA’s with master degrees. I was in the design build business for a combined 20 years and made better money acting like a general contractor and sub…[Read more]

]]> 0 1e0325a6222129d2071515c7e605ebc0 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic From Maryland to Colorado in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/from-maryland-to-colorado/#post-168491 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:12:50 +0000 Josh – The Western Slope is mis understood. I live south of Grand Junction and it’s called the banana belt for good reason. Our climate is more, much more moderate than Denver with more, not less sunshine. Actuarary studies show the line from Montrose to Grand Junction is the safest area from natural disasters in the US. My e-mail address is…[Read more]

]]> 0 6d8fd107424e5e6e1af49a9e8a2c6f8d Rick Spalenka replied to the topic From Maryland to Colorado in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/from-maryland-to-colorado/#post-168494 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:18:13 +0000 What are you looking for? If it’s a solid relationship with your wife you have few options. My wife and I moved here from Virginia 15 years ago. The front range/Denver area was too much like what we were trying to escape from so we settled on the Western Slope. It’s much more laid back here but that can be a detriment. The quantitiy of refined…[Read more]

]]> 0 a19e93310aaa4f55a3a1f54e925098f3 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic MLA needed now for an Entry Level Job? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/mla-needed-now-for-an-entry-level-job/#post-169001 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:13:36 +0000 In all fairness, I did check out the University of Colorado Denver MLA program and it does look very intense and inclusive. Maybe my opinion is outdated or the academic world felt the same as me in the past and changed things. Go MLA.

]]> 0 31d054877d7178c6ab40ccb696b9ec26 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic MLA needed now for an Entry Level Job? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/mla-needed-now-for-an-entry-level-job/page/2/#post-169002 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:52:53 +0000 I could never understand the MLA. I transfered into the LA program after 2 years pursuing a different degree. I had to accept that to get that BSLA I was facing 4 more years of LA focused study. It took 5 years not 4 just like all the other BSLA pursuing students around me. Then along comes some BA in English who gets a stupid MLA in two years and…[Read more]

]]> 0 c17afd260daff00126e342e79cb68763 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic ASLA and the Economy: The saga continues.... in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/asla-and-the-economy-the-saga-continues/page/2/#post-169172 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:58:23 +0000 ASLA at least has the option of paying the dues through monthly bank account deductions. A little less painful. ASLAs annual convention site says they expect over 6,000 LAs attending. Any comments?

]]> 0 eec76435cc3b471b674902167b00c907 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic hourly rate for small side jobs in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/hourly-rate-for-small-side-jobs/page/2/#post-169101 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:52:26 +0000 I tripped over this link this morning:
http://www.penick.net/design/services.html

You might find it interesting.

]]> 0 e9447a4dab311fc1a50ab54988a4c0b2 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic hourly rate for small side jobs in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/hourly-rate-for-small-side-jobs/page/3/#post-169109 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:32:43 +0000 Wow, the $64K question that has no simple answer. LAs are worth at least $100 an hour. Use that figure and scare the home landscape design market away, at least here. The ironic thing is that this same market may pay high hourly rates for services performed by those with far less skill/knowledge. I don’t use hourly rates. I start by proclaiming a…[Read more]

]]> 0 2f0fa6db17df8acd980cad2631402d69 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic IS anybody Happy? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-anybody-happy/#post-169746 Sun, 16 May 2010 15:15:10 +0000 You can learn more about this project at this web site:
http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/visitARE.aspx?id=1413 and my web site http://www.rgsdesigns.com

]]> 0 b303b905c47083b59997042db3715798 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic IS anybody Happy? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-anybody-happy/#post-169747 Sun, 16 May 2010 15:07:27 +0000 Am I happy as a landscape architect? Yes. Here is a current picture of a project I designed and built 15 years ago. I’ve seen worse disrepair after just two years. This project is passing the test of time.

]]> 0 b082332dbabedd787fab3d3bcd029103 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic Low Impact Parking in the forum SUSTAINABILITY & DESIGN https://land8.com/forums/topic/low-impact-parking/#post-169687 Sun, 16 May 2010 14:37:57 +0000

Berlin parking. Hope this image loaded. Why can’t we do more of this?

]]> 0 eb3c8c40e4f88f8c6d2b7e00d0eb25ec Rick Spalenka replied to the topic IS anybody Happy? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-anybody-happy/page/3/#post-169765 Tue, 11 May 2010 02:37:43 +0000 Jaded? Maybe. I used the phone book example in another post because I just received our new phone book. Damn if the Landscape Architecture listings aren’t Joe’s Backhoe and Landscape Architecture services. I pay over $350 per year for my license so that I may legally call myself an LA. If I was practicing medicine without a license you can bet…[Read more]

]]> 0 706f1e0ab1156becd80a73be9d352044 Rick Spalenka replied to the topic IS anybody Happy? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-anybody-happy/page/3/#post-169766 Tue, 11 May 2010 02:15:27 +0000 Ah, grammar is spelled with an “a.” I may be old but I still keep a dictionary handy so I will not perpetuate ignorance.

]]> 0 4d72b304b846b7307cbd10d963330f4a Rick Spalenka replied to the topic IS anybody Happy? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-anybody-happy/page/3/#post-169772 Mon, 10 May 2010 23:27:03 +0000 I hate to say this and when I do many of you are going to be angry with me. My first observation is that many of these comments and concerns are as old as the profession. They have, at least, been around since I graduated in 1977. The title, Landscape Architecture, equals LANDSCAPER and a landscaper is a person who picked up a shovel after he lost…[Read more]

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