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It’s one of those ‘will build to suit’ developer things.  They show a pretty pic on the RE billboard: a building that has been tentatively approved of by the city building dept. 
The outside is completed to meet the code requirements (FARs, setbacks, access, parking, mechanical, utility, landscape, etc.), while the non load bearing interior walls…[Read more]

Good choice.  I was going to mention this one, but stuff got in the way of getting back to the interweb.
The pic is a nice working for the vine, but the website you found it on is a bit odd. 
 

“…I’m never the bad guy.”
I’m the opposite.
I’m shaking my head ‘no’ before the potential client can finish the question about a water feature.  And I’m doing it to save myself (and them, but mostly myself) the frustration of a boondogle that will be non-functioning within two years.
I spent the first 17 years after graduating doing m…[Read more]

Biased response – I am an Ohio State University grad (’91), and I work with a few (my boss is one) of Cal Poly LAs…what a difference in education.  The curriculum at OSU was heavy on design (not science) with the usual plant id courses while CalPoly seemed to be more in the ‘sustainibility’ area and less of the engineering side of de…[Read more]

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“…going to make clear to the client to only have a high end tree care company with Certified Arborist prune this tree over the years and to have it pruned to keep it’s natural shape and form…”

That will work as long as EVERYBODY knows this.    What happens when an uninformed maintenance worker hacks at it, or the current homeowner moves out ?

or at least the classes that can help you run a business – your own or as part of one.  Accounting and time management and tax law and sales/contracts and insurance/liability and all that other stuff really does matter.

My opinions can at times be diametrically opposed from each other, and I know this about myself.  I do not however want others to use them against me, so I tend to stay on the quiet side of the conversation.
I began a number of relplies to statements made in this thread, but deleted them when I realized they were (a) pushing the subject further…[Read more]

I am going to stand by my original statement and the first comment made to this thread…”My opinion is that this is not the place for this subject.”
I was not the least bit surprised by the route the thread took.  It was typical of any forum that begins with a ‘loaded’ question: it went off route.  I would say that behavior here was typical of wh…[Read more]

Lots of help on installing .pat files and more can be found in the forums at http://www.cadtutor.net/
 

Hey!   should I have included a sarcasm notation in that last response ?
I certainly don’t mind contributing opinion; it’s what I know best.

To take RH’s comment “Not everything is possible with plants” further, are you preparing anything to show the client that this design element is in fact not possible.
Who’s going to get sued when it fails ? 
 

LP, do see what you started ?  The group on Land8 is not like that on Archinect, and some appear to be too easily offended.
And if anyone thinks my opinionated statement is directed at you, it probably is.  Hey!
 
 

You can’t have sustainable as long as somebody is able to bring in cheaper (in the short run) alternatives.  Try and legislate it and you’ll get calls for your head on the chopping block.
In an effort to get a lively response, I’ll go so far as to say ‘sustainable’ is impossible to achieve. 
 

Have you ever been near a synthetic grass that has full sun exposure on a hot day ?
You mention “soil”…what’s the mix ?    Does it break down over time ?  What is your irrigation ?
If the potential is a boggy situation in time, then go with somethng that grows in boggy situations.  Investigate what grows streamside and in wetlands where your…[Read more]

My opinion is that this is not the place for this subject. 
That said…this country has the potential to suffer greatly because ‘low information’ and the far worse ‘information averse’ voters have been convinced to vote against their own interest. 
http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=audio&id=tp120830rhetoric_reality_and
 

problem was I waited 3 months to receive that letter that never arrived, and even on calls they pick up, that person didn’t deal w/ new candidates (took a message anyways), or they could never find the file, or they just didn’t call back  (they sed they would). 
Finally got to the right person, and when asked when the letter was going to arr…[Read more]

Did you get your results yesterday or today about passing C/E ?   Heard they had a really high passing rate.
DO NOT WAIT for LATC to send  you anything.   If you signed up first thru LATC, then they should get notification that you passed.      If you have to call, wait a week or two and call until somebody picks up.  Don’t leave a message, as…[Read more]

Biobarrier will keep the roots of larger plants from intruding an adjacent space.  I don’t know this will work how you envision.
Maintenance is something that everybody must accept.
Weeds grow where ever they can put a root down: cracks in concrete, asphalt, between brick, gravel, dg, etc.  I’ve seen tree seeds sprout in roof gutters.  I’ve seen…[Read more]

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