Land8 | WBS | Activity https://land8.com/members/wbs1/activity/ Activity feed for WBS. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:46:40 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 065751c8cc2cea7a6bfbf9b6827c2370 WBS replied to the topic Commercial Building Site/Grading Plans in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/commercial-building-site-grading-plans/#post-3559410 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:53:12 +0000 Thank you for the thorough response. It is helpful. I guess now that I think about it, I am trying to connect what I studied in the LARE to professional practice. I remember a question being something like, use the rational method to calculate the detention basion size and place it on site.

So in real practice, this will likely be a…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ca978a6dec34aa7fd375df098cfb7c2 WBS replied to the topic Commercial Building Site/Grading Plans in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/commercial-building-site-grading-plans/#post-3559395 Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:21:50 +0000 So are you saying that for a typical commercial project, if the developer does not value or need good site design, there is no way they are going to get a landscape architect to do site work because it is redundant because a CE will be required anyway? If we try to compete, we will lose because they will always need the CE stamp.

What about a…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b7636fab1c1208f33bf5595cb29c16f WBS replied to the topic Commercial Building Site/Grading Plans in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/commercial-building-site-grading-plans/#post-3559393 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:25:50 +0000 I guess as a young professional, I am still learning how the landscape architecture world works, especially the relationship with CE. I found a random plan set for a chipotle in Wisconsin. These seem to be typical of a Civil Set.

https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/planning/documents/7066sd_site.pdf

C100 TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY
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]]> 0 cf9e2f1d6e5ace52b092df1aa712e89c WBS replied to the topic Commercial Building Site/Grading Plans in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/commercial-building-site-grading-plans/#post-3559385 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:38:56 +0000 Thanks for the input! I do understand.

I guess my main observation is, I will see a plan set prepared by a civil engineer and it seems 90 percent of the content of these plans could reasonability be prepared by an LA. Seems like an LA can do most of this work and sub out the drainage plan and utility plan to a CE? It seems to me it would be…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d90df479c6985ffec7abb0a76456ef9 WBS started the topic Commercial Building Site/Grading Plans in the forum DETAILS & MATERIALS https://land8.com/forums/topic/commercial-building-site-grading-plans/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:44:41 +0000 So I don’t typically see Landscape Architects doing construction drawings, specifically site plans, grading plans and parking lots, for commercial projects. The site plans that I see are stamped by a CE, in most cases, and don’t have calculations or anything specific to the engineering field.

I don’t have experience in an office that does…[Read more]

]]> 0 60459bbe0e4d1deef39b4b9d04385d96 WBS replied to the topic How to do construction documents in the forum EDUCATION https://land8.com/forums/topic/how-to-do-construction-documents/#post-3559191 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:56:53 +0000 Is there a best practices type checklist of all items needed in a CD set?

]]> 0 56c993c44f259546886e8a8c8b55382d WBS replied to the topic Leaving LA for Civil in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/leaving-la-for-civil/#post-3559190 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:53:35 +0000 I wouldn’t get in the mindset of you are leaving landscape architecture, you are just picking up an additional set of skills. Alot of firms do both LA and CE.

I think the new generations are starting to see the writing on the wall and are getting supplemental education/training in interrelated fields (arch/CE/plan).

]]> 0 10a4d151d441b9a8246abe27980139f0 WBS replied to the topic Site design and project entitlements in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/site-design-and-project-entitlements/#post-3559133 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:27:24 +0000 I work in a planning department on the west coast. That is good to know that some LA’s are taking this role, seems like a natural fit.

]]> 0 007c23889b471f18de7cb4cd02859f8c WBS replied to the topic Site design and project entitlements in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/site-design-and-project-entitlements/#post-3559099 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:15:29 +0000 I guess I was just trying to facilitate a conversation and didn’t have any specific questions. Thanks for letting me know!

I agree that a CE might be more helpful leading the entitlement of a parcel map or a subdivision entitlement or in an area that specific stormwater/infrastructure constraints may be present because most of the project…[Read more]

]]> 0 595f91f4b2cc0393b3fc499087e481f4 WBS started the topic Site design and project entitlements in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/site-design-and-project-entitlements/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 03:40:51 +0000 So I work in a planning department and I typically receive applications for development projects, among other things. It seems like the site design/master planning skills that landscape architects possess would be greatly complimented with the ability to get project entitlements. Is this something many LA’a do? I don’t see it in my region and I a…[Read more]

]]> 0 9cbf025025cf130a7cb00a4c097fc95a WBS started the topic Design to construction process in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE https://land8.com/forums/topic/design-to-construction-process/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 03:18:44 +0000 So I am wanting to do some small residential work on the side. Do residential designers typically facilitate the construction process or do they simply sell plans?

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