Low Impact Design and Site Feasibility
Low Impact Design and Site Feasibility Many local, state and federal regulators have looked at green infrastructure (GI) as a great way to deal with their stormwater quality requirements. In doing so,...
Low Impact Design and Site Feasibility Many local, state and federal regulators have looked at green infrastructure (GI) as a great way to deal with their stormwater quality requirements. In doing so,...
Permeable Pavement: Always Care About Value – Not About Price When it comes to the diversity of permeable pavement products on the market, it can be difficult to decide which one is best for your...
Stretch Your Street Maintenance Dollars Cities all over Texas are beginning their annual budget cycle in order to be able to pass a balanced budget by the end of September. Public Works officials have...
Texas Christian University Evaluates 3 Pavement Systems for Long Term Performance & Maintenance Concrete pipe and catch basins has been a common tool for engineers to convey runoff from impervious...
Shallow Depths and TxDot: A Case for R-Tanks Due to strict detention requirements in the City of Houston and Harris County, problems can arise very quickly for groups working through the preliminary...
Hunter’s Field – Solving Street Flooding and Pollutants The Summer of 2018 marks the completion of Seventh Ward’s Playground and Field House, Hunter’s Field. The $1.8 million investment...
Construction EcoServices Helps Clean Up the Galveston Bay Watershed Thank you to all the 400+ Trash Bash volunteers, including the Construction EcoServices crew, who came out to the Collins Park (Cypress)...
Many Low Impact Development Practices were used, including bioretention, bioswales, vegetated structural roadway shoulders, permeable pavers and rainwater harvesting and reuse.
...Harris County Precinct 4 decided to go with developing their new service center as a Low Impact Development site to implement the allowable practices in the counties Low Impact Development Design Manual...
Within the swales are a series of forebays that pond stormwater behind earthen berms, at the bottoms of which are 10” pipes that allow low flows through and extend time of concentration for larger...
The engineers were able to take advantage of using Harris County’s Low Impact Development (LID) regulations by increasing the time of concentration of storm water on this site.
...The LID solution nearly eliminate a detention pond and in the process gained three additional lots, or 15% more homes
...The LID solution nearly eliminated the need for a detention pond altogether and in the process gained three additional lots, or 15% more homes.
...Utilizing a dry swale as the primary conveyance feature, the design team explored the various biofiltration medias available for filtering pollutants.
...The completed lot shows clients how Low Impact Development can be used to increase aesthetic appeal, and increase time of concentration and decrease peak flows.
...The primary feature that makes Bagby Street a Greenroads design is a series of biofiltration planter boxes that line both sides of Bagby street and collect stormwater runoff, storing it and filtering...
Traditional bioretention was not feasible with the limited area for treatment and long-term maintenance, leaving the engineers with a decision to use FocalPoint High Flow Biofiltration.
...The unpredictable and frequent storms, combined with clay soils, forced the design team to create a solution that would perform under extreme conditions while keeping the long-term maintenance costs...
The civil engineers were tasked with managing and treating 1,000 cubic feet of stormwater runoff within a 1,200 square foot area, most of which is a parking surface.
...The building was over 150 years old and was limited on space, so how could heavy excavation equipment be used?
...Working with Construction EcoServices, the engineers at EHRA, Inc. rescued this project using Low Impact Development (LID).
...Located outside of the City of Houston in Fort Bend County, the single-family residential project known as Camellia is a great example of how Stormwater Multifunctional Design can benefit the community,...