Renovating a Houston-based Detention Pond’s Stormwater Pumping System
It was the flood water forces resulting from Hurricane Harvey that damaged both the hillside and building to the extent that the building needed to be closed.
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Harris County Precinct 4
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...
Birnamwood Drive – Details
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...
Martinez Professional Office Buildings
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.
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Kolbe Farms
The LID solution nearly eliminated the need for a detention pond altogether and in the process gained three additional lots, or 15% more homes.
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Birnamwood Drive – Overview
Utilizing a dry swale as the primary conveyance feature, the design team explored the various biofiltration medias available for filtering pollutants.
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Aguirre & Fields Headquarters
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.
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Bagby Street
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...
Star of Hope
Upon arrival, the complexities were apparent – there were three backed up detention ponds attempting to feed into the non-operational NSBB which in turn was trying to discharge into a completely backed...
