Check out these photos from a landscape architect that I met with last week. For me, it serves as a reminder of the responsibility that we have to work with the site planner and landscape architect during the conceptual design phase, rather than in isolation from him or her.  As much as it pains me to admit it as a civil engineer, people don’t really want to look at drainage inlets, graded swales, detention basins, and rip-rap-lined channels. With the increasing jurisdictional push for Low Impact Development, it’s interesting to note that along with sustainable stormwater management comes the potential opportunity to create a more aesthetically pleasing site!

Photos courtesy Site Design Studio, Inc. All rights reserved.