Welcome
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| Welcome to a website specifically geared for civil engineers and other land development professionals who need a quick and easy resource for getting green design incorporated into their deliverables. Of course, no website can take place of an experienced integrated designer who understands the larger ramifications of his/her actions throughout the design process, but this website intends to take the head scratching out which Best Management Practices (BMPs) can be applied to your project. |
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| How to Use This Site |
Each BMP link below is organized by how it might be applied to a typical plan set sheet. Clicking the links below will answer the why, how, who, and when and provide additional resources that can be directly adapted as needed for your particular project.
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| Green Site Design Principles |
| The result of applying these BMPs will be the application of the following Green Site Design Principles. Look for the icons below on individual BMP pages to see how your choices fit in to your larger goal of saving the planet! |
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| Demolition Plan |
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- Preserve historic drainage patterns
- Deconstruct & salvage existing resources on-site
- Recycle construction waste
- Save a tree
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| Paving & Layout Plan |
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- Orient buildings on an east-west axis
- Reduce impervious areas
- Specify local products
- Specify products with recycled content
- Reduce disturbance
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| Erosion Prevention & Sediment Control Plan |
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- Save a tree
- Create a robust and appropriate erosion prevention & sediment control plan
- Use native seed mixes to stabilize bare soils
- For sheet flow - don't use a sediment fence!
- Grind trees to be removed to be used as mulch
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| Grading Plan |
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- Avoid sensitive areas
- Save a tree
- Grade with existing contours
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| Planting Plan |
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- Save a tree
- Specify native plants
- Design a low maintenance landscape
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| Water & Sewer Plan |
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- Lay out utility lines to pass through previously disturbed areas
- Design utility lines to reduce excavation
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| Stormwater Management Plan - General |
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- Infiltration
- Compaction
- Reduce impervious surfaces
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| Stormwater Management Plan - Water Quality & Quantity |
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- Save a tree
- Pervious pavements
- Infiltration basins
- Rain gardens/bioretention
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| Stormwater Management Plan - Water Quality Only |
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| Stormwater Management Plan - Water Quantity Only |
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| Irrigation Plan |
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