Slope and Erosion Control
Building a Diversion Berm Above a Slope That Holds Up
A fresh slope rarely fails because of the rain that falls on it.
Civil engineer and drainage writer, page 2 of 8
Marisela spent eleven years stamping site plans for a municipal engineering firm before she got tired of watching good drainage designs get value-engineered out of the final build. She writes about the gap between a stamped plan and what actually gets graded.
Slope and Erosion Control
A fresh slope rarely fails because of the rain that falls on it.
Permits and Site Planning
The surveyor emails a PDF full of wavy lines, tiny numbers and abbreviations, and the grading contractor wants to start next...
Slope and Erosion Control
A freshly graded swale looks clean until the first storm sends water down it fast enough to cut a trench right through the...
Drainage and Runoff
Your downspout dumps 1,500 gallons onto the same patch of lawn during a one inch storm, and that patch stays soggy for three...
Permits and Site Planning
One acre is 43,560 square feet. That is roughly a 208 foot square, or a house pad, a driveway, a septic field and a detached...
Slope and Erosion Control
A freshly graded bank of 6,000 square feet will lose more soil in its first heavy rain than it will in the next five years once...