Recorded Presentations

Mar 4, 2013 ‐ Dec 18, 2017

Contractors in Conversation - Strategies for Better Projects from Design Through Construction - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Contractors in Conversation - Strategies for Better Projects from Design Through Construction - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 17, 2020 1:15pm ‐ Nov 17, 2020 2:15pm

Credits: None available.

The goal of this session is twofold: to better understand how drawings are prepared so they clearly communicate the design by the time they reach the contractor, and to get the most out of visits to job sites. Strategies to provide clarity from design to construction will be explored.

Please complete a brief evaluation of this Online Learning presentation.

• Gain applicable skills to enhance drawing sets at all phases for clarity, precision, and coordination.
• Understand ways to better conduct site visits to keep disruptions to a minimum, avoid delays, and resolve issues.
• Develop an understanding of methods to handle issues and errors as they arise quickly and effectively.
• Understand the importance of building a working relationship with the contractor(s) and having a presence during the construction phase.

• Timothy P. Devlin, ASLA, Landscape Architect, Gruen Associates
• Alexander L. Devlin, Project Manager, Baker DC, LLC
• Mr. TJ Wood, Director of Tree Inventory and Field Assessment Services, PlanIT Geo

The Exquisite Detail: How Big Ideas Get Expressed in Tangible Craft - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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The Exquisite Detail: How Big Ideas Get Expressed in Tangible Craft - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 17, 2020 1:15pm ‐ Nov 17, 2020 2:15pm

Credits: None available.

Three contemporary designers and practice leaders will share the inspiration, grit, persistence, and craft behind their favorite recently realized details. These stories will explore how the big idea of a project finds itself in the smallest details of the project execution.

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• Understand the folding of concept, narrative, and history into the design process.
• Understand the considerations—economic, material, and conceptual—that inform detailed decision-making.
• Participate in an in-depth discussion of different material selection and fabrication processes, including stone cutting, casting and metalwork.
• Learn from the successes and challenges of the professional relationships behind the case studies, including the client, the designer, the contractor, and the fabricators.

• Gina Ford, FASLA, Principal and Co-Founder, Agency Landscape + Planning
• Mr. David Fletcher, ASLA, Owner, Fletcher Studio
• Maura Rockcastle, ASLA, Principal and Co-founder, TEN x TEN

Your Vision to Implementation – What a Contractor Needs to Know - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Your Vision to Implementation – What a Contractor Needs to Know - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 17, 2020 1:15pm ‐ Nov 17, 2020 2:15pm

Credits: None available.

The way we organize contract documents has not changed substantially in a century, while the means to create these documents has changed radically. Landscapes are becoming increasingly complex, and the process of documenting and building landscapes is undergoing a radical shift to fully embrace the digital media we all employ.

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• How the conventions we use in documentation came to be.
• Trends in how to document our designs for construction.
• How to build a set of contract documents to facilitate quality construction.
• How to communicate our design intent to contractors and fabricators.

• Thomas R. Ryan, FASLA, President, Ryan Associates
• John Payne, ASLA, Principal, SiteWorks
• Tim Peterson, FASLA, Principal, SWA Group

Do You Really Know Your Soil? Avoiding Critical Soil Design Mistakes - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Do You Really Know Your Soil? Avoiding Critical Soil Design Mistakes - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 17, 2020 1:15pm ‐ Nov 17, 2020 2:15pm

Credits: None available.

Mistakes in soil design can result in catastrophic landscape failures. What many landscape architects don’t understand is that often the “small” details in soils can trip up their brilliant design. We will present common misunderstandings about soil to avoid critical mistakes and assure successful landscape design and construction.

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• Understand the role of soil design for successful site performance, sustainable vegetation establishment and growth, and economic viability and savings for your project.
• Learn and understand concepts of soils that have profound impacts on landscape design and function.
• Identify key design coordination and communication roles of landscape architect for planting soils.
• Think differently about currently accepted concepts about soil types and uses in landscapes.

• Mr. Ted Hartsig, Senior Soil Scientist, Olsson, Inc.
• Jason Radcliff, ASLA, LEED AP, Principal, dwg.
• Mr. Paul B. Josey, ASLA, Principal, Wolf Josey Landscape Architects

DeafSpace, DeafScape, and Beyond: Universal Design in Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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DeafSpace, DeafScape, and Beyond: Universal Design in Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2020 4:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2020 5:00pm

Credits: None available.

Although disabled people make up the largest global minority, they spend their lives adapting to the built environment, which limits human experience, inclusion, and participation in the public realm. Through the lens of DeafScape, we will discover ways to design with the Deaf community, and beyond, through Universal Design.

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• Understand the Deaf community and disabled community and their shared histories, the significance of the ADA, and social model vs medical model of disability in relation to the built environment.
• Learn the history and specific needs of the Deaf community, the development and application of DeafSpace guidelines, and their application to landscape architecture through DeafScape.
• Learn to intentionally transform everyday thinking about who we design for, the urgency of including disabled people as stakeholders and experts, and how public policy can deeply influence Universal Design.
• Learn how to identify and communicate, as an abled person, with Deaf and disabled people in the design process.

• Alexa Vaughn-Brainard, Assoc. ASLA, Landscape Designer, OLIN
• Danielle Toronyi, Research Development and Knowledge Manager, OLIN
• Derrick Behm-Josa, Business Owner, C&W Consulting

Landscape Heritage: Revealing Invisible Landscapes - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Landscape Heritage: Revealing Invisible Landscapes - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2020 4:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2020 5:00pm

Credits: None available.

The study and amplification of cultural landscapes offer practitioners and students new opportunities to understand the impact of uncovering historic landscapes and landscape strategies to reflect multi-cultural stories and histories that promote more inclusive and creative placemaking.

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• Gain a perspective from Black designers about unrecognized black landscapes.
• Learn of contemporary work revealing unrecognized black landscapes and will stay current on emerging professionals utilizing landscape architecture as a means of healing and bridging community.
• Learn how these activities and investigations impact professional and academic platforms.
• Learn how these practices are relevant to other community and social-based activities within the ASLA.

• Ms. Ujijji Davis, ASLA, Associate, SmithGroup
• Whitney Barr, ASLA, Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate, University of Georgia
• Ms. Anjelyque Easley, Student ASLA, Emerging Professional, University of Texas at Arlington

The Sole Practitioner: From Surviving to Thriving - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

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The Sole Practitioner: From Surviving to Thriving - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Nov 16, 2020 4:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2020 5:00pm

Credits: None available.

What’s it really like to run your own shop? Join three landscape architects who have taken the plunge as sole practitioners. In this session, you’ll hear an honest conversation about the risks and rewards of sole practice as they discuss work/life balance, business practices, social bias, and much more.

Please complete a brief evaluation of this Online Learning presentation.

• What are the positives and negatives of sole practice? Does it fit your professional goals, your lifestyle, and your financial goals? Determining strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Review of legal and economic considerations, including start-up costs and tools for financing. Learn about loans, lines of credit, and personal investment.
• How to get the work done and be profitable. The ins and outs of office space, computers, work-flow, and collaboration.
• How to go from being an employee to an owner. Business development tools, networking, and client maintenance.

• Mr. Michael Radner, ASLA, President, Radner Design Associates, Inc.
• Ms. Tanya N. Mandel, ASLA, PLA, Principal, Mandel Design LLC
• Mrs. Jaime Sims, ASLA, Founder, Circle V Landscape Architecture, LLC

Fill for Habitat? Design Processes for an Adapting Regulatory Environment - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Fill for Habitat? Design Processes for an Adapting Regulatory Environment - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2020 4:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2020 5:00pm

Credits: None available.

Climate change and habitat loss are triggering shifts in the regulation of coastal water bodies. Join us for a look “behind the renderings” to see how regulation impacts designs across the East and West coasts and hear from a bayfront regulator on policy changes that enable fill for habitat projects.

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• Provide a detailed “behind the rendering” analysis of how signature waterfront projects have been permitted and interpreted by regulatory agencies.
• Understand the different entities responsible for regulating waterfront environments on the East and West coasts, and the constraints and opportunities of current regulatory practices.
• Learn about methods used by design firms to advocate for the advancement of innovative habitat and public access strategies, and how regulators consider the approval of experimental and untested ideas.
• Learn about new updates to the regulations in San Francisco Bay that remove barriers to permitting of fill for habitat projects, enabling new design opportunities and inspiring regulatory adaptation nationwide.

• Sanjukta Sen, Senior Associate, James Corner Field Operations
• Andrea Gaffney, ASLA, Senior Bay Development Design Analyst, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
• Brad Howe, ASLA, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, SCAPE Landscape Architecture

Make a Splash: Dynamic Water as a Design Opportunity - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW) / 1.0 GBCI SITES-Specific CE

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Make a Splash: Dynamic Water as a Design Opportunity - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW) / 1.0 GBCI SITES-Specific CE

Nov 16, 2020 4:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2020 5:00pm

Credits: None available.

Climate change has created increasingly volatile water that may overwhelm our stormwater systems. As a response to this threat, site design can create advantageous opportunities, from strengthening sustainability to improving social welfare. This panel explores designing for a changing climate through four projects of varying scale and geographic context.

The GBCI course ID for this course is 0920023417, providing SITES-specific CE hours required to maintain SITES AP credentials. Participants will need to pass the exam at the end of the presentation in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants will need to self-report CE hours through their credentials account on https://sitesonline.usgbc.org.

Please complete a brief evaluation of this Online Learning presentation.

• Learn about current trends and principles of designing with water—surviving, adapting, and thriving in the face of climate change.
• Identify opportunities to treat stormwater in design as a resource rather than a threat by leveraging it for improved sustainability and social welfare.
• Understand how landscape architecture design can help shift the public’s perception of stormwater and flooding.
• Utilize innovative strategies and techniques of stormwater management and flood control, drawing from case studies that range in scale from master plans to site-specific examples.

• Muhan Cui, ASLA, LEED AP, Associate, Sasaki
• Chao Yang, ASLA, landscape architect, Andropogon Associates, Ltd.
• Mr. Kevin Hebard, PE, Associate Engineer, Sasaki

Anti-racist Design Education and Practice with Dark Matter University - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Anti-racist Design Education and Practice with Dark Matter University - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2020 2:15pm ‐ Nov 16, 2020 3:15pm

Credits: None available.

In this session, designers with Dark Matter University will share their experiences and efforts to explore ideas and actions for how design and landscape architecture institutions and practices can better acknowledge and address racism in the profession, education, and practice.

Please complete a brief evaluation of this Online Learning presentation.

• Learn how racism and whiteness in the built environment fields impact communities of color and practitioners in the field.
• Learn the concepts of design justice as they connect social justice to design and built environment practices beyond only diversity and inclusion or community engagement practices.
• Learn how to contribute to future dialogues around anti-racism/anti-Black racism education in the profession.
• Learn how to engage and support new efforts catalyzed by the 2020 pandemic and protests such as Dark Matter University and Design as Protest to address racism in landscape architecture education and practice.

• Mr. Justin G. Moore, AICP, LEED AP, Dark Matter University
• Jennifer Low, Board, The Urban Studio
• Kiki Cooper, Assoc. ASLA, Landscape Designer, Verdant Landscape Architecture
• Dr. Maria Villalobos, Assistant Professor. Master in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, IIT. College of Architecture