Site Engineering for Landscape Architects

386 Pages·2013·87.6 MB·English

by  Steven Strom

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Site Engineering for
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS
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Site Engineering for
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS
SIXTH EDITION
Steven Strom
Kurt Nathan
Jake Woland
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Strom, Steven.
Site engineering for landscape architects / Steven Strom, Kurt Nathan, Jake Woland. — Sixth edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-118-09086-2 (cloth); 978-1-118-41613-6 (ebk.); 978-1-118-41909-0 (ebk.);
978-1-118-43365-2 (ebk.); 978-1-118-46243-0 (ebk); 978-1-118-46244-7 (ebk)
1. Building sites. 2. Landscape architecture. 3. Landscape construction. I. Nathan, Kurt.
II. Woland, Jake. III. Title.
TH375.S77 2012
624—dc23
2012026252
Printed in the United States of America
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To Corrie Rosen, without whom this edition
would not have been completed
To the memory of Steve Strom,
a mentor and friend
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Contents
Preface xi
4 Interpolation and Slope 63
Acknowledgments xiii
Topographic Data 63
Interpolation 64
1 Site Engineering IS Design 1
Calculating Slope 68
Slope s Expressed as Ratios and
Why Is an Understanding of This Degrees 71
Material Important? 1 Slope Analysis 71
The Design Language of Site
Engineering 1 5 Grading of Simple Design Elements 77
Summary 17
Grading of Linear Elements 77
2 Grading Constraints 19
Grading by Proportion 87
Visualizing Topography from
Environmental Constraints 19
Contour Lines 90
Functional Constraints 23
Grading of Planar Areas 90
Summary of Critical Constraints 32
Swales to Divert Runoff 97
Area Grading Process 98
3 Contours and Form 33
6 Grading Process 101
Defi nition 33
Constructing a Section 37
Introduction 101
Characteristics of Contour Lines 37
Applying the Grading Process 103
Contour Signatures and Landform 38
Grading Plan Graphics 108
Case Studies 53
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7 Soils in Construction 113 10 Storm Water Management System
Components 157
Role of Soil in Site Planning 113
Implications of Soils for
Traditional Storm Water Management
Site Construction 113
System Components 157
Geotechnical Exploration and
Principles and Techniques 160
Soil Investigation 115
Infi ltration Systems 161
Soil Characteristics 117
Detention Systems 164
Soil Classifi cation 118
Rainwater Harvesting Systems 168
Engineering Properties of Soils 120
Constructed Treatment Wetlands 170
Structural Soils 121
Green Roofs 170
Structured Soil Volumes 122
Bioretention Systems 174
Lightweight Soils 123
Landscape Practices 176
Geotextiles 123
Future Developments: Net Zero
Construction Sequence for Grading 124
Water and Integrated Water
Placing and Compacting Soils 126
Management 176
Earthwork Specifi cations 128
Case Studies 178
Summary 190
8 Earthwork 129
11 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control 191
Defi nitions 129
Grading Operations 130
Introduction 191
Computation of Cut-and-Fill
Regulatory Requirements 191
Volumes 131
Soil Erosion Factors 192
Case Study 141
Erosion and Sedimentation
Processes 193
9 Storm Water Management 147
Erosion and Sediment Control
Principles 193
Storm Runoff 147
Development of an Erosion and
Hydrologic Cycle 148
Sediment Control Plan 195
Nature of the Problem 148
Runoff Considerations 195
Management Philosophy 150
Construction Sequencing 196
System Functions 151
Erosion Control Measures 196
Storm Water Management
Sediment Control Measures 202
Strategies 153
Case Studies 202
Beyond Storm Water Management 155
Summary 205
Summary 156
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