Landscape Site Grading Principles
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Landscape Site Grading Principles

Grading with Design in Mind

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eBook - PDF

Landscape Site Grading Principles

Grading with Design in Mind

About this book

A complete guide to site grading for designers and other visual learners

Grading With Design in Mind: Landscape Site Grading Principles is a comprehensive guide to grading, written specifically from the design perspective. Heavily illustrated and non-technical, this book meets the needs of designers and visual learners by presenting the principles and methods of site grading with less emphasis on engineering, and a strong focus on the effect on the overall aesthetic. Written by a professor in America's number-one ranked undergraduate landscape architecture program, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of solving various grading problems in real-life scenarios.

Landscape designers, landscape architects, and engineers need to have a deep understanding of site grading as the foundation of any project. Grading plans must not only solve practical requirements, but also create landforms that contribute to the aesthetic ambition of the overall site and architectural design concept. Grading With Design in Mind takes a highly visual approach to presenting modern grading techniques and considerations, providing designers the guidance they need to become competent in site grading while understanding the design implications of the subject. Features include:

  • Numerous illustrations to support the text
  • Step-by-step examples
  • Professional grading plans

Studying the professional grading plans helps readers better understand the real-world application of grading principles in different situations. Site grading is a complicated topic with plenty of on-site variables, but Grading with Design in Mind breaks it down into clear, concise instruction with value to both professionals and students in the field of landscape design.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781118668726
eBook ISBN
9781118931394
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Urban Planning & Landscaping

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Some Background on the Subject of Site Grading
  4. Chapter 2: Site Grading and the Legal Requirements
  5. Chapter 3: Site Planning and Grading Process
  6. Chapter 4: Drawing Conventions
  7. Chapter 5: What Is Scale, Why Is It Important, and How Is It Used?
  8. Chapter 6: Where Are You?
  9. Chapter 7: Contours
  10. Chapter 8: Signature Landforms
  11. Chapter 9: Calculating Slope and Other Grading Calculations: Tools for Gaining Mastery in Grading
  12. Chapter 10: How to Calculate Spot Elevations
  13. Chapter 11: Working with Contours: Creating Landforms with Design in Mind
  14. Chapter 12: Signature Solutions
  15. Chapter 13: Detailed Grading with Slopes, Contours, and Spot Elevations
  16. Chapter 14: Storm and Surface Water Drainage Management
  17. Chapter 15: Estimating Volume of Cut and Fill Using Contour Method
  18. Chapter 16: Professional Example of Site Grading by Design
  19. References
  20. Index