Resource conservation includes not only energy, water and material conservation but the innovative re-use of materials existing on site.

 

Accepted as a SITESTM Pilot Project, the project included; roadway widening, improved pedestrian walkways, a pocket park demonstration area; storm water harvesting; heat island mitigation; soil amendment recommendations; hardscape and planting plans.

 

Unique Features:

The project salvaged and reused approximately 9,000 square feet of the existing 10,000 square feet of concrete slated for demolition and removal. The salvaged material was used for construction of; check dams, scupper armoring, seat walls and inert ground cover.

 

Responsibilities:

Design Development & Construction Documentation. Included details for the salvage and re-use of existing site concrete as construction materials for the proposed roadway water harvesting systems. Presentations to the Citizen’s Advisory Council and Neighborhood Committee to discuss; the salvage and re-use of existing site concrete, planting plans, a pocket park demonstration area and storm water harvesting. With Wheat Scharf Associates.

 

Awards:

• Excellence in Low Impact Development, LID: Low Impact

Development Workshop, Tucson, AZ. April 2015.

• Accepted as a SITESTM Pilot Project, the project included roadway

 widening, improved pedestrian walkways, streetscape plantings and

 public art.

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