Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2012 3 Comments »
Hello everyone! Finally we have reached the end of this outstanding project. After weeks of collecting data and evaluating the sites, we have finally reached a verdict on the sustainability of Agricultural Road Walkway. In this blog post, we will give a brief overview on Criterion 3.5, which was not included in the previous blog as well as summarize […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2012 No Comments »
After one and a half month, the Agricultural Road Walkway sustainablity evaluation project is heading to the finish line. We are going to present the evaluation results for most of the parts in this blog post. Agricultural Road was evaluated under the Sustainable Sites Initiative (Water) criteria sections 3.1-3.8 (excluding 3.3 and 3.4). The […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2012 No Comments »
It is almost the end of the project. The final report and documents hopefully will be done on next week. All our group members are working hard on organizing the data and summarizing the evaluations. At the meantime, we have a chance to think about the impacts of the Agricultural Road renewal project and our walkway […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2012 1 Comment »
According to the project schedule, we finished data collection last week and started the evaluation of Agricultural Road. The evaluation will take two weeks on the schedule. This week’s blog post will organize the project processes, present the project management outline and the achievements of data collection while we are still working on evaluating. Project Management […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2012 2 Comments »
During the past week, we started collecting all the data we need for the calculations and analyses of the site. We found some extra information in addition to the site plans that are needed for evaluating the credits under the Sustainable Sites Initiative. 3.1 & 3.2 Rainfall intensity data and use of stormwater, waste water in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2012 3 Comments »
On January 19, 2012, we first met our client, Dean Gregory. We had an introduction tour of the Agricultural Road Walkway led by our client, Dean Gregory. The renewal construction of Agricultural Road was finished by the end of 2011, using a sustainable design of irrigation and stormwater systems. The concept of bioswales was implemented to trap […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2012 2 Comments »
The Agricultural Road Walkway Project is about evaluating the hydrotechnical site at Agricultural Road, University of British Columbia by using the Sustainable Sites Initiative Criteria. The project started on January 16, 2012, and will be finished by February 27, 2012. The hydrotechnical system assessment and plan of improvement about the Agricultural Road Walkway will be provided to UBC Planning at the end of […]