This week’s post features our first guest employee blogger, Ryan Labuda, Director of Special Projects at Rose Paving. The following discussion addresses methods for dealing with stormwater management:
Water is often taken for granted, especially when it comes to your parking lot. Water can be a parking lot’s biggest enemy, whether it is standing water creating a hazard on the surface or water saturating a sub-grade causing premature failure.
But now there are even more considerations when it comes to stormwater management, especially when building new or reconstructing your existing parking lot. State, federal, and local authorities are all making efforts to improve water quality and reduce the strain on our infrastructure. These considerations now include concepts like flow control, volume control, erosion control, and sedimentation prevention. Simple and effective solutions can be found for each of these concepts, but here are some of the basics:
Flow Control: Flow control addresses the rate at which stormwater leaves a site, typically via a traditional storm basin that connects to the local infrastructure. The goal of flow control is to slow the rate at which the stormwater leaves the site. Typically, this means the insertion of a device in the outflow pipes, known as a restrictor, which creates a smaller outflow than inflow. Read more…
Last week we introduced you to LEED® certification and discussed its impact on property managers and building owners. To wrap up our “green” paving theme, we would like to conclude with a look at the key metrics that matter most when it comes to achieving LEED® certification.
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