by B W | Engineering and Design
We have another Altadena drainage plan where the goal was to not use a stormwater sump pump. The way the lot sits the existing stormwater used to drain all from the top of curb at the street to the rear of the property. When we can we try to raise the house so we...
by B W | Engineering and Design
Our next Altadena drainage plan is for a lot with manufactured homes, consisting of basically two ADU’s. With the way this lot slopes and two smaller, separate structures, we are trying to save as much on construction costs as possible. The lot is typical though...
by B W | Engineering and Design
Another Altadena fire rebuild where the client also wanted to try to widen the driveway. These are pretty straightforward normally, but some of the older streets in Altadena have a concrete slab acting like a little bridge over the street flowline to allow water to...
by B W | Engineering and Design
Sometimes I like to give our other email address which is a different domain, but haven’t posted anywhere some of the domains we own. Here is the list as sometimes its easier to say something besides bwengr.com. The civilengineer.la domain has email forwarding...
by B W | Engineering and Design
A bit of back and forth still with LA County with our creative solutions to getting Altadena Drainage plans approved. Plan check wanted some minor modifications which is fair enough to bring the plastic lined rain gardens 5 feet off the property lines and make sure...