Understanding Grading Plans for Hillside Construction in Los Angeles
A comprehensive guide to what goes into a hillside grading plan, why it's essential for LA construction projects, and how B+W Engineering can help streamline the process.
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Perspectives on civil engineering, hillside construction, grading, and structural engineering in Los Angeles.
Altadena Fire Rebuild Sheet Flow
We are taking over for another Civil Engineer to bring construction costs down on some Altadena fire rebuild drainage plans. This particular lot we were able to sheet flow the entire property.
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Changing Drainage Pattern to Remove Sump Pump in Altadena
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.
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Altadena Fire Rebuild Manufactured Homes
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.
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Widening Driveway Apron for an Altadena Fire Rebuild
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.
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Altadena Fire Rebuild Drainage Plans Continue to Go Out
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.
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Altadena Drainage Plans Being Approved
Its been an experience, but we are finally getting the latest batch of Altadena drainage plans approved by LA County. Our technique is to keep the existing drainage pattern so we don't have to install stormwater sump pumps.
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Altadena Multi-Unit Fire Rebuild Drainage Plans
This is our first sideways lot in Altadena, with the entrance on the West side and the topography slopes North to South. The goal is to drain as much stormwater to the street as possible using gravity.
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Altadena Fire Rebuild Drainage Plans - Insurance Question
Going through plan checks and getting the current requirements back in a correction, one of the projects had their insurance ask what code LA County is using to require drainage plans on some lots, and not on others.
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