Project Overview
The Pratt Institute’s Environmental Systems Management graduate program was awarded a Department of Environmental Protection Green Infrastructure Grant in 2012. The intent of the Green Infrastructure project is to meet the DEP’s goal of reducing combined sewer overflows. Rather than reconnect an earlier failed permeable parking lot to the City’s combined sewer system, we proposed to retrofit the 100 parking space lot with bioswales, trench drains, permeable pavers and plantings to retain storm water. I finalized construction drawings and storm water calculations for submission to the DEP Green infrastructure technical unit. I drafted several construction documents such as material estimates, site safety plan, scope of work and construction schedules.
Pratt Institute and Gaia Institute
Timeline: June 2013 - December 2014
Team: Paul Mankiewicz Ph.D (Project Manager), Leonel Ponce (Designer) and Jaime Stein (Project Coordinator)
My role: Construction drawings, water infiltration calculations, renderings and construction documents (Green Infrastructure Fellow)
