Vol. 26, No. 8 ● November 8, 2018
Did we see you at our CU-Soil® Seminar?
View the webinar online!
We incorporated CU-Soil® and trees into the new back patio at WSSI’s main office.
Last week we welcomed industry experts to our Gainesville, Virginia headquarters office to share the new and innovative ways that structural soil can be used to manage stormwater and combat some of the challenges in urban development that affect trees and vegetative landscape. Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. staff were joined by experts from The Davey Institute, Luck Ecosystems, Virginia Tech, Rutgers University, and Davey Resource Group as we examined the success of CU-Soil® across a variety of case studies and discussed the availability of field data related to the use of structural soil. We also took a look at our newly installed CU-Soil® patio, and the process and materials that we used to construct it.
The CU-Soil® Seminar and materials are available online; visit our Seminar webpage or click the links below:
Watch the CU-Soil® Seminar
Watch our CU-Soil® patio construction time-lapse video
Review the Technical Presentations (click links for the speakers’ slides)
Potential of CU-Soil® as a New Stormwater BMP
Luck Ecosystems & The Davey Institute
- Kateri S. Shreve, PE, LEED AP, VCCO - Product Manager
- Chris Fields-Johnson, Ph.D., ISA Certified Arborist - Technical AdvisorImplementing the CU-Structural Soil® Patio at WSSI
Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.
- Dillon Conner, PLA, ISA Certified Arborist - Senior Landscape ArchitectDesigned soils under pavement: what data is in and available?
Rutgers University, Department of Ecology Evolution and Natural Resources
- Jason Grabosky, Ph.D. - ProfessorCase study: A parking lot with traditional asphalt, porous asphalt, trees, and CU-Soil® after 13 years of limited maintenance
Davey Resource Group
- Andrew Hillman, ISA Certified Arborist, LTE - Northeast Regional Business DeveloperCombining Stormwater Retention with Trees: Experiences with Structural Soils
Virginia Tech, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
- Susan D. Day, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Urban Forestry
If you have questions about CU-Soil® or would like to explore how you can implement structural soil on your project sites, please contact Chris Fields-Johnson of the Davey Institute, or Dillon Conner of Wetland Studies and Solutions. Stop by our Gainesville headquarters to see our CU-Soil® patio in action!