Site Engineering I: Grading and Drainage

Shaping land with contours, slopes and spot elevations, and moving water off a site.

LARC-230 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Landscape Architecture

Course content

  1. 1Contours and topographic mapsComing
  2. 2Slope and gradient calculationsComing
  3. 3Spot elevationsComing
  4. 4Grading principlesComing
  5. 5Grading around buildingsComing
  6. 6Grading walks, ramps and stairsComing
  7. 7Accessible gradingComing
  8. 8Surface drainageComing
  9. 9Swales and bermsComing
  10. 10Cut and fillComing
  11. 11Grading plansComing
  12. 12Grading projectComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Shaping land with contours, slopes and spot elevations, and moving water off a site.

Part of the Architecture & Planning stream, typically taken in year 2.