Land Development for Civil Engineers

Land Development for Civil Engineers, 2nd Edition is a hands-on guide to beginning, managing and completing all land development projects.

Land Development for Civil Engineers, 2nd Edition provides essential facts and recommendations for bringing the nonstructural features of a land development project to successful completion. Regulations, standards and permit data have all been thoroughly updated, including EPA General Stormwater Permits and the agency's rulings on water supply, ADA considerations, American Concrete Pipe Association bedding requirements, wetland permitting changes and other pertinent information.

This single-source reference covers all engineering, legislative and administrative concerns, including design procedures, construction contracts, development guidelines and final inspections. New techniques for project management, including use of intranet and extranet management tools on the Internet, are featured, in addition to the latest material on:

• Soil remediation and brownfield development
• GPS use and new surveying techniques
• Streetscaping
• Developments in design-build methods
• Photogrammetric surveys and GIS use in area and site planning

Complete with hundreds of maps, diagrams, drawings, tables, and charts, Land Development for Civil Engineers, 2nd Edition is the ideal reference for civil design engineers, site design analysts and students, as well as government personnel, developers, landscape architects, urban planners, civil engineering technology students, land surveyors and geotechnical, structural, transportation and environmental engineers.