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What Is Low Impact Design (LID)?

What Is Low Impact Design (LID)?

Low Impact Design (LID) refers to managing stormwater runoff at the source (on-site) using green infrastructure techniques. Keeping water on-site reduces the need for much larger and more costly management systems. It also helps prevent flooding by reducing the amount of water that enters surface waterways during flash flood events. Conventional stormwater management uses a … Continue reading What Is Low Impact Design (LID)?...

Working with Terrain

Working with Terrain

As land planners, 7gen starts every project looking at the opportunities and constraints provided by the land along with the related regulating government authorities’ (RGA’s) codes and ordinances. The land’s terrain plays a major role in the project’s design when these opportunities and constraints are considered along with the RGA’s codes and ordinances. Extreme flat … Continue reading Working with Terrain...

Plant Facilities and Detention

Plant Facilities and Detention

Nearly every community in the Houston region will include a water plant, wastewater plant, lift stations and detention ponds. So why is it that these necessary components are so negatively visible in some communities — and almost invisible in others? In rare instances, some of these components actually work to beautify and enhance communities! So what’s the … Continue reading Plant Facilities and Detention...

Shawn Massock Promoted to Partner

Shawn Massock Promoted to Partner

Shawn Massock, RLA has been promoted to Partner. Mr. Massock has 28 years of experience in land planning and landscape architecture with a core focus on the integration of built and natural environments. He has worked on a wide variety of public, private, local, regional, and international projects involving master-planned communities, mixed-use communities, retail/commercial sites, resorts, … Continue reading Shawn Massock Promoted to Partner...