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Successfully navigate the confusing maze of land development

If you’re looking for cutting-edge blockbuster coverage of the land development process, the search ends here! Written by one of the nation’s premier consulting firms, this new edition delivers up-to-date coverage of planning, engineering, and surveying . . . all with over 700 illustrations, including diagrams, detailed drawings, plats, and reports generated at the various design stages, as well as charts, tables, and more.

This edition includes regulatory changes; new data on open space areas for landscape architects; coverage of the latest advances in GPS and GIS technology; new perspectives on urban growth; and updated case studies, plans, and details. You’ll find a thorough description of the design and approval process for residential, commercial, and retail land development projects and access to valuable bottom-line information on:

* Environmental issues, including erosion and sediment control, storm water management, environmental impact studies and assessments, and water quality

* Types of local regulations; where to get necessary project approval; what to expect during the process

* Site analysis and selection criteria for feasibility studies

* Technical information on the design of suburban infrastructure components such as water treatment and supply systems, sanitary sewer systems, storm drain systems, and roads

* The complete spectrum of surveying methods, including Global Positioning System Surveys and Geographic Information Systems

How to develop. “Forty years ago, for a typical suburban house, the cost of engineering, planning, and surveying, including fees paid to agencies, was about the cost of a refrigerator today. Today it is probably greater than the total cost of all of kitchen and other electronic appliances combined.” So write Sidney Dewberry and Dennis Couture in the overview chapter that introduces the mammoth second edition of the Land Development Handbook: Planning, Engineering, and Surveying (2002; McGraw-Hill; 1,124 pp.; $150). A development and consulting firm, the Dewberry Companies, is listed as author, which seems appropriate since most of the 26 editors and contributing authors are employees of the firm.

The first edition of this handbook was published in 1996. For this version, several of the 41 chapters have been updated, and the order of presentation has been changed to reflect the way issues come up in a project. There are six sections: feasibility and site analysis, conceptual design, schematic design, final design, plan submission and permitting, and construction. This is a how-to book that aspires to be both extensive and detailed; its table of contents alone runs 13 pages.

As the title and cover photo suggest, the authors focus on development of greenfields. The engineering perspective is dominant, and the book’s brief mentions of smart growth and new ways of designing feel largely extraneous to the business at hand. Thus, the 51-page chapter on suburban street design devotes two pages to pedestrians, and the list of suggested readings in the chapter on development patterns and principles includes no work published since 1990.

THE DEWBERRY COMPANIES, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, started out as a six-person civil engineering company in 1956 serving the northern Virginia area. Since then the company has grown to a nationally known design firm with over 1,600 employees, 26 offices, an amazing array of people, resources, and capabilities. Dedicated to architecture, planning, and surveying, the Dewberry Companies is rated one of the top 100 land development firms in the United States by the ENR.

PART I: OVERVIEW

Chapter 1: Overview of the Land Development Process

PART II: FEASIBILITY AND SITE ANALYSIS

Chapter 2: Comprehensive Planning and Zoning

Chapter 3: Site Plan Ordinances, Subdivision Regulations, and Building Codes

Chapter 4: Exactions, Infrastructure Enhancements, and Fees

Chapter 5: Real Property Law

Chapter 6: Engineering Feasibility

Chapter 7: Environmental Regulations

Chapter 8: Environmental Site Assessments

Chapter 9: Historic and Archaeologic Assessment

Chapter 10: Market Analysis and Economic Feasibility

Chapter 11: The Rezoning Process

PART III: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

Chapter 12: Development Patterns and Principles

PART IV: SCHEMATIC DESIGN

Chapter 13: Boundary Surveys for Land Development

Chapter 14: Control Surveys

Chapter 15: Topographic Surveys

Chapter 16: Preliminary Engineering

Chapter 17: Environmental and Natural Resources

Chapter 18: Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Chapter 19: Environmental Considerations

PART V: FINAL DESIGN

Chapter 20: Suburban Street Design

Chapter 21: Storm Drain Design

Chapter 22: Design of Stormwater Management Facilities

Chapter 23: Floodplain Studies

Chapter 24: Grading and Earthwork

Chapter 25: Wastewater Collection

Chapter 26: Water Distribution

Chapter 27: Wastewater Treatment

Chapter 28: Water Supply and Treatment

Chapter 29: Erosion and Sediment Control

Chapter 30: Contract Documents and Specifications

Chapter 31: Construction Cost Estimating

PART VI: PLAN SUBMISSION AND PERMITTING

Chapter 32: Subdivision Submittals

Chapter 33: Plan Submittal, Review and Approval Process

Chapter 34: Environmental Permits

PART VII: CONSTRUCTION

Chapter 35: Construction Stakeout Surveys

Chapter 36: Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy

PART VIII: TECHNICAL APPENDICES

Chapter 37: Geospatial Data

Chapter 38: Types of Drawings Used in Land Development

Chapter 39: Soils

Chapter 40: Case Study: Union Mills

Chapter 41: Technical Appendix

Index