The field of land development has many components to it that are involved with getting a project from just an idea to actually being constructed.…
There are many steps and factors involved with the design of a stormwater management system. The following are ten common terms used in the area…
There are many parts involved in the area of land surveying and it takes years of training and experience to learn about it all. The…
A part of a land development drawing is the legend which is the rectangular chart (usually found on the cover sheet and in one of…
A grading plan is a construction plan that shows a site contractor how to grade a new land development project. It shows what areas of…
A title block is the rectangular area of information in a land development plan set that identifies various pieces of the project and the plan.…
A contour line in land surveying is a two-dimensional representation of an elevation across an area of land that is drawn on a plan or…
An easement is a specific section of land for which a governing entity or a utility company has the right to be allowed access to…
A stormwater basin (sometimes referred to as a detention basin or a detention pond) is a man-made area of graded earth that is designed to…
Karst topography refers to land that is prone to sinkholes which are empty pockets that form underground due to the presence of certain types of…