Impervious area is considered to be ground cover that allows little to no rainwater that falls upon the surface of this cover after a rainfall…
Infiltration rate is the speed at which rainwater is able to be absorbed into and travel vertically through the ground and toward the groundwater level.…
A construction cost estimate in land development is an itemized breakdown of the costs of the site work for a proposed project. Besides being able…
A traffic engineer is the person who is involved in the design and analysis of traffic systems. This person designs new traffic light signalizations and…
Hydraulic analysis refers to the determination of what happens to a water surface elevation within a waterway during certain storm events. These storm events could…
Hydrology is a term used to refer to the drainage characteristics of a particular watershed basin or drainage area. These characteristics include the kind of…
If you are in search of a civil engineer to design a new land development project for you, there are a couple of ways to…
Sediment occurs during a rainfall event after stabilized land is disturbed for construction. When the earth below stabilized ground cover such as grass and paved…
A storm drain is a structure that collects stormwater runoff as part of a stormwater storm sewer system. It is the combination of a grate…
A drainage swale is a vegetated channel used in land development designs to divert stormwater runoff usually to a waterway, a storm sewer inlet, or…