Projects(Nov 17 2010)

ORA D. BERMAN, RLA

184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520

(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

[email protected]

“We must conceive of

stewardship not simply as

one individual’s practice, but

rather as the mutual and

intimate relationship

extending across

generations, between a

human community and its

place on earth.”

John Elder.

Inheriting Mount Tom, 1997

STRATHMORE PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Client: Incorporated Village of Great Neck

Located in The Village of Great Neck, Strathmore Park

was created on a parcel of vacant land, which borders a

former tidal creek and pond. Tasked with designing an

environmentally sensitive, passive recreation park, col-

laborated closely with a team of environmental consultants,

associate landscape architects, engineers and Village

officials. As project manager, led the project through the

permit, design phase and initial construction.

Design concepts were based on the relationship of the

location to water, through flowing streams, rolling waves

and nautilus shapes. The boardwalk undulates like waves

alongside the stream, a wave field of earth berms fills the

open areas of the park and the boardwalk formed to reflect

the Golden Spiral.

The program included a boardwalk, a woodland trail and

stream restoration. Ecologically sensitive, a native plant

palette was selected complementing site and local condi-

tions and integrating habitat enhancement measures for

the Park. The boardwalk planks were made of Cumaru,

a Brazilian hardwood that is grown specifically for com-

mercial harvesting. Due to soil moisture and instability,

Diamond piers© were used in place of the traditional

timber piles in order to support the structure. These, spider

like piers, help spread the weight evenly on the surface

with out the need to penetrate deep in to the ground.

The structure and trail alignment and surface were de-

signed to be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act

(ADA). Construction of the park began in 2005 and Park

was officially opened Spring of 2009.

ORA D. BERMAN, RLA


(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

[email protected]

• Project Management

• Design & Construction Details

• Construction Documentation & Specification

• Coordination & Graphic Production

• Construction Cost Estimates

CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES

Responsibilities:

ORA D. BERMAN, RLA184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520

(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

[email protected]

SHORELINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLANS

Client: ‘Waterways’ Home Owners Association

In a perfect world of business and design, projects

evolve from one to the other. One project breeds the

next and the next. This project was case in point. With a

limited budget the project began as a shoreline remedia-

tion for a private beach; a response to a Town tree

clearing violation. The restoration plans were small and

covered an area of approximately 400 LF of disturbed

tidal shoreline. This led to the realization that the com-

munity would benefit from a Master Plan. The intent

was to provide the client with a resource guide for the

future and propose adaptive management strategies to

optimize restoration efforts; preserve natural viewsheds

and prevent future regulatory violations.

The Shoreline Vegetative Management Plan (SVMP)

document was developed with a variety of digital tech-

nology on very a tight budget.

This project provided me an opportunity to integrate all

the digital technology available to me to create interpre-

tive, educational and aesthetically pleasing visuals for

an otherwise quite mundane document. Without being

environmental experts and without spending much

time reading the document, the clients were able to

view areas of future concerns and envision their next

steps. This also was an opportunity for me person-

ally to provide our firm with a new standard of graphic

presentations.

• NYSDEC and Town Permit Applications

• Design & Construction Documentation

• Graphic Production & Co-Authored SVMP Report

Responsibilities:

Note for Cleared Areas (CL):• Notice of Violation Received 2006• NYDEC Tidal Wetland Permit Application � Submitted October 2007• Restoration Plan are Awaiting Town and State Approvals

RESTORED LANDSCAPES


• Construction Documentation & Specification


SHORELINE RESTORATION


(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

[email protected]

WATER QUALITY MEASURES

Client: Nassau County Department of Public Works

Over a period of ten or so years Nassau County DPW

has been allocating funds for water quality improvement

measures in many of their local freshwater ponds. My

work with the County began while employed at Landtech

Design PC in support of the engineers and more recently

with EEA Inc. Though each pond has its own set of issues,

having followed these projects over a period of 8 years,

there was much learn from and lots to apply the second

time round.

At Landtech we assisted developing site plans and details

for erosion control measures, intended to restore the

shoreline vegetation along the pond edge. Additional site

specific design efforts were made to redirect public circula-

tion away from the water’s edge and improve hardscape

amenities. My responsibilities included collaborative efforts

with the engineers developing site plans, selecting appro-

priate plant material and preparing some of the construc-

tion documentation.

With EEA’s firm profile being ecological consultants, the

focus of the overall work changed, though the intent was

the same. Responsible for obtaining the environmental

permits as well as ecological inventories of flora and fauna

within and surrounding the ponds and streams, water

quality and sediment sampling and testing, EEA developed

several overall recommendations for water quality and

habitat improvements, including invasive plant control, best

management practices and public outreach.

My work as a designer and a landscape architect included

some public outreach and more specifically the site design,

plant material selection and preparation of construction

documents in the second and third phases of the project.

Responsibilities:

LIVE CRIBWALL & BRUSHMATTRESS

Client: Private Residence

The crib wall and brushmattress shoreline stabilization

techniques applied at this were designed and placed as

bio-engineered alternatives the more traditional structural

approach such as bulkheads and stone revetments.

At times when the natural slope exceeds of the natural

angle of repose of the soils and where brushmattress and

live stakes are not enough, additional structural support

may be required. Installation of the live cribwall at the site

was critical in order to stop the continuous degradation

of the slope and prevent future collapse of the natural

wooded vegetation in to the tidal Creek.

The construction details on this page show the wooden

cribwall structure, which is built into the ground in sections

and is then filled with stone and soil. For extra support,

additional layers of stone and Geogrid© were integrated

in to the structure. A variety of specially selected plant

species, chosen for their ability to withstand the salinity

and shade in the creek, were then used live stakes and

inserted in to the open weave of the wooden structure.

Details in this project were based on schematic detail pub-

lished by the USDA Engineering Handbook. They include

site specific information and are drawn with first hand

experience of installing these systems in the ground.

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS


(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

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Responsibilities:

• NYSDEC, ACOE and Town Permit Applications



• Construction Drawings & Specifications

• Installation Oversight

SHARED USE PATH - DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

Client: The City of Glen Cove, NY

The Glen Cove Esplanade at Captain’s Cove initiated

the revitalization efforts by the City of Glen Cove. With

a 16’ dedicated public right-of-way along the waterfront

being the first of more development to come, the City of

Glen Cove, Long Island hoped to reclaim the industrial-

ized, environmentally challenged and under utilized

properties alongside Glen Cove Creek and turn the area

into a regional tourist destination.

The Glen Cove Esplanade was envisioned as a bicycle/

pedestrian shared use path, alongside the Creek, which

would be extended into the downtown business and

retail districts. The design project, funded partially by the

NYS Department of State, included site plans, construc-

tion documents, details, a Design Report and a manual

of Design Guidelines for the future development. Since

this project was to set the stage for the future develop-

ment, preliminary drawings and case studies were done

with an eye in to the future and included much more

than the built environment of 2002.

ORA D. BERMAN, RLA


(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

[email protected]

RECLAIMED LANDSCAPES

Responsibilities:

• Project Management


• Construction Documents & Specification



• Design Report

• Design Guidelines

RUSTIC SHELTER

Client: Prospect Park, Office of Design & Construction

The drawing of the rustic shelter was based on an old

photograph of the shelter and was used to raise funds to

repair and restore the old structure.

ORA D. BERMAN, RLA


(H) 516-868-8233

(C) 516-286-7710

[email protected]

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