Scott has more than 14 years of experience as a landscape architect, including 3 years with FTLA. He has worked on master planning and landscape design for colleges, private schools, senior living communities, mixed-use developments and state facilities. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Scott currently resides in Federal Hill.

As a landscape designer at FTLA, Jeffrey has more than 7 years of experience in landscape design. His recent work includes support on the landmark Maryland Intercounty Connector highway project. A graduate of West Virginia University, Jeffrey is currently pursuing his Maryland landscape architect licensure.

Recognized as a “green roof guru” by The Baltimore Sun’s b free daily, Jeremy spearheads FTLA’s work with green roof technologies. Since joining FTLA in 2006 Jeremy has worked on a number of vegetative roof projects, including the Baltimore Convention Center, the Hummelstown Library and The Baltimore Station. Jeremy is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and is also pursuing his Maryland landscape architect licensure.

Scott has more than 14 years of experience as a landscape architect, including 3 years with FTLA. He has worked on master planning and landscape design for colleges, private schools, senior living communities, mixed-use developments and state facilities. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Scott currently resides in Federal Hill.

As a landscape designer at FTLA, Jeff has more than 7 years of experience in landscape design. His recent work includes support on the landmark Maryland Intercounty Connector highway project. A graduate of West Virginia University, Jeff is currently pursuing his Maryland landscape architect licensure.

Recognized as a “green roof guru” by The Baltimore Sun’s b free daily, Jeremy spearheads FTLA’s work with green roof technologies. Since joining FTLA in 2006 Jeremy has worked on a number of vegetative roof projects, including the Baltimore Convention Center, the Hummelstown Library and The Baltimore Station. Jeremy is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and is also pursuing his Maryland landscape architect licensure.

Prior to starting construction, FTLA worked closely with the project’s engineer, STV Group, Inc., to dig multiple test pits along the corridor to determine where planting pits and landscaping were feasible due to the location of existing utilities. In cases where the buried utilities were too close to the surface to safely install landscape material, FTLA modified tree pits to less typical sizes.

Overall, FTLA added more than 130 trees, 110 shrubs and 6,500 grasses and perennials to the one-mile stretch, including 25 oversize tree pits. FTLA also designed more than 400 feet of landscaped center medians, landscape bumpouts and a landscaped pedestrian refuge island between Radnor Road and Rossiter Avenue to reduce the distance a pedestrian must cross travel lanes of traffic.

Once completed, this small project will make a big difference in the daily commutes of local residents.

We look forward to showing you the completed project.

Construction is underway for the new EBDI Entry Park located at the corner of Chase Street and Broadway. The new EBDI Entry Park is designed to be a green space that acts both as a gateway to the transforming neighborhoods affected by the large-scale East Baltimore Development Initiative and an urban oasis for neighboring residents or passerby to enjoy.

As the project’s landscape architect, FTLA’s design is transforming a vacant corner lot into a lush green space with groundcover, grasses, shrubs and ornamental and shade trees. Other site features include paving, curved wall seating and ornamental steel fencing. Solar panels will power the LED accent lighting throughout the park. All design elements tie in to EBDI streetscape standards that will ensure a consistent and pleasing aesthetic throughout the area.

We look forward to keeping you updated on the progress of the new EBDI Entry Park once it is completed.

As landscape architect for the Intercounty Constructors–a  Granite Construction, Corman Construction and G.A. & F.C. Wagman Joint Venture–FTLA was part of the team that worked on the ICC Contract A. The contract consisted of 7.2 miles of controlled access tri-lane divided highway in Montgomery County, Maryland, featuring 18 steel or precast girder bridges and a signature arch bridge over one of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the D.C. Metro Region.

The joint venture team brought on an environmental team to monitor water quality, reforestation, air quality, construction noise and spill prevention. Throughout the project, the team held more than 100 community meetings and public outreach hearings to provide updates and special information for the approximately 10,000 residents within 500 feet aligning the corridor.

In addition to the Build America Award, the ICC Contract A was also recently awarded Engineering News Record’s Northeast Region Best Project of 2011. FTLA congratulates everyone involved in the Intercounty Constructors team on this latest recognition.

Originally designed to achieve a LEED Silver rating, during the design and construction process the Brightview South River team meticulously pursued and documented all possible credits and was able to submit a total of 40 points to the USGBC to be certified at the LEED Gold level.

Brightview South River is a senior living community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland that features 64 assisted living units and 26 units dedicated to Alzheimer’s Care. As the team’s landscape architect, FTLA handled all elements of landscape design including an outdoor dining area, an Alzheimer’s garden, a roof top terrace and two green roofs.

The grand opening for Brightview South River is scheduled for Thursday, April 19, 2012. We look forward to attending the event and celebrating this momentous achievement, and will be sure to post pictures of this beautiful and sustainable new community.

On Friday, March 16, FTLA’s Aaron Teeter and Joan Floura joined the Urban Land Institute-Baltimore for a fantastic day trip to New York City to see the progress of the new World Trade Center site.

The new World Trade Center site combines modern, safe and sustainable commercial space, convenient transportation, and a destination cultural center. The goal is for this site to be a grand new urban center for 21^st century New York City. The vision for the site represents an unprecedented merging of architects, artists, urban developers and designers, including Santiago Calatrava, David Childs, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Fumihiko Maki, Richard Rogers, Michael Arad and Peter Walker and Partners.

During the tour, Aaron and Joan enjoyed an exclusive presentation at the site of the new World Trade Center by Jeremy Moss, Senior Vice President of Leasing of Silverstein Properties. They also had the chance to tour the National September 11 Memorial, which was designed as a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.

Above (l-r): Temporary stormwater management system, Brightview Towson building and pedestrian entrance.

In conjunction with Bozzuto Homes’ Towson Green project which will add brand new urban townhomes to the well-established community of Towson, Maryland, FTLA is providing landscape architecture services to Brightview Towson, a new 92-unit assisted living and Alzheimer’s care community being developed by The Shelter Group.

As you can see from the construction photos, the temporary stormwater management system for Towson Green is currently located in what will become the parking lot for Brightview Towson. Once that is filled in, site work at Brightview Towson will really kick into high gear.

As the landscape architect for the project, FTLA designed an urban streetscape to match the look and feel of the new townhome community for the formal, drop off entrance located in the rear of the building, as well as a streetscape for the pedestrian entrance facing the main street. Because of grading issues at the pedestrian entrance, FTLA incorporated a staircase and ramp into the design that gave the pedestrian entrance an urban look while being ADA accessible.

In addition to the streetscape designs, FTLA also created a one-story raised Alzheimer’s garden so that patients would not have to look directly into the parking lot while in the garden. FTLA also incorporated a central green space into the parking lot design that will include a shade structure, water feature, seating walls and benches.

Stay tuned for updates and more pictures once the stormwater management system is filled and work on FTLA’s streetscape design really gets going.

The program will include an overview of the 2007 Stormwater Management Act and Environmental Site Design (ESD) and will address the challenges and opportunities presented by these technical requirements.

Baltimore Green Works’ 9th Annual Green Week is April 21-28, 2012 and is a week-long series of programs focused on promoting environmental awareness and best sustainable practices in and around Baltimore. A programming schedule for presentations is currently in the works; stay tuned for more details on when and where this presentation will take place.

Thanks to an unseasonably warm Maryland winter, construction is moving forward at Monarch Mills, the new multi-family, affordable housing community located in Howard County, Maryland.

Site features are quickly beginning to take shape at Monarch Mills. Since our last blog, the pool, pool decking and beach volleyball court have been completed and the finished clubhouse now sports a patio, furnishings and a fireplace. The newly-built pavilion proves to be the perfect anchor for the community’s central green space and will feature benches and lighting along the perimeter.

This spring, finishing touches will be added including sand for the beach volleyball court, water for the pool and additional site plantings.

Once completed, Monarch Mills will be the first new community in Howard County that will meet Enterprise Green Communities criteria in all apartments. The community clubhouse was also designed to LEED Gold standards.

At the event, MdQI announced its 2012 Awards of Excellence winners and FTLA is proud to have been on the winning team in the Planning category for its work on the MTA’s Kirk Bus Division Modernization Project. Fellow team members on the project included Gannett Fleming; Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson; and Whitman, Requardt & Associates.

FTLA also served as landscape architect on another project that was named a finalist in the award, the MD 351 Roundabout @ Elmer Derr Road Project for the SHA, on which FTLA joined Francis O. Day Co., Inc. and Century Engineering Inc.

FTLA would like to thank the MTA, SHA and MdQI for the recognition and thank all of the team members who were instrumental to the success of these projects.