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Quick exercise
Tech shook things up today with a quick drawing exercise. About 15 minutes to draw over a perspective scene for SuDS. This really helped...
Sydney Olszewski
Jan 8, 20251 min read
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CampbellReith Engineers
Structures impact landscape features and vise versa. Remember that principles don't change. Much like with the last lecture from...
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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Steintec Civil Engineering: Part Two
Success in the Art of Pavement Construction- there's a lot. When it comes to success or failure- speak up, document everything, and...
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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Steintec Civil Engineering: Part One
It seems like so many of these lectures are about our connection to other disciplines. How do we interact with each other? How do we...
Sydney Olszewski
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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Role of the Contaminated Land Consultant
Guest speaker: Clair Chamley from ARUP Week 3 Key takeaways: What is contaminated land? - Potentially harmful substances in soil water...
Sydney Olszewski
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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The Urban Tree: Plant Production
Week 2 Key takeaways: Bare root- scoop and shake out soil from the root system Root ball- scoop without the shake Container grown Use the...
Sydney Olszewski
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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The Urban Tree: Soil
Week 2 Key takeaways: Soil- dead matter, contains nutrients, supports root systems, holds water Typical/ ideal soil: 25% air (void)...
Sydney Olszewski
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Woodlands
Setting an intention: I want to use this blog as a resource for myself to look back on, and hopefully a resource for others studying...
Sydney Olszewski
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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A walk to Greenwich park
For our first week we went on a walk through Greenwich park since the weather was unexpectedly nice. I feel I learn best this way,...
Sydney Olszewski
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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