Would have been nice if I had a course in site grading in college as a civil engineering major. I had a hard time understanding it when learning from coworkers and supervisors early in my career. It’s more of an art form and using the min and max allowed slopes to drain water away from the building and towards drainage inlets. I understood doing spot elevations because that is just y=mx+b but I had a harder time drawing proposed contours knowing that it’s one elevation. Making sure you meet your min and max slopes in all directions based on surface type, parking lot, lawn, driveway, and knowing where to tie them into existing is the hardest part. To get the distance between 1 foot contours, take 1 foot and divide by the slope. 2% will have 1 foot contours 50 feet apart and 3 to 1 horizontal to vertical (33.3%) will be 3 feet apart. It’s important to be able to read a grading plan and being able to point out features like a swale, a berm, and a detention basin
Great information, would like to see a video on how to grade (do contours manually ) for small sites like grading work around a upgraded culvert head structure.
@@reganhulvey4213 wow! Not expecting my landscape people to tune in, I’m happy this helped! If you ever have any more topics or plan sheets you want me to cover let me know
Oh boy. The multiple hurricanes here in central east coast FL have revealed severe grading issues causing excessive flooding on my residential property which is on the 18th fairway of a private golf course. I’m talking 3 feet of water. Right up to the house for the very first time since it was built in 2004. At issue is an undeveloped parcel next to mine belonging to the Golf Club, with it’s collapsed 35 year old underground 14” galvanized spiral drain pipe connecting my yard’s drain basin and the 300 feet of 14” poly spiral pipe I installed two years ago because the old pipe had collapsed like a sinkhole from leaking water underground into the sandy soil. The flood just before Hurricane Milton last week was so sudden and determined that it got into three neighbor’s homes, and 4” from my own doors. I may have to cap off the drain basin at ground level to keep the thousands of gallons of rainwater going down the basin, into my 14” underground drain pipe, and then dead-heading into the Golf Club’s property with it’s collapsed drain that is 6’ beyond my property line and about 30 feet from my house. A fully mature tree was unroofed there last week because the soil is like quicksand.
Hi there, I hope you notice my message. Can you recommend a good book that have topics like drainage, grading, topography or Civil works in general? Thank you so much
So i do residential development ( not an engineer ). A great book and probably the best is "land development handbook" by dewberry. I read that book after getting into residential development and it is 100% accurate as to the process whether it be commercial or residential. It is also very technical on the civil aspects and gets into the calculations on storm, sewer, hydrology, etc.
Also check out some state DOT's websites for any manuals. I live in GA and GDOT has some really great manuals that also dive into civil design on roadways.
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Would have been nice if I had a course in site grading in college as a civil engineering major. I had a hard time understanding it when learning from coworkers and supervisors early in my career. It’s more of an art form and using the min and max allowed slopes to drain water away from the building and towards drainage inlets. I understood doing spot elevations because that is just y=mx+b but I had a harder time drawing proposed contours knowing that it’s one elevation. Making sure you meet your min and max slopes in all directions based on surface type, parking lot, lawn, driveway, and knowing where to tie them into existing is the hardest part. To get the distance between 1 foot contours, take 1 foot and divide by the slope. 2% will have 1 foot contours 50 feet apart and 3 to 1 horizontal to vertical (33.3%) will be 3 feet apart. It’s important to be able to read a grading plan and being able to point out features like a swale, a berm, and a detention basin
Thank you Mr Land Developer PE. First time grading today and your video helped me 😊
awesome! glad I could help. thank you :)
I really like this series! I’m looking forward to your next grading video 😊
@@austellefutch3802 if you ever have any questions let me know!
Great information, would like to see a video on how to grade (do contours manually ) for small sites like grading work around a upgraded culvert head structure.
Hand grade a site?
I do commercial landscape estimating & this was so helpful thank you!!
@@reganhulvey4213 wow! Not expecting my landscape people to tune in, I’m happy this helped! If you ever have any more topics or plan sheets you want me to cover let me know
Thanks for being awesome and sharing your knowledge griff!
@@Smartsometimes no problem! Happy to help
Great video sir! Getting back into land development after being out for a few years. A great refresher. Looking forward to the other videos.
Glad it could help! Engineer or designer?
@@griffinfurlong Engineer. Relocated to NC.
Thanks!
@@naphtalieh.gbolahan2568 much love for that! Thanks for tuning in!
This video is really helpful. It cleared some basic concepts. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
This was awesome! Thank you 🎉
@@DiasFabLane thank you!
Oh boy. The multiple hurricanes here in central east coast FL have revealed severe grading issues causing excessive flooding on my residential property which is on the 18th fairway of a private golf course. I’m talking 3 feet of water.
Right up to the house for the very first time since it was built in 2004. At issue is an undeveloped parcel next to mine belonging to the Golf Club, with it’s collapsed 35 year old underground 14” galvanized spiral drain pipe connecting my yard’s drain basin and the 300 feet of 14” poly spiral pipe I installed two years ago because the old pipe had collapsed like a sinkhole from leaking water underground into the sandy soil.
The flood just before Hurricane Milton last week was so sudden and determined that it got into three neighbor’s homes, and 4” from my own doors.
I may have to cap off the drain basin at ground level to keep the thousands of gallons of rainwater going down the basin, into my 14” underground drain pipe, and then dead-heading into the Golf Club’s property with it’s collapsed drain that is 6’ beyond my property line and about 30 feet from my house.
A fully mature tree was unroofed there last week because the soil is like quicksand.
@@UncleDuncan5092 Research the County code for new developments. You’d be surprised what storm events the roads and lots are designed to!
Great learn. Thanks!
Appreciate it! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Outstanding lesson
Thank you for watching!
To measure slopes with your phone, any specific apps to measure slope percentages?
You can use the iPhone measure tool and convert degrees to %
@@griffinfurlong Sweet, thanks!
Great explanation 🎉
thanks a bunch! let me know if you have any questions
What if there are no blue lines in a drawing? How do you separate the area being flooded?
@@bravecoconut4028 then you have to piece it together yourself unfortunately. Having the basin lines help the review process
perfect 👍
Hi there, I hope you notice my message. Can you recommend a good book that have topics like drainage, grading, topography or Civil works in general? Thank you so much
I can try to find books but I’m more of a visual learner so UA-cam has been my savior
@@griffinfurlong Thank you so much 🙂
So i do residential development ( not an engineer ). A great book and probably the best is "land development handbook" by dewberry. I read that book after getting into residential development and it is 100% accurate as to the process whether it be commercial or residential. It is also very technical on the civil aspects and gets into the calculations on storm, sewer, hydrology, etc.
Also check out some state DOT's websites for any manuals. I live in GA and GDOT has some really great manuals that also dive into civil design on roadways.
@@patrickbellefleur5508 Thank you so much Patrick!
Thank you
you're welcome! let me know if you have any additional questions
Do you do 1 on 1 lessons?
@@citizen_x1294 not typically but I can upon request!
Hi, I'd be interested in this as well. How can I reach you?
Id also be interested. How can I reach you?
I'm just a drafter learning Civil 3d
Welcome to my channel! If there is anything you would like me to dive into let me know in the comments
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Hope I was able to provide good insight! I don't want to make these too long and drawn out. In next videos we will dive deeper!
kinda thing you have to fake being intrested