GSA Green Roof Under Construction

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We recently completed construction documents for an 11,500 square foot green roof on the Federal General Services Administration (GSA) building near the Lloyd District.

The project is now under construction. Snyder Roofing has wrapped up the installation of the EPDM roof membrane, and now Enviroscapes NW has begun installation of the ecoroof system. The various layers of the ecoroof system are being placed this week, and soil will be pumped up to the roof next week. This project has been going very smoothly except for the rainy March...

GreenWorks Adds Two New Professionals

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GreenWorks announces the addition of two new landscape designers, Azad Sadjadi, LEED, and Danae Davison. Azad Sadjadi, LEED, joins GreenWorks as a landscape designer with 3 years of experience. Previously employed at firms in California and in Oregon, he has a passion for sustainable design and skills in landscape design, graphic design, computer modeling and engineering details. His professional experience includes landscape design and planning of a 400-acre school redevelopment site for Architects without Borders Azad is currently working on the Coquille National Wildlife Refuge Area in Bandon, Oregon assisting with design of green infrastructure. Azad also enjoys painting and is a freelance artist whose work has been displayed at various venues and galleries.  Azad received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

 

 Danae Davison is a landscape designer with 4 years of experience in park planning, cultural landscapes and residential design. Working on projects as near as the Columbia River Gorge and as far as remote mountains in Greece, she has an understanding of the relationship between natural and human landscapes. Her experience includes site design, master planning, design development, planting design, and hand and digital rendering. Danae is currently working on street improvements for the Mt. Hood Community College Greenway project. Danae holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Utah and a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Oregon.

Gresham Celebrates Arbor Day with a New Arboretum

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“Today, April 9, is Gresham’s Arbor Day,” Gresham City Officials declared last Saturday in Gradin Park.  The City of Gresham, community members, and GreenWorks gathered Saturday in a dedication and ribbon cutting for Gresham’s new Arboretum at Gradin Sports Park.

An idea that grew from an Urban Forestry Community forum in 2009 to Saturday’s dedication, the new Arboretum will hold vast recreational and educational opportunities for the City of Gresham.  Designed to showcase Gresham’s natural landscape and trees that thrive in winter, spring, summer, and fall, the Arboretum will be home to nearly 400 trees and 300 varieties upon completion.  Saturday’s dedication was followed by tree plantings with City Officials, tours of surrounding trees, and recertified Gresham’s membership in the Arbor Day Foundation’s “Tree City USA” program.

GreenWorks provided Master Plan development and design drawings for the Arboretum at Gradin Sports Park.  Construction for the arboretum will be done in phases as the sports park is developed.