Silva Cell Case Study: Installing Without Side Access Rodney Square, Wilmington, DE
Our recent Silva Cell installation at Rodney Square in Wilmington, DE is an excellent example of how Cells can be installed on a site without access from the sides.
Our recent Silva Cell installation at Rodney Square in Wilmington, DE is an excellent example of how Cells can be installed on a site without access from the sides.
We previously took a look at how to do an emergency utility repair where a Silva Cell system is installed. Today we’ll look at how to do a planned repair. Broadway Avenue, in Winnipeg, which went in the ground in July 2007, was one of our first Silva Cell installations. Several years later, they had a planned… More
Today we’ll look at how to do an emergency repair of a Silva Cell system. This simulated repair was done at a demonstration site in Toronto and was a joint test site between Toronto Water and the City. First, a water pipe was installed. A hole was cut in to the pipe. Once the water was… More
The Silva Cell works with all types of paving. During a recent webinar, one participant asked if settlement is a concern in areas where unit pavers have been installed continuously over both Silva Cells and the adjacent soil subgrade. Good question.
We’re excited. It’s not every day that Prince Charles visits a Silva Cell demonstration! As part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration, the Prince and Camilla recently visited Canada. And while in Toronto on May 21st, they stopped at the Pan Am Village site, where Silva Cells will be installed as part of a revitalization… More
A Silva Cell installation at the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, NC, took place in a plaza by the (LEED Certified Silver) Genome Science Building on the Bell Tower Campus near Kenan Stadium.
Today’s guest post is from international tree consultant Jeremy Barrell, arborist and principal at Barrell Tree Care. You can see more photos of the Bomber Command Memorial Silva Cell installation on our Facebook page, or download the case study. A Memorial in London’s Green Park to honour the 55,573 men of Bomber Command who lost… More
Last year, the Uptown Circle, in Normal, IL, was honored with the IL-ASLA President’s award. Now it’s been awarded an EPA “Smart Growth” award as well.
Last week we attended a Silva Cell green roof installation at the Medical Mart and Convention Center in Cleveland, OH. This project was designed by URS Corp. and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, and installed by Independence Excavating.
Man. The day is finally here. The Silva Cell installation guidelines are now available on our YouTube channel.
Many designers understand the need for the Silva Cell and support it as an effective design tool for tree growth and stormwater management in urban environments. Yet, all too often it gets value engineered out of projects for being too pricey. While cheaper than creating a custom suspended pavement system, and actually money-saving in the long-term,… More
Trees are effortlessly artful. This artfulness may be part of why they have such a calming and restorative effect on people and can elicit such powerful emotional attachment. Trees are also functional infrastructure. You can debate which role is more valuable, but from an economic standpoint, infrastructure usually wins hands-down. That’s one reason why recent… More
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