FILTREXX LIVINGWALLS & GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FREE COURSE
Earn up to 3 PHD Credits by attending "Designing Living Retaining Walls" course.
Filtrexx® LivingWalls™ division and Great Rivers Greenway present the FREE COURSE "Designing Living Retaining Walls" on May 26, 2016 (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) at Great Rivers Greenway Offices in St. Louis, MO (6174 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112).
Living wall projects are designed to be “green” infrastructure projects that enhance the environment while stabilizing a slope. The “green” part of the design gives the structure a unique ability to treat stormwater in a vertical prairie, reduce the heat island effects of a hard surface wall and provide green habitat for birds, insects, worms and other species that help promote a healthy environment in a community.
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DATE
Thursday, May 26, 2016
LOCATION
Great Rivers Greenway Offices
6174 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112
REGISTRATION DETAILS
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GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY OFFICES - ST. LOUIS, MO
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 AM – Sign In
8:30 – 9:15 AM
John Shively, P.E., Millenia Professional Services of O’Fallon
A review of slope assessment, engineering of walls, site design and wall integration
9:15 – 9:45 AM
Roy Gross, St. Louis Composting
Discussion on growing media and the benefit of compost for healthy plants and longevity of a green wall
9:45 – 10:00 AM – Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Mark Woolbright, Filtrexx LivingWalls Division
New innovations in living walls and their benefits for any landscape
11:00 – 11:45 AM
Doug Bauer, DJM Ecological
Green wall maintenance and picking your plants with an eye on longevity, durability and changing climate conditions; how do we maintain a living prairie?
11:45 – 12:00 PM
Overview of wall installation basics
ABOUT FILTREXX LIVINGWALLS
Filtrexx LivingWalls division specializes in design, engineering and installation of living walls, retaining living walls, green roofs and bank stabilization systems. We build a wide range of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) and non-MSE solutions for walls and slopes from 45 to 80 degrees of inclination, with varying degrees of design flexibility and planting options.
ABOUT GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY
In the year 2000, the people of the greater St. Louis area voted to create Great Rivers Greenway. By exercising their voice and their vote through Proposition C, the residents of the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County invested in a special sales tax to make the St. Louis region a better place to live with clean water, safe parks and community trails. In 2013, the taxpayers in St. Louis City and County invested in this mission once again with Proposition P, which again funded parks and greenways, as well as the CityArchRiver Project.