Comments on: Silva Cells: Supporting Stormwater Runoff, Utilities, and Long-Term Tree Growth in High-Traffic Areas http://www.globalsiteplans.com/environmental-design/silva-cells-supporting-stormwater-runoff-utilities-and-long-term-tree-growth-in-high-traffic-areas/ Branding for Architecture, Engineering, Environmental Non-Profits, Landscape Architecture, & Urban Planning Companies Sun, 19 May 2013 19:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark Lerch http://www.globalsiteplans.com/environmental-design/silva-cells-supporting-stormwater-runoff-utilities-and-long-term-tree-growth-in-high-traffic-areas/comment-page-1/#comment-9505 Mark Lerch Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:10:50 +0000 http://globalsiteplans.blogs.patsoffice.com/?p=2950#comment-9505 Hi, I haven’t seen any Silva Cells go in yet. I have heard about them. James Urban. To answer your question. It is problematic. When there is a cut in a landscape budget it’s not what you see, it’s what you don’t see. The site furniture family. The channel drains. Pervious paving, reclaimed water opportunities, bio-infiltration, the Silva cells or adequate provisions for tree growth 20 years down the road. Perhaps a staff engineer was enlisted to sign and seal the engineered landscape plans as is allowed in some states.

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