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THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS
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| February 19, 2020 www.watershapes.com |
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Split Personalities
There was definitely something familiar about this project: All of the principals involved knew each other well, notes Ken Alperstein, and now they’d been asked to rework almost every detail of two golf courses on which they’ve all labored repeatedly for nearly a quarter century. [more]
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Voices of Authority
In listing ten more guideposts Paolo Benedettiwishes he’d known before he started his business, this entire second set is about knowing, following and being on the right side of the rules when it’s time to work with inspectors and the codes and standards they’re sworn to enforce. [more]
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TRAVELOGUE
A Chance Encounter
As they walked through Philadelphia’s historic downtown district,Jim McCloskey‘s daughter led him into a grand, old building: It held not just one, but two huge surprises that salvaged what to that point hadn’t exactly been a great wintertime adventure in a watershape-rich city. [more]
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ESSENTIAL
In January 2008, southern California’s Orange County Water District unveiled its Groundwater Replenishment System, a treatment and reuse facility dedicated to producing water to resupply the county’s beleaguered groundwater reserves. A year later,Eric Hermantoured the facility, getting a behind-the-scenes look at a thought-provoking system that is setting new standards for water treatment, management and use.
This article, originally published inWaterShapesin April 2010, has been digitized for all readers. Clickhereto see the full text and enlarge the images to study the craftsmanship in detail.
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TECHNICAL BRIEFING
A Stream Comes to Life
The ‘art’ of stream building is found mostly in the final stages of construction, saysRick Anderson. Here, in the last installment of his series on streamcrafting, he walks us through the concluding steps involved in transforming a raw installation into a finished masterpiece. [more]
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WATERSHAPES WORLD
Just Amazing
There’s even more major news from Watershape University: As Jim McCloskeyreports, Eric Herman has joined the team and will soon take charge of WaterShapes, while Ask the Masters has agreed to add its videos and podcasts to WaterShapes.com’s home page! [more]
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WE BROWSE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO . . .
Glorious Synergy Dept.:Want to seeten buildings that owe their fame to their relationships with water? [more]
They’re great all alone, but water makes themmagical.
Tough Crowd Dept.: How would you like putting up with near-daily evaluations of your work on a web site? [more]
I guess it’s part of the joy of working at Disney World . . .
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WATERSHAPES CLASSIC
In his Currents column of February 2010,Mark Holdenfocused on the inevitability of a major trend that was then sweeping the watershaping industry. Is this phenomenon still so irresistible today? [more]
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Solus Décor Offers Concrete Water Bowls
Solus Décor(New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) manufactures waterfeatures that combine clean-edged metal scuppers with the look of hand-cast concrete bowls. Available with 26-, 36- and 48-inch diameters, the bowls include central ports for water connections and are intended for applications over pools, ponds or small, hidden catch basins. For details, clic khere.
Rico Rock Launches Poolside Climbing Wall
Rick Rock(Orlando, FL) offers a vertical rock-climbing wall for poolside mounting and use by bathers who can climb up, jump off and splash back into the pool. Made of reinforced, lightweight cast concrete with a structural steel frame, the kit’s components are molded from natural rock and stand nearly eight feet tall, ten feet wide and four feet deep. For details, cli ckhere.
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WPN UPDATE
Getting Ready
for a Great 2020
These days, the Internet is the information resource of choice for those looking for goods and services. But it’s tough for an individual business to capture eyes amid the bewildering array of options facing consumers as they try to find ways to make water part of their home or working lives
That’s why we started theWaterShapes Professional Network— a place consumers are using to get basic information about pool. pond and fountain designers and builders before they start making direct phone calls to arrange for site visits and bids. It’s a new way of making initial contacts and getting in the game!
TheNetworkis working just the way we’d hoped: Time toclickaboard?
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