Eric Herman, Author at Water Shapes

Luxury at Koloa Landing

The new swimming pool at Koloa Landing in Poipu Beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, was recently named the number-one resort pool in the United States by the USA Today's Reader's Choice Awards. Given that our firm, PICS, Inc., built the pool, we were

It should be an obvious point -- designing and building commercial pools is an entirely different animal than working in the residential market. But according to Mark Holden and Shawn Tracy, many watershapers they encounter who are new to the commercial realm find themselves in deep water when they realize what they don’t know can be costly, or worse.

Making the Public Leap

It happens all the time. Professionals who start their careers in a residential setting will at some point venture into the world of public water. When they attempt to make the leap, they encounter a whole new working environment that will either

2020/12.1, December 2 — Commercial Pool Peril, Hawai’ian Happiness, Social Pool Detail and more

DESIGN ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION THE DEFINITIVE RESOURCE FOR PROFESSIONALS AND CONSUMERS WHO MAKE WATER AND OUTDOOR…

Commercial Clout

While residential activity is booming these days, the exact opposite is true in the commercial pool market, where sales are slow and most facilities are closed. Dark days indeed, notes Eric Herman, but also a good time to consider the role "public water" plays in both the industry and society.