recommended reference books?

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Jen Mathers

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Dec 9, 2024, 3:27:47 PM12/9/24
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Which books on the CLARB recommended reading list (or elsewhere) do you think will be most useful for future reference in your career?  I certainly can't buy all of them but would like to have some good references for my library. 

Here's a copy of the list from the CLARB website:

Inventory, Analysis & Project Management
• Planning & Urban Design Standards - Student Edition/ Steiner and Butler
• Site Planning & Design Handbook - 2nd Edition / Russ
• Sustainable Sites Handbook / Calkins
• Site Analysis, 3rd Edition / LaGro
• Project Management for Design Professionals / Ramroth

Planning & Design
• Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards - Student Version / Hopper
• Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards / Design Workshop
• Sustainable Stormwater Management / Liptan and Stanten
• Sustainable Sites Handbook / Calkin
• Site Planning and Design Handbook, 2nd edition / Russ

Construction Documentation & Administration
• Construction Contracts, 3rd edition / Hinze
• Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards - Student Version / Hopper
• Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architects, 2nd Edition / Harris and Dines
• Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards / Design Workshop
• Landscape Architects Portable Handbook / Dines and Brown

Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management
• Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards - Student Version / Hopper
• Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture, 2nd edition / Harris and Dines
• Sustainable Stormwater Management / Liptan and Stanten
• Site Engineering for Landscape Architects, 6th edition / Strom, Nathan and Woland
• Sustainable Sites Handbook / Calkins

Whitney Redfield

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Dec 17, 2024, 10:27:59 AM12/17/24
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"Sustainable Stormwater Management" is no longer in print.  You'll have to go to a library. FYI.

I have some digital copies of these books if anyone needs some.

Radhika Dinesh Sarda

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Jan 5, 2026, 1:12:31 AM (3 days ago) Jan 5
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Hey Whitney,
Can you share digital copies?

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