re: LSU lakes master planning work kicks off Wednesday

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andscape architects know nothing about dredging a lake...Or Managing a watershed...which will do the same thing again,,,,

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Landscape Architect checking in. I'm a landscape architect that has done a good bit of dredging and watershed management in addition to long-term ecological planning. Plus, dredging is only a third of plan. There is design for the areas around the lake and then long-term management planning.

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Why aren't they looking to LSU landscape architecture school for this? Couldn't they take it on as a continuing project?

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It would make for a good academic project, but this is nowhere within the scope of knowledge of students or professors. Not to mention it's a multi-year project that couldn't be completed in a semester or two.

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I'd much rather they leave it to a nationally renowned firm

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I'd much rather leave it to a local firm, of which there are several capable of something like this. From the looks of it though, they are looking for national firms, which is a shame. Two national firms just got major downtown projects when there were a good number of local firms that submitted that were plenty capable to do the job. It's getting pretty annoying that projects keep going out of town. Town Square was designed by a JV of two local firms. There is talent in the city that gets pushed aside.