2002 Winner of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Award

Blenkinsop Creek Restoration

Blenkinsop Project Site Plan

Blenkinsop Creek Restoration Design
Agricultural Private, Public Partnership
Saanich, B.C., Canada (2001)

LaCas Consultants Inc. specialists in SMART Municipal Development and urban stream restoration designed a 600m long meandering channel using specialized techniques and a multi-disciplinary approach with Aqua-Tex Scientific Consultants Ltd. The primary design criteria for both the urban stream restoration was based upon the Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) technique developed by the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management. This project represents only the first time PFC has been used as the basis for Best Management Practices with respect to collaboration between the municipality's need to protect its freshwater resources and the agricultural community's need to provide food both economically and ecologically sustainable. Integral to the works, a 400m long drainage ditch separating two major crop fields was abandoned to provide the farmer with a contiguous field simplifying access, irrigation and farm management.

Winner of the 2002 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Gold)

Pervious Vehicle Parking Lot

Hydrological Design of Grass/Gravel Pave Pervious Parking Lot
Greater Victoria, B.C., Canada (2001)

LaCas Consultants Inc. carried out the innovative hydrological design of a 187 space pervious vehicular parking lot and drainage system as part of the Vancouver Island Technology Park. The project has received gold status for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (L.E.E.D.).

Winner of the 2001 Corporation of the District of Saanich Environmental Award

Swan Creek Project Pre-Construction

Swan Creek Post-Construction

Swan Creek Riparian Planting

Swan Creek Project Site Plan

Swan Creek Restoration Design at Willowbrook Subdivision
Corporation of District of Saanich Environmental Award
Saanich, B.C., Canada (2000)

LaCas Consultants Inc., specialists in SMART Municipal Development and urban stream restoration was retained by Cadillac Developments Ltd. for the 31 lot Willowbrook housing development project in Saanich, B.C. A 75m long meandering channel and 6 biofiltration ponds were designed using specialized techniques and a multi-disciplinary approach with Aqua-Tex Scientific Consultants Ltd. The primary design criteria for both the urban stream restoration and the biofiltration ponds were based upon the Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) technique developed by the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management. This project represents only the second time PFC has been used as the basis for Best Management Practices with respect to collaboration between the municipality's need to protect its freshwater resources and the development community's need to provide housing which is both economically and ecologically sustainable.

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