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Deep Dive Session

WED-DD-01: Laying the Foundation: Current Approaches to Integrating Soil to Site

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
8:30am – 11:00am ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 154AB
Ticket Purchase Required
2.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, ISA, NY/HSW, FL
Ticket Price: $25 per person
The soil below is a living organism critical to bringing a landscape to life. Forward-thinking approaches to soil design and implementation are changing how soils are successfully integrated into projects. This deep dive session presents the ways that these new approaches for soil design, installation, and management can greatly benefit projects.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn and understand emerging details of soil procurement and preparation and soil installation.
  • Understand the critical contributions of healthy, living soil and why it is essential for successful, sustainable vegetation.
  • Learn and understand the importance of soil testing for quality assurance and soil performance.
  • Work with owners and contractors to achieve the common goal of building and managing healthy, living soil.
  • Engage with other professionals’ common experiences in soil design and installation.
  • Develop understanding of why soil design, preparation, and installation is a long lead item requiring critical attention to detail.