Mitchell Block: Low-Impact Development Case Study
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The Mitchell Block is a LEED Gold urban, infill redevelopment project that implemented multiple sustainable site and low-impact development strategies. Innovative stormwater techniques include rain gardens, bio-retention tree filter, and permeable pavers. As with our other presentations, feel free to contact us for high-resolution original files with slide transitions, etc.
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Mitchell Block: Low-Impact Development Case Study
- 1. MITCHELL BLOCK Fort Collins, Colorado LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT
- 2. URBAN INFILL REDEVELOPMENT – MOUNTAIN & WALNUT
- 3. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION fully lined with 30-mil PVC impermeable membrane
- 4. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION perforated PVC underdrain…
- 5. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION … runs along entire paver section
- 6. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION similar sub-base course as Odell’s
- 7. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION similar base course as Odell’s
- 8. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION similar bedding course as Odell’s
- 9. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION same manual method of installation
- 10. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION same herringbone pattern, but with perimeter header
- 11. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION void filler brushed into place with a broom
- 12. PERMEABLE PAVERS – BASS™ INSTALLATION finished product – Mountain Avenue
- 13. PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION begins with demo and removal of existing asphalt
- 14. PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION Urban Drainage uses more of a sand filter system
- 15. PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION this section also lined with 30-mil PVC membrane and has perf. underdrain
- 16. PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION note the difference between the sand versus the large aggregate
- 17. PERMEABLE PAVERS – UDFCD INSTALLATION finished product – Walnut Street
- 18. FILTERRA BIORETENTION SYSTEM manufactured unit delivered and craned into place
- 19. FILTERRA BIORETENTION SYSTEM similar to an on-grade Type R inlet with a tree grate out of the top
- 20. FILTERRA BIORETENTION SYSTEM trash and large debris collect on top of planting media
- 21. CSU URBAN WATER CENTER – RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP water quality monitoring system installed at sump inlet
- 22. CSU URBAN WATER CENTER – RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP samples taken from paver section only, Filterra by-passes
- 23. URBAN RAIN GARDENS rain garden flanks sump inlet at corner of Walnut Street
- 24. URBAN RAIN GARDENS curb cuts allow water to enter rain garden at both ends
- 25. URBAN RAIN GARDENS on-grade rain garden further west on Walnut Street
- 26. URBAN RAIN GARDENS overflow weir controls the on-grade rain garden
- 27. SPECIAL THANKS Contributing Photographers : Herman Feissner – Feissner Consulting Basil Hamdan – City of Fort Collins Cody Snowdon – Northern Engineering Project Team : Bohemian Foundation Everitt-MacMillan Development Neenan Company BHA Design City of Fort Collins Utilities CSU Urban Water Center