Print this ArticleDo You Have a Green Infrastructure Design Vision for South Florida?
Start gathering your professional design team and help with a real-world experiment to tackle South Florida’s unique site conditions with APA Gold Coast Sections’ Green Infrastructure Challenge.
Registration and submittal deadline: May 1, 2015
Download the Green Infrastructure Information Brief (PDF) for a complete description of the design challenge and instructions on how to compete.
Site Visits, Information and Networking
Learn: About Miami-Dade’s green infrastructure programs, and start enriching your green infrastructure knowledge.
Workshop details (PDF)
Workshop registration
Guest Speakers: Michael Houle, Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department; Chris Bergh, The Nature Conservancy and Mauricio A. Paredes, PE, Parsons Brinckerhoff
East Greynolds Park Site Visit - 16700 Biscayne Blvd., Sunny Isles Beach, FL, 33160
Learn: Details about the site conditions and opportunities of utilizing residential scale green infrastructure.
For information email: APA Green Infrastructure Challenge
With: Michael Houle, Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department
Green Infrastructure Challenge FAQs (are updated on an ongoing basis)
Why You Should Participate
- Recognition – Show off your skills and innovative ideas.
- Promote – a county-wide platform that demonstrates the economic, environmental and marketing benefits of sustainable site development.
- Benefit from hands-on learning with green stormwater infrastructure that can be applied to everyday design, construction and development practice.
Form a Winning Team
Each entry must come from an integrated design team. The inclusion of team members from the Land Planning, Design, Development and Civil Engineering disciplines is strongly recommended.
Individuals may not compete on more than one team.
There are no limits on the number of individuals from a single firm that may participate in the competition as members of teams.
Calendar
- March 2, 2015: Registration Opens
- May 1, 2015: Registration Closes and Submissions Due
- March 18, 2015 : Green Infrastructure workshop
- March 24, 2015 : Site Visit
- May 15, 2015: Shortlisted Teams Announced
- June 3-5, 2015 : Installation of shortlisted designs
- September, 2015: Award Ceremony
Final Awards Ceremony
Trophies will be presented to the winning teams at the Awards Ceremony during the APA Florida Annual Conference (September 8 -11, 2015)