Landscape Architects: Following a Well Developed Process

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Landscape Architects

• Following a Well Developed Process

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Landscape Architects

• When using professional landscape architects, you
  can expect detailed plans, with sophisticated
  tools, blueprints and 3D models
• Experience designers keep pace with new
  advancements
• The more recognized your designer, the higher
  probability youll get exactly what you want

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Landscape Architects

• The Steps in Producing Your Landscape Design
  from Brainstorming to Contract
• First step is an initial brainstorming session
  understanding your goals and the designer
  fine-tunes solution
• Second step is establishing the budget making
  sure project is affordable and practical
• Understand that costs can deviate over the
  project term

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Landscape Architects

• Seeing Your Project Come to Life
• Third step is developing formal design plans
  architects uses advance technology to produce
  blueprints and renderings of your proposed
  project
• Blueprint identifies each element of design and
  where it is located
• Once blueprint is approved, designer develops 3D
  model of project

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Landscape Architects

• Seeing Your Project Come to Life
• When design is completed, a formal price list of
  all labor and materials is produced
• Forth step is finalizing the contract - producing
  of formal price list with labor and materials and
  project terms
• Landscape architects produces a schedule of tasks
  to be performed

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Landscape Architects

• The Value Added from Professional Landscape
  Architects
• Skilled at creatively developing solutions for
  outdoor environments
• Adept at matching the best landscaping options to
  your available budget
• Frees you from worrying about every aspect of an
  outdoor project gas lines, permits, HOA
  requirements, retaining walls, water features,
  stone-work, plants, etc.

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Landscape Architects

• About the Author
• Jim Lucas is Vice President of Design at Creative
  Environments, the largest and most respected
  landscape and pool design company in Arizona
  since 1950. For more information about Landscape
  Architects, visit http//www.CreativeEnvironments.
  com/.