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ORA D. BERMAN, RLA
184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
“We must conceive of
stewardship not simply as
one individual’s practice, but
rather as the mutual and
intimate relationship
extending across
generations, between a
human community and its
place on earth.”
John Elder.
Inheriting Mount Tom, 1997
STRATHMORE PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Client: Incorporated Village of Great Neck
Located in The Village of Great Neck, Strathmore Park
was created on a parcel of vacant land, which borders a
former tidal creek and pond. Tasked with designing an
environmentally sensitive, passive recreation park, col-
laborated closely with a team of environmental consultants,
associate landscape architects, engineers and Village
officials. As project manager, led the project through the
permit, design phase and initial construction.
Design concepts were based on the relationship of the
location to water, through flowing streams, rolling waves
and nautilus shapes. The boardwalk undulates like waves
alongside the stream, a wave field of earth berms fills the
open areas of the park and the boardwalk formed to reflect
the Golden Spiral.
The program included a boardwalk, a woodland trail and
stream restoration. Ecologically sensitive, a native plant
palette was selected complementing site and local condi-
tions and integrating habitat enhancement measures for
the Park. The boardwalk planks were made of Cumaru,
a Brazilian hardwood that is grown specifically for com-
mercial harvesting. Due to soil moisture and instability,
Diamond piers© were used in place of the traditional
timber piles in order to support the structure. These, spider
like piers, help spread the weight evenly on the surface
with out the need to penetrate deep in to the ground.
The structure and trail alignment and surface were de-
signed to be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA). Construction of the park began in 2005 and Park
was officially opened Spring of 2009.
ORA D. BERMAN, RLA
184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
• Project Management
• Design & Construction Details
• Construction Documentation & Specification
• Coordination & Graphic Production
• Construction Cost Estimates
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES
Responsibilities:
ORA D. BERMAN, RLA184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
SHORELINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLANS
Client: ‘Waterways’ Home Owners Association
In a perfect world of business and design, projects
evolve from one to the other. One project breeds the
next and the next. This project was case in point. With a
limited budget the project began as a shoreline remedia-
tion for a private beach; a response to a Town tree
clearing violation. The restoration plans were small and
covered an area of approximately 400 LF of disturbed
tidal shoreline. This led to the realization that the com-
munity would benefit from a Master Plan. The intent
was to provide the client with a resource guide for the
future and propose adaptive management strategies to
optimize restoration efforts; preserve natural viewsheds
and prevent future regulatory violations.
The Shoreline Vegetative Management Plan (SVMP)
document was developed with a variety of digital tech-
nology on very a tight budget.
This project provided me an opportunity to integrate all
the digital technology available to me to create interpre-
tive, educational and aesthetically pleasing visuals for
an otherwise quite mundane document. Without being
environmental experts and without spending much
time reading the document, the clients were able to
view areas of future concerns and envision their next
steps. This also was an opportunity for me person-
ally to provide our firm with a new standard of graphic
presentations.
• NYSDEC and Town Permit Applications
• Design & Construction Documentation
• Graphic Production & Co-Authored SVMP Report
Responsibilities:
Note for Cleared Areas (CL):• Notice of Violation Received 2006• NYDEC Tidal Wetland Permit Application � Submitted October 2007• Restoration Plan are Awaiting Town and State Approvals
RESTORED LANDSCAPES
• Design & Construction Details
• Construction Documentation & Specification
• Coordination & Graphic Production
SHORELINE RESTORATION
ORA D. BERMAN, RLA184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
WATER QUALITY MEASURES
Client: Nassau County Department of Public Works
Over a period of ten or so years Nassau County DPW
has been allocating funds for water quality improvement
measures in many of their local freshwater ponds. My
work with the County began while employed at Landtech
Design PC in support of the engineers and more recently
with EEA Inc. Though each pond has its own set of issues,
having followed these projects over a period of 8 years,
there was much learn from and lots to apply the second
time round.
At Landtech we assisted developing site plans and details
for erosion control measures, intended to restore the
shoreline vegetation along the pond edge. Additional site
specific design efforts were made to redirect public circula-
tion away from the water’s edge and improve hardscape
amenities. My responsibilities included collaborative efforts
with the engineers developing site plans, selecting appro-
priate plant material and preparing some of the construc-
tion documentation.
With EEA’s firm profile being ecological consultants, the
focus of the overall work changed, though the intent was
the same. Responsible for obtaining the environmental
permits as well as ecological inventories of flora and fauna
within and surrounding the ponds and streams, water
quality and sediment sampling and testing, EEA developed
several overall recommendations for water quality and
habitat improvements, including invasive plant control, best
management practices and public outreach.
My work as a designer and a landscape architect included
some public outreach and more specifically the site design,
plant material selection and preparation of construction
documents in the second and third phases of the project.
Responsibilities:
LIVE CRIBWALL & BRUSHMATTRESS
Client: Private Residence
The crib wall and brushmattress shoreline stabilization
techniques applied at this were designed and placed as
bio-engineered alternatives the more traditional structural
approach such as bulkheads and stone revetments.
At times when the natural slope exceeds of the natural
angle of repose of the soils and where brushmattress and
live stakes are not enough, additional structural support
may be required. Installation of the live cribwall at the site
was critical in order to stop the continuous degradation
of the slope and prevent future collapse of the natural
wooded vegetation in to the tidal Creek.
The construction details on this page show the wooden
cribwall structure, which is built into the ground in sections
and is then filled with stone and soil. For extra support,
additional layers of stone and Geogrid© were integrated
in to the structure. A variety of specially selected plant
species, chosen for their ability to withstand the salinity
and shade in the creek, were then used live stakes and
inserted in to the open weave of the wooden structure.
Details in this project were based on schematic detail pub-
lished by the USDA Engineering Handbook. They include
site specific information and are drawn with first hand
experience of installing these systems in the ground.
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
ORA D. BERMAN, RLA184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
Responsibilities:
• NYSDEC, ACOE and Town Permit Applications
• Design & Construction Details
• Construction Cost Estimates
• Construction Drawings & Specifications
• Installation Oversight
SHARED USE PATH - DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
Client: The City of Glen Cove, NY
The Glen Cove Esplanade at Captain’s Cove initiated
the revitalization efforts by the City of Glen Cove. With
a 16’ dedicated public right-of-way along the waterfront
being the first of more development to come, the City of
Glen Cove, Long Island hoped to reclaim the industrial-
ized, environmentally challenged and under utilized
properties alongside Glen Cove Creek and turn the area
into a regional tourist destination.
The Glen Cove Esplanade was envisioned as a bicycle/
pedestrian shared use path, alongside the Creek, which
would be extended into the downtown business and
retail districts. The design project, funded partially by the
NYS Department of State, included site plans, construc-
tion documents, details, a Design Report and a manual
of Design Guidelines for the future development. Since
this project was to set the stage for the future develop-
ment, preliminary drawings and case studies were done
with an eye in to the future and included much more
than the built environment of 2002.
ORA D. BERMAN, RLA
184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
RECLAIMED LANDSCAPES
Responsibilities:
• Project Management
• Design & Construction Details
• Construction Documents & Specification
• Coordination & Graphic Production
• Construction Cost Estimates
• Design Report
• Design Guidelines
RUSTIC SHELTER
Client: Prospect Park, Office of Design & Construction
The drawing of the rustic shelter was based on an old
photograph of the shelter and was used to raise funds to
repair and restore the old structure.
ORA D. BERMAN, RLA
184 Craig Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520
(H) 516-868-8233
(C) 516-286-7710
HISTORIC LANDSCAPE
PRESERVATION