Site Design in Cold Climates
Site Design in Cold Climates
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Hello everyone,
I'm working on a project doing site design for a large hospital on a ~60 acre site in the UP of Michigan. I was wondering if anybody had advice or could point me in the direction of some good resources for things to take into consideration when working on projects like this. The majority of my experience is in the Southeast.
Thanks in advance!
-Neffarias Bredd
I'm working on a project doing site design for a large hospital on a ~60 acre site in the UP of Michigan. I was wondering if anybody had advice or could point me in the direction of some good resources for things to take into consideration when working on projects like this. The majority of my experience is in the Southeast.
Thanks in advance!
-Neffarias Bredd





RE: Site Design in Cold Climates
The State probably has a bunch of codes that you will have to follow, usually available in book form or on line.
Also what time of year. In summer it is just as bad as in the south.
RE: Site Design in Cold Climates
RE: Site Design in Cold Climates
Later in the winter, digging and grading is pretty tough for the upper 5' to 7', it’s all frozen. What’s the soil profile look like? Some areas have sand forever, and others have a water table 18" below grade and rock a foot below that. There will likely be state requirements about retention of water run-off, etc. They generally care about their clean water up there.
RE: Site Design in Cold Climates
Yeah, the Stormwater requirements are pretty strict. The hospital will be pretty close to Lake Superior so it's mostly sandy sandy soils on the north half of the site but it gets fairly rocky in the southern half. I've been using the Web Soil Survey for preliminary info on soils but they didn't have anything on depth of frost. Do you know where I could find more information about that?
RE: Site Design in Cold Climates
2. Call the local planning and zoning department. They should be able to provide site development requirements (i.e. water quality BMPs, etc.).
RE: Site Design in Cold Climates