The Delicate Art of Parking | Community by Design

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Green infrastructure uses natural systems to perform vital functions. Our experts look at how we’re using green infrastructure in stormwater management and design.

Join host Simon O’Byrne along with Bernadette Callahan, Frank Holmes, and Gary Sorge as they share their thoughts on using green infrastructure to mimic the natural environment in order to treat and control stormwater runoff.

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Simon O’Byrne
Simon is an award-winning urban designer and planner, Vice President of Stantec’s Urban Planning, and the Sector Leader for Community Development in Canada. His experience ranges from intensive urban revitalization redevelopments to the creation of many master planned communities, brownfield, and transit-oriented developments.

Bernadette Callahan
Bernadette has focused much of her career on urban land development, permitting, and stormwater management. She offers expertise in the application of green infrastructure in urban and suburban settings, leading our work on the City of Philadelphia Water Department’s “Green City, Clean Waters” program. This program represents the largest green stormwater infrastructure program in the United States.

Frank Holmes
Frank is a project manager and site/civil engineer with a passion for stormwater management. He brings together our engineers and landscape architects to create innovative and functional designs that are on the leading edge of sustainable design and low impact development.

Gary Sorge
Restorative and transformational design, resiliency, and sustainability are staples of Gary’s approach to planning and design. He is committed to infrastructure investment that will withstand both human and environmental impacts while enhancing the quality of life in our communities far into the future.

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**Internet Explorer does not support streaming audio**Smart cities may sound like science fiction, but they are not that far away. From design to infrastructure, we’re laying the groundwork for the technology that will change the way we live.

Join host Simon O’Byrne along with David Dixon, Rod Schebesch, and Ryan Martinson as they share their thoughts on the future of smart cities.

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Simon O’Byrne
Simon is an award-winning urban designer and planner, Vice President of Stantec’s Urban Planning, and the Sector Leader for Community Development in Canada. His experience ranges from intensive urban revitalization redevelopments to the creation of many master planned communities, brownfield, and transit-oriented developments.

David Dixon
Residential Architecture Magazine named David to their Hall of Fame as the person we call to ask about cities. David is an award-winning, nationally recognized speaker, author, and expert on creating livable neighborhoods, vibrant civic spaces, and vital downtowns.

Rod Schebesch
Rod has spent his career designing and building transportation infrastructure. He is leveraging this experience to design and construct tomorrow’s intelligent transportation systems today. With a focus on building smarter cities, Rod is always striving to find greater infrastructure efficiencies that positively impact the built environment.

Ryan Martinson
Ryan is a leader in the active and sustainable transportation field, working on numerous game-changing transportation projects, all with the goal of creating stronger communities and better cities. His goal is to make places better for people to travel through, on foot and by bicycle.

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Stantec’s urban designers tackle the delicate art of balancing parking with the desire for more compact, walkable, and vibrant communities.

Join host Simon O’Byrne and parking expert Craig Lewis as they delve into the challenges and changes communities are facing when it comes to planning for parking.

Learn more about our host and guests:

Simon O’Byrne
Simon is an award-winning urban designer and planner, Vice President of Stantec’s Urban Planning, and the Sector Leader for Community Development in Canada. His experience ranges from intensive urban revitalization redevelopments to the creation of many master planned communities, brownfield, and transit-oriented developments.

Craig Lewis
Craig has more than 20 years of award-winning experience implementing new urbanism and sustainability in hundreds of communities throughout the country. His expertise ties together comprehensive community planning, form-based codes, urban design, downtown redevelopment, public/private partnerships, mixed-use infill, and neighborhood design.

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When it comes to winter, Stantec’s designers think a little differently. They don’t see cold and snow as an obstacle to building community. Instead, they see opportunities.

Join Simon O’Byrne, Nancy MacDonald, and Jim Maland as they discuss way to use cold weather as an asset, instead of a liability, for winter city design.

Learn more about our host and guests:

Simon O’Byrne
Simon is an award-winning urban designer and planner, Vice President of Stantec’s Urban Planning, and the Sector Leader for Community Development in Canada. His experience ranges from intensive urban revitalization redevelopments to the creation of many master planned communities, brownfield, and transit-oriented developments.

Nancy MacDonald
A fascination with cities drew Nancy to the world of planning. She loves the way they change, grow, and fit together, combining diverse people and places to make something greater than the sum of its parts. Experience has taught her that urban planning works a bit like cities. With the right mix of people and disciplines, there’s no limit to what a great planning team can achieve for communities and clients.

Jim Maland
Over his 35+ year career, Jim has participated in more than 150 ice projects and 50 aquatics projects from coast to coast. His expertise is in recreational facilities engineering for indoor and outdoor ice arenas, including refrigeration and piping systems. He also specializes in the planning and design of aquatic facilities.

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