“Green Roadways – Low Impact Development and Houston”:
This technical session will focus on Low Impact Development (LID), a storm water management strategy designed to mimic predevelopment hydrology using design techniques that filter, store, infiltrate, and detain runoff close to its source. LID is a growing design trend that looks to significantly alter the way we design infrastructure and manage storm water in the Houston area. This presentation will review the fundamentals of LID, walk through AECOM’s award winning LID Green Roadway project, and discuss the applicability of LID to projects across the Houston area.
Ross Gordon, CFM, LEED AP
Ross is a civil engineer, hydrologist, hydraulic engineer, and LEED Accredited Professional with AECOM in Houston. Ross earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Rice University and specializes in urban storm water management, environmental planning, municipal infrastructure, and sustainable design and Low Impact Development. He has worked on numerous storm water and roadway improvement projects in Houston and was the team leader for the award winning Green Roadway entry in the Houston Land Water Sustainability Forum’s Low Impact Development Design Contest. Ross also serves as a Lecturer in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Rice University where he teaches classes on sustainability, hydrology, and water treatment.
Jim Sipes, RLA Jim Sipes is an award-winning landscape architect with more than twenty-five years of experience encompassing a wide range of planning, design, research, and communication projects. His work is broad-based and multi-faceted and includes environmental planning and design, watershed management, park and recreation design, urban design, natural and cultural resource management, and community based design. In addition, Jim has taught site design, environmental planning, and resource management at the university level for more than 12 years and is currently working on a textbook called “Sustainable Solutions to Water Resources – Process, Planning, Design & Implementation Strategies”.
Russell Bynum, PE
Russ is a civil engineer practicing in the transportation and transit group at AECOM in Houston. Russ also has a background in residential land acquisition and development. Russ earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Houston Bauer College of Business. His specialties are roadway design, transportation planning, and toll feasibility studies. Russ has been Younger Member Chair and Computer Practices Chair for ASCE in the past and is currently the Membership Chair for Urban Land Institute.
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