sands cotai central
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Phase 1& 2 of landscape progress.TRANSCRIPT
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Landscape Project Sequence, Grand Opening April 2012
Walter Bone, ASLA CLARBSenior Landscape Design Manager
US Licensed Landscape Architect
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Forward This book was developed to be apart of my personal portfolio and provide insight to the
dedication and countless hours of colleagues during the design and construction processes. A special thanks goes to all involved in the project on the client side, design firms, construction companies and suppliers.
Re-design for a majority of the hardscape and softscape were undertaken when the re-tendering resulted in a 160% increase in costs. The re-design process included plant substitutions for local species, using the highest qualiy and largest materials at strategic locations and maximizing accent plants at key locations. Over 2,500,000 plants had to be reselected/tagged and shipped to the site. The re-design and cost reduction exercise took 6 months and the reduction of $60 million MOP was achieved without sacrificing design integrity or theming.
Interior plantings undertook complete re-thinking and the design process started with the selection of NatureMaker, Carlsbad, California to manufacture the 40 preserved palms for Cascading River and Court of Palms. These palms were designed to reflect natural conditions in every form: curving up towards the light source (skylights) and consisting of 5 different species. The natural conditions included lichen, ferns growing out of the trunks, yellowing of the palm frond edges and algae on the northern faces.
The many trips, hot days on the pool decks, carefully orchestrating between all trades, the project, upon resumption in 2010 was completed on time and within budget in 2012.
I would to thank everyone I worked with and look forward to opportunities to work with you in the future.
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Key Landscape Participants Venetian Orient LTD
Walter Bone, ASLA CLARB Senior Landscape Design Manager
Richard Coumbe Chief Engineer – Facilities
Gerard Lafferty Construction Manager
Matt Birkwood Construction Manager
Ian Hay Senior Architecture Design Manager
Scott Wardle Senior Commercial Manager
Darren Thomas Commercial Manager
AECOM
Grant Shaw Senior Horticulturist
Asia Landscape, HK LTD
Stan Li President
Iris Li Macau Operations Manager
Pico Sanderson
John Harris Construction Manager
NatureMaker - Steel Art Trees
Gary Hannick President/Owner
Jim Paul Vice President, Lead Designer
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Nursery TripsPlant Material Selection &
Tagging
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The Team went on Nursery visits weekly to re-select plant material that were either too large to fit in the planters, overgrown and weedy or were reduced in size for budgetary reasons.
As SLDM, I had the final approval with recommendations from Grant Shaw, Richard Coumbe and Stan Li.
Over 10 months of weekly trips yielded nearly 100% replacements of all tree and palms with substitutions made for the shrubs and groundcovers due to species selection during the pre-suspension design stage.
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Wire baskets specially designed for interior trees and palms for ease of installation and removal.
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Pre-digging maintenance was of inclusive of root pruning, selectively thinning out branches and rootball preparation by removing existing soil, washing the roots, application of root feeder and re-balling with improved soil mixture.
Certain species were selected based on branching structure for key locations for both the interior and exterior landscapes.
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Teaching nursery staff how to prune the palm trunk for a cleaner appearance prior to delivery to site.
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Seasonal color selection for Paradise Garden and Cascading River.
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Re-design ProcessSample Hand Sketches /
Concepts
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Sheraton Entry Revisited
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Exterior Wow Feature Concept with Geyser
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Paradise Garden Perspective
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Paradise Garden Perspective
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Paradise Garden Perspective
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Level 1, Planter A-A General Approach
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Cascading River Shoebox Concept
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Cascading River Shoebox Perspective
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Landscape Planting Heirarchy
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L4 Origin of Cascading River Elevation
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Preserved PalmsDesign and Manufacturing
NatureMaker-Steel Art TreesCarlsbad, California
Naturemaker.com
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NatureMaker was awarded the task of manufacturing the preserved palms for both Cascading River and Court of Palms after a lengthy tender process. Working closely with Jim Paul (VP), we were able to re-design the theming for the palms, creating 5 different species, each with individual characteristics.
The original palms were of one species and generic in appearance. The end result created a more life-like appearance for the interior settings in the retail mall and casino floor.
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Tornado Palms for the bridge crossing in Court of Palms. Designed with a minimum 3m height clearance for maintenance vehicles.
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Site WalksDaily/Weekly Sign-offs
and Inspections
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Cascading River
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Court of Palms
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Forecourt
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Site Office Entry
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Level 8 Pool Deck and Cabanas
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Shade House constructed on Parcel 2 to house 5/6 plant materials and future use by Facilities Mgt (80m x 80m)
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Finished Project PhotosA Photographic Tour
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Walter Bone, ASLA CLARB is a licensed landscape architect and author from the United States. After receiving his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Mississippi State University in 1988 his career lead him on many travels across the US and abroad.
Key positions included Vice President with RWB & Associates in Memphis, Tennessee, Director of Landscape Architecture at Poggemeyer Design Group in Las Vegas, Senior Landscape Architect with Belt Collins and Principal Landscape Architect with Shankland Cox both of Hong Kong.
Walter gained vast resort design experience in Las Vegas with numerous casino projects and served as Senior Project Manager for Landscape at the Galaxy Mega Resort in Macau prior to his appointment with Venetian Orient LTD.
A special thanks to the following who provided much needed assistance in the project success:
Iain Fairbairn, Keith Buckley, KK Chan, Robert Perry, Michelle Sandquist, Carlos Sarmiento, John Richards, Barry Mather, Jeremy Chastain, Phil Clarke, Jose Isles, Evelyn Inson, KF Chan, Ian Wright, Philip Hornby, Adrian Frankland, Chris Silcock, Mark McWhinnie, Mike Naylor, Curtis Hoffert, Carrie Chan, Martin Garrod, Konno Ng, Michelle Atazar, Nelson Cruz, Peter Loder, Greg Morrison, Dominic Butcher, Tony Wu, Terry Harkin, Nina Lai, Nancy Lin, Andy Lewis, Cody Hansen, Geoff Morgan, Pat Morgan, Neill Stockley, Jose Isles, Wendy Cheng, Alice Kwong, Aedas, Gensler Architects, Lighting Design Alliance (LDA), AECOM, Hsin Chong, Edward Tracy, Michael Leven and especially the Owner, Sheldon Adelson.
Acknowledgements