DFW
Thursday December 18, 2009
6-9pm
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PremierCrete / WLS Lighting Systems Business
Mixer at Deep Ellum!
Please join WLS and PremierCrete to check out our exciting products and new
lighting technologies. We’ll have drinks and hors d’oeuvers from 5 pm until 9 pm
Thursday, June 25th at 3703 Commerce Street Dallas, TX 75226. Hope you can join us!
PremierCrete, a vertically integrated company, specializes in design, engineering,
manufacturing and installation of architectural precast products for the building,
construction, rail and highway industry.
PremierCrete will be featuring the following products....
• PrimaWall (sound barrier wall/architectural precast fence)
• Magnum Stone Big Block retaining Wall System
• Stone Strong Big Block retaining Wall Systems
WLS Lighting Systems is celebrating their 40th year specializing in lighting
with an emphasis on site lighting and new energy efficient technologies.
WLS Lighting will be featuring new energy efficient products including...
• netLiNK wireless controls
• Natural White lamp technology
• Other lighting products
WLS guests please RSVP here!
or call Kristin @ 817-840-9330
PremierCrete guests please RSVP here!
or call Chris @ 940-395-7401
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Discovery Days at the Museum of Nature and Science
On March 14th, 2009, DFW ASLA members participated in Discovery Days at the Dallas
Museum of Nature and Science. This exhibit engaged children of all ages, educating them how new technologies and products are making homes and offices more energy efficient – while reducing pollution in the air and on the ground. Participants learned about supporting structures and how to read building plans and create their own structure using recycled scrap materials.
At the ASLA booth, participants we able to design their own green roof. Given a base map and
cut-out tree bases, children and adults learned what Landscape Architects are doing to make urban buildings green through green roofs, rainwater collection, and beneficial aesthetic elements. ASLA’s booth was titled “Green Design in Action” and had hundreds of visitors
engage in the activities.
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Boy Scout Merit Badge Day
January 2009
Members of the Dallas/Ft Worth section of ASLA participated in BoyScout Merit
Badge day.
A merit badge counselor is an integral part of the development in the Boy Scout program. Numerous professions and trades are taught to classes of scouts ranging in size from 10-20 per counselor. Scouts are taught the basics of each profession, including history; fields of study, profession based terminology as well as taking part in exercises to carry out the classroom lessons. Each program consists of around two hours of classroom lessons and two hours of field exercises in order to complete all the badge requirements.
The landscape architecture merit badge introduces many of these young men to a still developing field of study. A registered landscape architect typically teaches the scouts about the differences in the profession and how multiple fields of study are engrained in a successful landscape architect. Scouts participate in badge requirements such as plant identification and redesigning an entry way to allow for vehicular access, pedestrian access, and aesthetic value. At the conclusion of the session the boy scouts have learned valuable lessons about the practice of landscape architecture and are able to apply these lessons learned into their everyday life. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
