Cover Story: Read about how Stanford University addressed stormwater management concerns while maintaining its founders’ vision of responsible land use and resource management. Discover how the university used underground continuous deflection separation (CDS) units to renovate its football stadium—the site of the Super Bowl XIX—without damaging the surrounding watershed. Oh, and find out how the salamanders cross the road at Foothills Expressway. It may just be the campuses’ most unique drainage solution.

Top Project: Learn how Northern Virginia’s second largest school system worked against the clock to overcome traffic congestion by constructing a bridge made of precast arch units. The nearly 200-foot bridge was completed by the first day of school. As you can imagine, the children were thrilled.

Focus on BMP: Discover how one of the largest school districts in the country used an underground drainage solution to alleviate stormwater on its ever-expanding bus parking facility.

Designfiles: Find out how children at the Bernard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut get from their classrooms to the adjoining nature center. Did we mention there is a busy four-lane highway in between?

Line of Site: Read about how the Mt. Zion Elementary School in Clayton County, Georgia used an innovative drainage system to manage stormwater, filter out oil and grease, and reduce solids in runoff by 80 percent at its renovated parking facility; visit the Tacoma Community College campus in Tacoma, Washington to learn about how a new concrete bridge—that accommodates pedestrians and emergency vehicles—is meeting the needs of students, faculty and the community; see how South Carolina State University updated its stormwater design to address aesthetic and future expansion concerns at its new James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center; learn how a series of 16 retaining walls—including one of California’s tallest Keystone segmental retaining walls—made the construction of Thurgood Marshall Middle School in San Diego possible.

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Publisher's Message: While the residential and commercial construction markets have seen better days, the education construction market is booming.