In the March NEWSLETTER we will discuss the use of a new retaining wall system that allows for the change in slope needed while providing a Bioengineered softer approach to hardscaping. Replacing block walls, cement gabions or rip rap with sustainable designs that are softer and greener is a common theme among designer wishing to keep their projects looking more like natural green areas. The use of products like Filterexx Living Walls involves stacking FilterSoxx on top of one another in a recessed bank situation, with backfill media filling in apparent open voids. The use of walls such as this allows the introduction of native vegetation into the system and allows it to become established before it washes away. The reinforcement provided by the Filtersoxx allows a good growing media, a nurse crop, irrigation and proper staking to increase chances of success for establishment.

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As always, you can count on McSteen and Associates, a multi-faceted second-generation family business that has been serving Northeast Ohio since 1970 to help you better design your project. The McSteen & Associates Engineering and Surveying Departments will design a quality product, using the experience gathered over many years of dealing with government agencies, in a manner readily accepted by the City Councils, County Engineers Office and the Recorders Office. The management team consisting of Terry Feller, President and Registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor, Tim Feller, Vice President and Registered Professional Surveyor and Debbie Feller CFO and Certified Public Accountant and the 62 employees in the offices in Cuyahoga, Lake, Summit, and Franklin counties will handle your project needs. A new office in western Cuyahoga County has recently been added to allow us to provide even more effective services. Local knowledge of the area, extensive records and experience with the area governments allows McSteen & Associates to go the extra mile to protect your investment.