Plants you wish to:

• Use to build disturbed ground back. Also see Ground.
• Establish and figure out how best to grow. Also see Plant.
• Use as habitat where the site calls for it. Also see Animal.
• Use to hold ground without a spray program. Also see Pest.
• Establish without irrigating forever. Also see Water.
• Grow without a soil spec that costs a fortune. Also see Product.
• Plant around structures so they work better. Also see Utilities.
• Establish on ground you know is clean. Also see Contamination.
• Use to hold a slope, a bank, or a swale. Also see Risk.
• Match to the conditions the site actually has. Also see Climate.

Plants that:

• Establish on one part of the site and fail on the rest. Also see Ground.
• Came in thin, patchy, or not at all. Also see Plant.
• The wildlife destroy before they take. Also see Animal.
• Are getting choked out by what came back first. Also see Pest.
• Die the second irrigation stops. Also see Water.
• Won't take in the fill or the topsoil brought in. Also see Product.
• Die along the drives, the pads, and the downspouts. Also see Utilities.
• Won't establish on ground with a past. Also see Contamination.
• Are gone from the slope you need held. Also see Risk.
• Can't take the exposure on this site. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• What your cover is doing for the ground underneath. Also see Ground.
• What will actually establish here. Also see Plant.
• What planting draws or keeps wildlife. Also see Animal.
• How to revegetate without the invasive winning. Also see Pest.
• What establishes without permanent irrigation. Also see Water.
• Whether the soil you brought in will grow anything. Also see Product.
• What to plant around the buildings to make them cheaper to run. Also see Utilities.
• Whether anything in the ground shows up in the planting. Also see Contamination.
• What would hold your worst slope. Also see Risk.
• What holds up to the sun, wind, and heat on this site. Also see Climate.

Animals you wish to:

• Accommodate without giving up the ground. Also see Ground.
• Support with what you plant back. Also see Plant.
• Know about before you design around them. Also see Animal.
• Protect from what comes in after disturbance. Also see Pest.
• Keep water available for on the site. Also see Water.
• Keep clear of what you're applying. Also see Product.
• Route around your roads and structures. Also see Utilities.
• Keep off ground you're not sure about. Also see Contamination.
• Handle right where a designation is in play. Also see Risk.
• Support through what the site's conditions do. Also see Climate.

• Habitat sitting on the ground you need. Also see Ground.
• Wildlife destroying every planting you put in. Also see Plant.
• A listed species that showed up in survey. Also see Animal.
• Species pushed out and something worse moving in. Also see Pest.
• A wetland or a water feature nobody flagged. Also see Water.
• Application restrictions because of what's on site. Also see Product.
• A corridor cut by the road or the layout. Also see Utilities.
• Wildlife on ground with a history. Also see Contamination.
• A designation that changed what the project can be. Also see Risk.
• Habitat shifting as the conditions shift. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• What's living on the parcel before you touch it. Also see Ground.
• What planting would support or replace the habitat. Also see Plant.
• What a survey would actually find. Also see Animal.
• What moves in after you clear. Also see Pest.
• Whether your water features matter to what's here. Also see Water.
• Whether what you're applying is a problem for what's on site. Also see Product.
• Whether your layout cuts a corridor. Also see Utilities.
• Whether anything in the ground reaches what lives on it. Also see Contamination.
• Whether a designation changes what you can build. Also see Risk.
• How the conditions here shape what stays. Also see Climate.

Pressure you wish to:

• Starve out by fixing the ground it favors. Also see Ground.
• Keep off the cover you're establishing. Also see Plant.
• Keep away from the species you have to protect. Also see Animal.
• Break the cycle on for good. Also see Pest.
• Control without putting anything in the drainage. Also see Water.
• Handle without a program you're locked into. Also see Product.
• Keep out of the structures and the systems. Also see Utilities.
• Manage without adding more chemical to the site. Also see Contamination.
• Stop before it spreads past the property line. Also see Risk.
• Get ahead of as the seasons stretch. Also see Climate.

• The same thing coming back on the same ground. Also see Ground.
• Something taking the revegetation faster than it establishes. Also see Plant.
• Pressure on the species you're required to protect. Also see Animal.
• An invasive that doesn't die at label rate anymore. Also see Pest.
• A retention pond that turns green and stays green. Also see Water.
• A spray program you inherited with the site. Also see Product.
• Termites, rodents, or insects in the structures. Also see Utilities.
• Pressure that got worse the more it was treated. Also see Contamination.
• An invasive spreading off your site onto a neighbor's. Also see Risk.
• Pressure showing up earlier and staying later. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• Whether what keeps coming back is a soil problem. Also see Ground.
• Why revegetation holds on one part and not another. Also see Plant.
• What the pressure means for the species on site. Also see Animal.
• What's driving resistance here. Also see Pest.
• What's turning your retention pond green. Also see Water.
• How much of the control spending is preventable. Also see Product.
• What's drawing pests into the structures. Also see Utilities.
• What all that treatment has left in the ground. Also see Contamination.
• What's coming next based on what's here now. Also see Risk.
• How a longer season changes what you're fighting. Also see Climate.

Water you wish to:

• Get into the ground instead of off the site. Also see Ground.
• Use to establish cover without irrigating forever. Also see Plant.
• Keep available for what lives here. Also see Animal.
• Keep from breeding in the retention. Also see Pest.
• Understand across the whole parcel. Also see Water.
• Keep clean of what you're applying. Also see Product.
• Route, drain, and discharge without a problem. Also see Utilities.
• Know is clean for everything downstream. Also see Contamination.
• Keep away from the structures and the slopes. Also see Risk.
• Handle when it comes all at once. Also see Climate.

• Water that won't drain and ground that won't take it. Also see Ground.
• Cover that dies the second irrigation stops. Also see Plant.
• A wetland or a feature nobody flagged. Also see Animal.
• Retention breeding mosquitos and everything else. Also see Pest.
• A water table higher than the plans assumed. Also see Water.
• Water that fights the material spec'd for it. Also see Product.
• Drainage that backs up into the structures. Also see Utilities.
• Water that changed after something upstream changed. Also see Contamination.
• Water taking a slope or a bank out. Also see Risk.
• Stormwater that overwhelms what was designed for it. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• Where the water goes when it hits the site. Also see Ground.
• Why cover holds where it's wet and not where it's dry. Also see Plant.
• Whether your water matters to what lives here. Also see Animal.
• What's turning your retention green. Also see Pest.
• How deep the water table actually is. Also see Water.
• What your water does to what you're applying. Also see Product.
• Whether your drainage design matches the ground. Also see Utilities.
• Whether anything upstream reaches your site. Also see Contamination.
• What's leaving your property in the water. Also see Risk.
• What a real storm does to this site. Also see Climate.

Products you wish to:

• Stabilize or amend the ground with so it performs. Also see Ground.
• Use to get cover established and holding. Also see Plant.
• Use without a problem for what's on site. Also see Animal.
• Swap for something that doesn't lock you into a program. Also see Pest.
• Keep out of the drainage and the discharge. Also see Water.
• Prove out before you spec it across the site. Also see Product.
• Use that don't off-gas into the finished space. Also see Utilities.
• Replace with something cleaner. Also see Contamination.
• Use without drift or runoff past the line. Also see Risk.
• Have hold up to what this site actually gets. Also see Climate.

• Stabilizer or amendment that didn't do what the spec said. Also see Ground.
• Imported topsoil that won't grow anything. Also see Plant.
• Application restrictions because of what's on site. Also see Animal.
• A treatment program you inherited with the site. Also see Pest.
• Product showing up in the retention or the discharge. Also see Water.
• Material that performs on paper and not on the ground. Also see Product.
• Sealers or finishes that make the space hard to be in. Also see Utilities.
• Fill brought in with a history nobody documented. Also see Contamination.
• Dust or spray drifting off the site. Also see Risk.
• Material that fails in the heat or the freeze here. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• What your stabilizer is actually doing to the ground. Also see Ground.
• Whether the soil you hauled in will grow anything. Also see Plant.
• Whether what you're applying is a problem for what's on site. Also see Animal.
• Whether you're solving the pressure or feeding it. Also see Pest.
• Where your products end up when it rains. Also see Water.
• Whether the spec matches what the ground needs. Also see Product.
• What's in the materials going into the finished building. Also see Utilities.
• What came in with the fill. Also see Contamination.
• What you're sending off the property. Also see Risk.
• Whether the material holds up to this climate. Also see Climate.

• Site and build knowing exactly what's underneath. Also see Ground.
• Landscape so the site works for the building. Also see Plant.
• Lay out without cutting a corridor. Also see Animal.
• Keep termites, rodents, and pests out of. Also see Pest.
• Drain, route, and supply water to without a problem. Also see Water.
• Build with materials that don't off-gas. Also see Product.
• Run cheaper and cleaner from day one. Also see Utilities.
• Know is healthy for whoever ends up in it. Also see Contamination.
• Site out of the water's way. Also see Risk.
• Keep comfortable in July and January both. Also see Climate.

• A foundation on ground that moves. Also see Ground.
• Runoff off the roof or the hardscape killing what's below. Also see Plant.
• A layout that cut a corridor nobody flagged. Also see Animal.
• Termites, rodents, or insects in the structure. Also see Pest.
• Drainage backing up into the building. Also see Water.
• Finishes that make the space hard to breathe in. Also see Product.
• An energy bill that doesn't match the design. Also see Utilities.
• People who feel rough in a certain building. Also see Contamination.
• A building that takes water every few years. Also see Risk.
• Cooling that runs constantly and never catches up. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• What's under the pad before you build on it. Also see Ground.
• What to plant around the building to make it cheaper to run. Also see Plant.
• Whether your layout works with what lives here. Also see Animal.
• What's drawing pests into the structure. Also see Pest.
• Whether your drainage design matches the ground. Also see Water.
• What's in the materials going into the space. Also see Product.
• Where the energy and water actually go. Also see Utilities.
• Whether the air in the building is doing anybody any favors. Also see Contamination.
• Whether the building sits where it should. Also see Risk.
• What it'd cost to keep it comfortable year round. Also see Climate.

Something you wish to:

• Know is clean before you break ground. Also see Ground.
• Know will grow cover once you're done. Also see Plant.
• Know is safe for what lives on the site. Also see Animal.
• Clean up without adding more chemical to it. Also see Pest.
• Prove clean before it moves downstream. Also see Water.
• Build with instead of the standard spec. Also see Product.
• Deliver as a healthy space. Also see Utilities.
• Document before anybody asks. Also see Contamination.
• Know about before it becomes a liability. Also see Risk.
• Handle knowing the weather works on it. Also see Climate.

• Ground that turned up something nobody documented. Also see Ground.
• Cover that won't establish on ground with a past. Also see Plant.
• Contamination on ground with habitat on it. Also see Animal.
• Ground that got worse the more it was treated. Also see Pest.
• Groundwater that's carrying something. Also see Water.
• Fill hauled in with a history nobody checked. Also see Product.
• A structure old enough to have asbestos, lead, or both. Also see Utilities.
• A parcel with a history nobody wrote down. Also see Contamination.
• Something migrating onto the site from off it. Also see Risk.
• Contamination that moves with every wet season. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• What this site was before it was your site. Also see Ground.
• Whether anything in the ground shows up in the planting. Also see Plant.
• Whether anything in the ground reaches what lives here. Also see Animal.
• What past treatment left behind. Also see Pest.
• Whether the groundwater is carrying anything. Also see Water.
• What came in with the fill. Also see Product.
• What the existing structures are actually made of. Also see Utilities.
• Whether the site would hold up to scrutiny. Also see Contamination.
• What a buyer, a lender, or a regulator would find. Also see Risk.
• What a wet season turns up that a dry one doesn't. Also see Climate.

Something you wish to:

• Know won't move, slide, or settle under you. Also see Ground.
• Plant to hold the slope you're counting on. Also see Plant.
• Handle right where a species designation is in play. Also see Animal.
• Stop at the property line before it spreads. Also see Pest.
• Get out of the water's reach. Also see Water.
• Use without drift or runoff liability. Also see Product.
• Site out of harm's way. Also see Utilities.
• Clear before you close on it. Also see Contamination.
• Know about before a lender or a regulator does. Also see Risk.
• Build to hold up to what this site gets. Also see Climate.

• Ground that slides, slumps, or settles. Also see Ground.
• A slope with nothing holding it. Also see Plant.
• A listed species that changed the project. Also see Animal.
• An invasive spreading off the site. Also see Pest.
• A site that floods or sits in the floodplain. Also see Water.
• Dust or spray drifting off the property. Also see Product.
• A structure or a system in the wrong spot. Also see Utilities.
• A brownfield or a legacy problem nobody priced. Also see Contamination.
• A wetland, an easement, or a permit you found out about late. Also see Risk.
• Storms that hit harder than the design assumed. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• Whether the ground will hold. Also see Ground.
• What would hold your worst slope. Also see Plant.
• Whether a designation changes what you can build. Also see Animal.
• What's moving onto the site from off it. Also see Pest.
• Whether you're in the floodplain and what that means. Also see Water.
• What you're sending off the property. Also see Product.
• Whether your structures sit where they should. Also see Utilities.
• What's actually upstream or downstream of you. Also see Contamination.
• What a lender, an insurer, or a regulator would find. Also see Risk.
• What a hundred-year rain does to this site. Also see Climate.

Something you wish to:

• Have hold up through the wet and dry cycles here. Also see Ground.
• Plant to match the exposure this site has. Also see Plant.
• Support the species here as conditions shift. Also see Animal.
• Stay ahead of as the pest seasons stretch. Also see Pest.
• Handle when the rain comes all at once. Also see Water.
• Spec so it doesn't fail in the heat or the freeze. Also see Product.
• Keep comfortable in July and January both. Also see Utilities.
• Handle knowing the weather works on it. Also see Contamination.
• Build to hold up to whatever the year does. Also see Risk.
• Design for the conditions this site actually gets. Also see Climate.

• Ground that swells and shrinks with every cycle. Also see Ground.
• Cover that can't take the exposure here. Also see Plant.
• Habitat shifting as the conditions shift. Also see Animal.
• Pressure showing up earlier and staying later. Also see Pest.
• Stormwater that overwhelms the design. Also see Water.
• Material that fails in the heat or the freeze. Also see Product.
• Cooling that runs constantly and never catches up. Also see Utilities.
• Contamination that moves every wet season. Also see Contamination.
• Storms that hit harder than the design assumed. Also see Risk.
• Conditions that don't match what the plans were drawn for. Also see Climate.

You want to know:

• How the ground behaves through the seasons here. Also see Ground.
• What holds up to the sun, wind, and heat on this site. Also see Plant.
• How the conditions here shape what stays. Also see Animal.
• How a longer season changes what you're fighting. Also see Pest.
• What a real storm does to this site. Also see Water.
• Whether the material holds up to this climate. Also see Product.
• What it'd cost to keep the building comfortable year round. Also see Utilities.
• What a wet season turns up that a dry one doesn't. Also see Contamination.
• What a hundred-year rain does to this site now. Also see Risk.
• Whether the design matches the conditions you actually get. Also see Climate.