Construction Updates

Bioswales at work today!

The brand new bioswales at Oak Terrace Preserve are working as designed and are performing well.  The neighborhood is already working on ways to improve them from a functional and aesthetic perspective, but as the video shows they are effectively capturing, cleaning and storing the “first-flush” of the rain event.

Oak Terrace Preserve’s First Bioswales are Complete

The neighborhood has eagerly awaited the completion of the first bioswales.  These high-tech rain gardens add key features to the neighborhood’s green qualities and, when fully established, provide a beautiful and important feature to the neighborhood.  These little gardens provide habitat for beneficial insects, amphibians, reptiles, and even birds.
Oak Terrace Preserve’s innovative Low Impact Design [...]

Oak Terrace Preseve Pocket Park Update

With 17 pocket parks planned for the neighborhood, Oak Terrace Preserve will have open space on most every block.  The innovative bioswales will help handle storm-water runoff and create beautiful sidewalk side gardens.  The first of these improvements will get started this September.
The Pocket Parks are planned open space where you can toss a frisbee [...]

Pervious Alley Construction Update for Oak Terrace Preserve

Work on the alley ways in Phase 1 of the neighborhood are underway.  The first section was completed in June and the second section will begin in mid-July.  The construction helps complete the look and feel for the neighborhood and the pervious pavers are providing an excellent service to the community and the environment.
The pervious [...]

Charleston County School District Starts Construction on School of the Arts and Academic Magnet High School Shared Campus

Adjacent to Oak Terrace Preserve, new construction is under way for the Charleston County Special Day School and School of the Arts and Academic Magnet High School Shared Campus.  At the end of the 2008 school year, the Special Day School was represented by a block of trailers.  When schools starts in the fall of [...]

Oak Terrace Preserve Public Landscaping – Phase 1 update

The public landscaping of the boulevard leading into the School of the Arts and traffic circles throughout phase one was completed this week.  The public landscaping includes native and low mainteance plantings, water efficient irrigation systems and low energy lighting systems.  Keeping true to the neighborhood’s name, a large number of new live Oaks were [...]