[developing article]

Highgrove is another subdivision in the Rodgers Creek community.

• 6 m high shotcrete retaining wall
• large rock fill to support the street
• pocket wetland alongside Chippendale Road

Rodgers Creek, British Pacific Properties Ltd. (West Vancouver, BC) Municipal --- Designed and administered construction (small team, multiple specialist consultants) for 55 ha site on West Vancouver Upper Lands (of 215 ha hillside) spanning several projects: (Highview Phase 1, Chippendale Road Extension, McGavin Field Earth Fill and MSE Retaining Wall, and Highgrove). Project elements: local roads with full services and low-impact development features (1.2 km); two major 6 m high shotcrete retaining walls with simulated rock finish; fully serviced two-lane collector roads (2 km); major creek crossings; major trailhead (Rodgers Creek West - Chippendale Road); intersection with provincially-managed Cypress Bowl Road; 6 m high mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall; hillside pocket wetland; creek diversion inlet; park plaza; systems of tall MSE walls spanning multiple lots; 6 m high MSE wall on strata lot