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The Calvin C. Goode municipal building is a 10 story government office building located in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It opened in 1963 as the Phoenix Municipal Building and originally served as the city hall. The property also contains the Phoenix City Council Chambers in a separate circular outbuilding. [1]
The Phoenix Sewer and Drainage Department is created. ... City adopts the Phoenix Concept 2000 plan, which split the city into urban villages. [69] 1980s
Section through railway track and foundation showing the sub-grade. Grading in civil engineering and landscape architectural construction is the work of ensuring a level base, or one with a specified slope, [1] for a construction work such as a foundation, the base course for a road or a railway, or landscape and garden improvements, or surface drainage.
Drainage gradient (DG) is a term in road design, defined as the combined slope due to road surface cross slope (CS) and longitudinal slope (hilliness). Although the term may not be used, the concept is also used in roof design and landscape architecture. If the drainage gradient is too low, rain and melt water drainage will be insufficient.
The Calvin C. Goode municipal building and the annual Phoenix Calvin C. Goode Lifetime Achievement Award were named in his honor. [1] Goode moved to Phoenix, Arizona as a teenager and worked as an accountant in the city for 30 years before pursuing public office. He served on the Phoenix City Council from 1972-1994, and was vice mayor from 1990 ...
A civil drawing, or site drawing, is a type of technical drawing that shows information about grading, landscaping, or other site details. These drawings are intended to give a clear picture of all things in a construction site to a civil engineer.
The Maricopa County Courthouse and Phoenix City Hall was a joint effort of Maricopa County and the City of Phoenix, a "monumentally scaled" building taking up a full city block downtown. [2] As city and county government matured, officials realized that a building of sufficient size was necessary to house county and city functions in an ...
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1867 near the Salt River close to its confluence with the Gila River. The city has numerous historic properties which have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. There are also 33 ...