Landis

Landis PLLC is an environmental technical services firm specializing in complex soil, hydrologic, and drainage solutions for ecological restoration and construction projects across the United States. The firm designs custom urban soils for landscape architectural applications and provides comprehensive environmental and hydrologic expertise address... ing surface waters, groundwaters, and subsurface drainage challenges. Landis distinguishes itself through its capacity to develop innovative, site-specific environmental solutionswhether by creating entirely novel techniques or applying established scientific approaches in unprecedented waystailored to each client's unique project requirements and sustainability goals. The firm serves a diverse clientele including municipal agencies, landscape architects, developers, and legal teams, offering expert witness services in toxic tort, condemnation, and environmental damage cases across federal and state courts. Landis has earned recognition through high-profile engagements on major restoration and design projects, including the Restoration of Great Lawn and Belvedere Lake in Central Park and Nelson Rockefeller Hudson River Park in New York, the Restoration of Main Fountain Garden at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, DC, and the North Carolina Museum of Art Garden Expansion, Moore Square Park in Raleigh, and the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. These projects demonstrate Landis's expertise in delivering sustainable, ecological, and stormwater design solutions that restore and create resilient parks, greenways, and open spaces. Notable proof points include engineered lawn soils at Central Park's Great Lawn with the capacity to infiltrate a 100-year rainstorm event occurring within one hour before major public gatherings, accommodating millions of spectators without turf damage, while simultaneously achieving measurable ecological improvements such as significant increases in dragonfly species diversity ...Read More