Plan Reading and Analysis Workshop

Presented by Sylvia von Aulock, Executive Director (Retired), Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission

Are you a new or seasoned planner and not too confident on how to read or analyze site plans or subdivision plans? Don’t panic! This workshop will help you learn to do just that. You will review a variety of plan types including existing conditions, grading and drainage, road profiles, and landscape plans.

During the first half of the workshop, Sylvia will cover some of the basic terms and plan types and then take you on a virtual tour to discuss site development elements on a variety of properties. In the second half of the workshop you will color actual engineering plans, learn a step-by-step process for highlighting plans, and then analyze plans as they “come alive” with color.

By the end of the workshop, you will have a good idea of how you can make plans more “readable,” how to begin your analysis of plans, and how to use highlighted plans as a tool for discussion with developers.

• 8:45 to 9:00 Arrival and Check In
• 9:00 to 9:10 Welcome to Derry, NH
• 9:10 to 9:20 Introductions and sharing of goals for the class
• 9:20 to 10:20 Presentation on basic elements of plan reading and analysis
• Short break
• 10:30 to 11:45 Hands on analysis of reading and analyzing plans.
• 11:45 to 12:00 Quiz