Acknowledgments
When Google SketchUp for site design was published in August of 2009, there
was a small but major omission from the book. The acknowledgments page was
left out.
I wish to apologize and thank the many people who provided help, advice,
comments, feedback and direction. The book would be greatly diminished
without your help.
It’s my hope the Acknowledgments below will be included in future printings prior
to a second edition.
Acknowledgments
There are so many individuals and organizations that I would like to thank. Their
contributions towards my professional career and the writing of this book were
invaluable.
Thank you and blessings to my parents who taught me the value of hard work,
persistence and most of all for all the support they provided.
To Jennifer Seidman, my fiancé and in many ways, the books co-author.
Every word and sentence had her input and review. Most of all, for her support
through the writing process.
To the Google SketchUp team, including Nancy Trigg, Chris Dizon, Aidan
Chopra, Tasha Danko, John Bacus, Tyler Miller, Peter Saal, Tricia Star, Snow
Winters and everyone and anyone I might have missed. Thank you for the
support and friendship.
To Tim Johnson (Penn State Landscape Architecture Program), who’s feedback
was invaluable and helped set the direction for the book.
Thank you to Diego Matho (Boston Architectural Collage), whose timely
comments provided the inspiration for the book to be better organized and direct
in its method.
Jim Leggitt, brother in penmanship and who made this project possible – Thank
you!
Carol McClanahan and Natalie Vaughn – they reviewed and tested every
chapter and tutorial in the book. Their collective feedback helped shape the
nature of this manuscript.
Matt Chambers and Mark Kosmos fellow SketchUp Landscape Architect experts
and SketchUp Guru’s in their own right.
To friend Coen Nannick and SketchUcation (www.SketchUcation.com) – the
heart of the SketchUp community and endless SketchUp Knowledge.
To FormFonts, who’s many SketchUp models allow SketchUp to be a powerful
expressive tool (www.formfonts.com). Their models are invaluable to the
SketchUp process.
RNL: the entire UDLA Studio, Marc Stutzman, Lisa Beckman, Trent Cito and the
rest of the RNL family – thank you for your support, the time off and listening to
the endless conversations about the book.
Neva, Beck, Danielle and Brian Nicholson - my surrogate family and support
group. Their collective wisdom helped guide the process - So Say We All.
Thanks to Mark Raeburn and Mitchel Stangl for the comments, feedback and
reviews.
To Dennis Rubba (studioINSITE) who believed that we can do great things and
then did them.
TO EDAW Fort Collins and Jana McKenzie, who taught me how to be a
professional.
To Professors Jeff Lakey, Merlin Paulson and Brad Goetz from Colorado State
University Landscape Architecture Program and Kim L. Wilson, Purdue
University – who made me a Landscape Architect.
To Wiley and Sons Publisher and Margaret Cummings, who took a chance and
believed that I can complete the project.
To my eternal brother Ryder Cauley and family, Shara and Carlo Valte, whose
support and friendship over the years have inspired creativity, new ideas and
clearer perception of the World.
