Landscape Architects and soil scientists work in complementary ways on projects on a regular basis. Each profession brings additional rigor to the success of the project. We're all trained in different and complimentary subject matter and while there can be overlap between these two professions and some engineering professions, they're all critical in different ways to the success of a project.
Landscape architects directly impact public health, safety, and welfare. Licensure is the most appropriate form of regulation to ensure that the public is adequately protected.
The services provided by soils professionals are critical to protect life, property, health, and public welfare through regulation of the practice of soil science in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Proper application of soil science principles by soil scientists is vital to the lives, property, economy, security and environment of the people of your commonwealth.
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