Site documentation goes far beyond drawing property lines and parking lots. The setting and environmental sustainability drawings in a construction document set tell contractors exactly what to plant, how to water it, and how the site manages stormwater after construction. Getting this wrong means drainage failures, dead plantings, regulatory violations, and expensive redesigns.

As the architect, you coordinate with civil engineers and setting architects to verify that plant schedules, irrigation layouts, grading plans, and green infrastructure details all align with the broader project documentation. The Clean Water Act defines green infrastructure as measures using plant or soil systems, permeable surfaces, and stormwater harvest to reduce flows to sewers or surface waters. Your construction documents need to show exactly how these systems work on the specific site.

This topic sits within PDD Objective 2.2, which tests your ability to determine appropriate documentation of site features related to environmental sustainability and resilience. The exam expects you to evaluate whether setting documentation is complete, coordinated across disciplines, and sufficient for construction. That means knowing what belongs on a plant schedule versus an irrigation plan, understanding how bioretention details coordinate with civil grading, and recognizing when green infrastructure documentation needs additional detail to be constructable.