Casino, resort project in Macau, SAR, China

1. Landscape Project Sequence, Grand Opening April 2012
Walter Bone, ASLA CLARB
Senior Landscape Design Manager
US Licensed Landscape Architect

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3.  This book was developed to be apart of my personal portfolio and provide insight to the dedication and
countless hours of colleagues during the design and construction processes. A special thanks goes to all
involved in the project on the client side, design firms, construction companies and suppliers.
 Re-design for a majority of the hardscape and softscape were undertaken when the re-tendering resulted
in a 160% increase in costs. The re-design process included plant substitutions for local species, using the
highest qualiy and largest materials at strategic locations and maximizing accent plants at key locations.
Over 2,500,000 plants had to be reselected/tagged and shipped to the site. The re-design and cost
reduction exercise took 6 months and the reduction of $60 million MOP was achieved without sacrificing
design integrity or theming.
 Interior plantings undertook complete re-thinking and the design process started with the selection of
NatureMaker, Carlsbad, California to manufacture the 40 preserved palms for Cascading River and Court
of Palms. These palms were designed to reflect natural conditions in every form: curving up towards the
light source (skylights) and consisting of 5 different species. The natural conditions included lichen, ferns
growing out of the trunks, yellowing of the palm frond edges and algae on the northern faces.
 The many trips, hot days on the pool decks, carefully orchestrating between all trades, the project, upon
resumption in 2010 was completed on time and within budget in 2012.
 I would to thank everyone I worked with and look forward to opportunities to work with you in the future.
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5.  Venetian Orient LTD
 Walter Bone, ASLA CLARB
 Senior Landscape Design Manager
 Richard Coumbe
 Chief Engineer – Facilities
 Gerard Lafferty
 Construction Manager
 Matt Birkwood
 Construction Manager
 Ian Hay
 Senior Architecture Design Manager
 Scott Wardle
 Senior Commercial Manager
 Darren Thomas
 Commercial Manager
 AECOM
 Grant Shaw
 Senior Horticulturist
 Asia Landscape, HK LTD
 Stan Li
 President
 Iris Li
 Macau Operations Manager
 Pico Sanderson
 John Harris
 Construction Manager
 NatureMaker - Steel Art Trees
 Gary Hannick
 President/Owner
 Jim Paul
 Vice President, Lead Designer
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7. Plant Material Selection
& Tagging
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The Team went on Nursery visits
weekly to re-select plant material
that were either too large to fit in
the planters, overgrown and
weedy or were reduced in size for
budgetary reasons.
As SLDM, I had the final approval
with recommendations from Grant
Shaw, Richard Coumbe and Stan
Li.
Over 10 months of weekly trips
yielded nearly 100% replacements
of all tree and palms with
substitutions made for the shrubs
and groundcovers due to species
selection during the pre-suspension
design stage.

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Wire baskets specially designed for interior trees and palms for ease
of installation and removal.

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Pre-digging maintenance was of inclusive of root pruning, selectively
thinning out branches and rootball preparation by removing existing
soil, washing the roots, application of root feeder and re-balling with
improved soil mixture.
Certain species were selected based on branching structure for key
locations for both the interior and exterior landscapes.

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Teaching nursery staff how to prune the palm trunk for a cleaner
appearance prior to delivery to site.

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Seasonal color selection for Paradise Garden and Cascading River.

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21. Sample Hand Sketches / Concepts
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33. Design and Manufacturing
NatureMaker-Steel Art Trees
Carlsbad, California
Naturemaker.com
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NatureMaker was awarded the
task of manufacturing the
preserved palms for both
Cascading River and Court of
Palms after a lengthy tender
process. Working closely with Jim
Paul (VP), we were able to re-
design the theming for the palms,
creating 5 different species, each
with individual characteristics.
The original palms were of one
species and generic in
appearance. The end result
created a more life-like
appearance for the interior
settings in the retail mall and
casino floor.

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Tornado Palms for the bridge crossing in Court of Palms. Designed
with a minimum 3m height clearance for maintenance vehicles.

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41. Daily/Weekly Sign-offs
and Inspections
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Cascading River

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Court of Palms

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Forecourt

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Site Office Entry

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Level 8 Pool Deck and Cabanas

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Shade House constructed on
Parcel 2 to house 5/6 plant
materials and future use by
Facilities Mgt
(80m x 80m)

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71. A Photographic Tour
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Court of Palms

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Walter Bone, ASLA CLARB is a US licensed landscape architect and author from the
United States. After receiving his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Mississippi
State University in 1988 his career lead him on many travels across the US and abroad.
Key positions included Vice President with RWB & Associates in Memphis, Tennessee,
Director of Landscape Architecture at Poggemeyer Design Group in Las Vegas, Senior
Landscape Architect with Belt Collins and Principal Landscape Architect with
Shankland Cox, both of Hong Kong.
Walter gained vast resort design experience in Las Vegas with numerous casino
projects and served as Senior Project Manager for Landscape at the Galaxy Mega
Resort in Macau prior to his appointment with Venetian Orient LTD.
Walter is currently Landscape Design Manager for Khatib & Alami in Dubai working on
large resort projects on the Palm Jumeirah and throughout the GCC.
A special thanks to the following who provided much needed assistance in the project success:
Iain Fairbairn, Keith Buckley, KK Chan, Robert Perry, Michelle Sandquist, Carlos Sarmiento, John Richards, Barry
Mather, Jeremy Chastain, Phil Clarke, Jose Isles, Evelyn Inson, KF Chan, Ian Wright, Philip Hornby, Adrian
Frankland, Chris Silcock, Mark McWhinnie, Mike Naylor, Curtis Hoffert, Carrie Chan, Martin Garrod, Konno Ng,
Michelle Atazar, Nelson Cruz, Peter Loder, Greg Morrison, Dominic Butcher, Tony Wu, Terry Harkin, Nina Lai,
Nancy Lin, Andy Lewis, Cody Hansen, Geoff Morgan, Pat Morgan, Neill Stockley, Jose Isles, Wendy Cheng,
Alice Kwong, Aedas, Gensler Architects, Lighting Design Alliance (LDA), AECOM, Hsin Chong, Edward Tracy,
Michael Leven and especially the Owner, Sheldon Adelson.
Acknowledgements

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