Design for Maintenance
…the ongoing maintenance team, they must set the landscape on an attainable maintenance course and make strong recommendations to influence quality maintenance practices by certified arborists and other providers. This…
…the ongoing maintenance team, they must set the landscape on an attainable maintenance course and make strong recommendations to influence quality maintenance practices by certified arborists and other providers. This…
…trees the maintenance they need when they need it. If done right, this will reduce overall maintenance costs by huge amounts (Shigo). When is tree maintenance most important? The most…
In part one of this series, we gave recommendations for how to address tree maintenance needs in a smarter and more financially (and ecologically) sustainable way. In part two, we…
In part one of this post, I gave my recommendations for how to address tree maintenance needs in a smarter and more financially (and ecologically) sustainable way. Those recommendations are…
…are planted and maintained for establishment, we’ve compiled a checklist of current planting and maintenance standards for trees and are providing a planting detail that you can use on your…
…O&M manuals, and training maintenance staff to maintain the installed GI facilities. Conventional or grey stormwater infrastructure systems require maintenance in order to provide the services they were designed for…
…guided by maintenance funding, equipment, material, staff, and frequency. We saw how early consideration of operations and maintenance (O&M) factors can streamline feasibility assessment, refine design, and reduce total cost….
…important to consider both the system’s maintenance (the infrastructure involved in bringing the water into the soil and treating it), as well as the soil maintenance. System Maintenance The Cells…
…weed whackers. Using STF instructions to customers as standards, tree maintenance was rated one year after planting as either “good,” “adequate” or “poor.” Of the trees with “good” maintenance, 94%…
…and maintenance requirements: Designs should consider the type and approach of maintenance crews to understand the tools and materials that will be used to clear curb cuts and remove debris…