<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Here in Brantford we suffer some of the
same problems. We require a 2 year guarantee on developer trees from
the time of substantial completion. We require them to do any maintenance
during this period. Typically, nothing is done other than removing
stakes at the end of the warranty period. We've recently revamped
our tree planting guidelines for new development; they are quite a bit
more stringent; one of our local developers found them so inconvenient
that they opted to pay the City to do all the tree installation. This
allows us better quality control and maintenance, as we require monthly
watering through the summer for our standard street tree planting contracts.
We require any warranty replacement trees to be planted in the next
planting season. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Brian Geerts</b> <br>
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Urban Forester<br>
City of Brantford <br>
Parks & Recreation Department<br>
1 Sherwood Drive<br>
Brantford, ON N3T 1N3<br>
519.756.1500 x5511<br>
Fax 519.756.4893 <br>
bgeerts@brantford.ca</font>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 08:45:07 -0700<br>
From: "Ian Wilson" <IWilson@kelowna.ca><br>
Subject: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications<br>
To: "Canadian Urban Forest Network" <canufnet@list.web.net><br>
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I'm interested in hearing from others regarding your contract<br>
specifications for new parks and tree planting projects.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Currently in Kelowna, once a project reaches substantial completion the<br>
parks department is responsible for maintenance, but there is normally
a<br>
one year warranty on plant materials. We have a few issues, including:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
* When plants or trees die, the contractor
will sometimes try to<br>
argue that it's due to poor maintenance practices on our part, and they<br>
don't want to replace<br>
<br>
* Often the contractor will not replace dead
plant materials<br>
until just prior to the warranty expiration<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Do your contract specifications include a maintenance period where the<br>
contractor is responsible for maintenance? How do you deal with<br>
warranty on plant materials and replacement?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
<br>
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Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager<br>
City of Kelowna<br>
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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:54:20 -0400<br>
From: "Mark Peterson" <mpa@golden.net><br>
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications<br>
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Under warranty replacement plants are specified to have the same warranty
period as the originals. This prevents your last point from happening.<br>
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Mark Peterson, BES, MLArch, OALA <br>
Mark Peterson & Associates, Landscape Architect<br>
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From: Ian Wilson <br>
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network <br>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:45 AM<br>
Subject: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications<br>
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<br>
I'm interested in hearing from others regarding your contract specifications
for new parks and tree planting projects.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Currently in Kelowna, once a project reaches substantial completion
the parks department is responsible for maintenance, but there is normally
a one year warranty on plant materials. We have a few issues, including:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
? When plants or trees die, the contractor
will sometimes try to argue that it's due to poor maintenance practices
on our part, and they don't want to replace<br>
<br>
? Often the contractor will not replace
dead plant materials until just prior to the warranty expiration<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Do your contract specifications include a maintenance period where
the contractor is responsible for maintenance? How do you deal with
warranty on plant materials and replacement?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager<br>
City of Kelowna<br>
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Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:56:56 +0000<br>
From: Jim Donnelly <jdonnelly@cityofgp.com><br>
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications<br>
To: 'Canadian Urban Forest Network' <canufnet@list.web.net><br>
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Hello Ian our process is fairly standard in Alberta though time periods
probably differ by region. Developments are broken into servicing agreements
like Boulevard Trees, Public Utility Lots, Municipal Reserve Park Development
along with all of the different hard infrastructure assets and money in
the form of Securities are taken on each servicing agreement and held by
the City until these servicing agreement assets are constructed.<br>
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We use a mandatory 2 year maintenance period from the issue of the construction
completion certificate (CCC) to when the consulting engineer for the developer
can request an inspection for final acceptance certificate (FAC). All maintenance
and replacements are the developers responsibility during this maintenance
period. Once the asset has passed FAC we take over all maintenance and
responsibility. There are no further warranty periods. One exception to
this process is turf grass; we will usually take over mowing of new park
and boulevard turf grass at CCC as we run a fleet of large mowers but still
hold back the last 10% until FAC.<br>
We release most of the securities held at CCC and the rest at FAC. This
is standard practice for all development here.<br>
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* While the landscape contractor doesn't typically
argue poor maintenance under this system they do have problems with new
home owners butchering or double watering trees on the City portion in
front of each lot. Sometimes the trees drown. Many landscapers deal with
this by delivering a letter to each homeowner that buys a house in this
new development. Of course we have seen cheap developers try to get by
with just precipitation for two years until they can ask for an inspection
also. The most common complaint we hear about this process is regarding
PUL's (public utility lots) between rows of house there for the conveyance
of underground utilities. These grassed areas are constantly being rutted
up by contractors and utility companies accessing the some of the subdivision
lots. Repair of this rutting falls to the landscaper and at FAC must have
a well established turf grass surface. Developers have learned not to landscape
these areas until most of the houses are complete.<br>
<br>
* We also have the developer trying to replace
trees just before the inspection. If the number doesn't exceed 1 in 10
then we usually allow this thinking that at least we are getting a new
tree that we can ensure gets watered consistently.<br>
<br>
I suspect Ian that our process differences have a lot to do with our northern
prairie climate and gumbo soils.<br>
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Jim Donnelly<br>
Integrated Pest Management Coordinator<br>
Parks Operations<br>
City of Grande Prairie<br>
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On Behalf Of Ian Wilson<br>
Sent: June 2, 2011 9:45 AM<br>
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network<br>
Subject: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications<br>
<br>
I'm interested in hearing from others regarding your contract specifications
for new parks and tree planting projects.<br>
<br>
Currently in Kelowna, once a project reaches substantial completion the
parks department is responsible for maintenance, but there is normally
a one year warranty on plant materials. We have a few issues, including:<br>
<br>
<br>
* When plants or trees die, the contractor
will sometimes try to argue that it's due to poor maintenance practices
on our part, and they don't want to replace<br>
<br>
* Often the contractor will not replace dead
plant materials until just prior to the warranty expiration<br>
<br>
Do your contract specifications include a maintenance period where the
contractor is responsible for maintenance? How do you deal with warranty
on plant materials and replacement?<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
<br>
Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager<br>
City of Kelowna<br>
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