[CANUFNET] CANUFNET Digest, Vol 78, Issue 1
BGeerts at brantford.ca
BGeerts at brantford.ca
Fri Jun 3 10:49:53 EDT 2011
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.
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Brian Geerts
ISA Certified Arborist
Urban Forester
City of Brantford
Parks & Recreation Department
1 Sherwood Drive
Brantford, ON N3T 1N3
519.756.1500 x5511
Fax 519.756.4893
bgeerts at brantford.ca
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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 08:45:07 -0700
From: "Ian Wilson" <IWilson at kelowna.ca>
Subject: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications
To: "Canadian Urban Forest Network" <canufnet at list.web.net>
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I'm interested in hearing from others regarding your contract
specifications for new parks and tree planting projects.
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:
* 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
* Often the contractor will not replace dead plant materials
until just prior to the warranty expiration
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?
thanks
Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager
City of Kelowna
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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:54:20 -0400
From: "Mark Peterson" <mpa at golden.net>
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications
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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.
Mark Peterson, BES, MLArch, OALA
Mark Peterson & Associates, Landscape Architect
(519)743-2990 www.openspacesolutions.com
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From: Ian Wilson
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:45 AM
Subject: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications
I'm interested in hearing from others regarding your contract
specifications for new parks and tree planting projects.
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:
? 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
? Often the contractor will not replace dead plant materials
until just prior to the warranty expiration
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?
thanks
Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager
City of Kelowna
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Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:56:56 +0000
From: Jim Donnelly <jdonnelly at cityofgp.com>
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications
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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.
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.
We release most of the securities held at CCC and the rest at FAC. This is
standard practice for all development here.
* 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.
* 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.
I suspect Ian that our process differences have a lot to do with our
northern prairie climate and gumbo soils.
Jim Donnelly
Integrated Pest Management Coordinator
Parks Operations
City of Grande Prairie
jdonnelly at cityofgp.com<mailto:jdonnelly at cityofgp.com>
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On Behalf Of Ian Wilson
Sent: June 2, 2011 9:45 AM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
Subject: [CANUFNET] Contract specifications
I'm interested in hearing from others regarding your contract
specifications for new parks and tree planting projects.
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:
* 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
* Often the contractor will not replace dead plant materials until
just prior to the warranty expiration
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?
thanks
Ian Wilson, Park Services Manager
City of Kelowna
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