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Our services provide you with a 'Staff Agronomist' without
the internal cost. Listen to what one of our
clients has to say:
"...After asking ourselves how we could improve plant
selection, soil conditions, and bid accuracy, and avoid
change orders and other construction issues, we decided
to improve our approach to soil specification and
plant selection. We decided to start obtaining soil
information before we began any planting design or
contract documentation. By asking you to take soil samples,
obtain soil analyses, interpret existing soil conditions,
and recommend specific soil amendments, we have improved
our practice of landscape architecture and
project execution..."
Ted Wolff, ASLA, Wolff Clements and Associates, LTD.
Ted went on to say that these services have
provided the following benefits to their
company:
- Better plant selection, with plant selection based more closely on specific plant species' soil requirements and matching them as closely as possible to existing or amended soil conditions
- Improved soil specifications that include specific requirements for both methods and quantities for soil amendments, subsurface drainage, import soil, etc.
- More accurate bids, and possibly lower bids, that require no guesswork, allowances, or contingencies because the requirements for soil amendments, subsurface drainage, import soil, etc., are clear to all parties
- Tighter bid range, due to landscape contractors all bidding on the same specifications
- Fewer change orders or construction phase discussions regarding responsibility for soil amendments, due to initial clarity in the specifications included in the contract documents
- Better long-term plant growth and survival which is, after all, the common goal of the Owner, the landscape contractor, and the landscape architect
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