Allow Brian Amoroso, a trusted individual in the industry, to introduce the topic of best practices for landscaping capital projects, in today's Masterclass.

Landscaping capital projects can go by many names and engagements, including full site refreshes or standalone brand refreshes of just the landscaping.

Let’s start with the basics: How often should you refresh the landscaping at your properties? In this case, there is no simple answer.

So, let’s talk about how to build the scope of work.

During the walk, we are sketching out the work based on the goals of the client. These goals can range from reducing long-term maintenance by removing mulch or turf for rock, it could be pulling tired or dead plant life and replacing it with slow-growth or more geographically aligned plant material, or it could be simply bringing the property back to its original landscape design.

Interestingly enough, while the site walks are being executed, a separate but just as critical step that needs to occur in parallel is the engagement with the local municipality.

Once a scope is submitted, it is up to your stakeholders to review it and ensure they captured the essence of what you set out to accomplish.

Allow Brian Amoroso to break down the capital projects process in less than a minute.

Irrigation is a critical component of a capital project, especially if any type of plant material is being installed. While a mature property might not rely on irrigation, new planting absolutely will.

I don’t want to shock anybody here but it is true that sometimes, our clients make mistakes. So what are those biggest mistakes and how can we prevent them?

Allow Brian Amoroso, a trusted individual in the industry, to introduce the topic of Irrigation Management in today's Masterclass.

Understand the crucial components of an irrigation system.

So, what exactly is an irrigation controller? Allow Brian Amoroso to explain the importance of this system.

There are three main types of backflow devices that you will see on your facility. Depending on your specific municipality’s code, either the RPZ, the DCA, or PVB will fulfill those requirements.

Educate yourself on how a wet test is performed and the importance of such a test.

Here we will go over some common issues that you may find while monitoring your system during the season.

If your irrigation system is supplied by well water, then you will need to make sure that you regularly inspect your well.

Different water levels should be monitored in your well over time to make sure that your well is still capable of producing enough water for your system. Here are some of the terms that you should be familiar with:

Understand what a detention pond is and exactly how it operates in conjunction with your irrigation system.

Here, we have five major components of water usage management that can help you cut down and monitor the amount of water your irrigation system is using.

Choosing the proper vegetation for your landscape is key for long-term savings. By not selecting the right plants for the given environment, these plants will most likely need to be replaced more often than plants that are properly suited for the given environment.

Moving on – we will quickly touch on how to extend the life cycle of your irrigation system.

We have two case studies that we would like to share with you today, but before we get into those, here are just a few facts and findings we would like you to consider first.

Brian Amoroso hosts our Masterclass on Stormwater Management which if ignored could result in upwards of $25,000 a day.

What do you need to consider when inspecting the inlets and outlets of your Detention and Infiltration systems?

Brian Amoroso discusses our five expert solutions to manage your stormwater runoff.

We continue our discussion on solutions to stormwater runoff.

What our the BMPs when you decide to execute a stormwater runoff plan?

Kevin Smith begins with the most basic priority of sourcing out a qualified partner or partners to deliver landscaping services across your entire portfolio.

Let’s begin with the foundations of the scope of work and review the core services you will look to include.

Bed maintenance traditionally encompasses two core services. The first is the application of mulch and the second is the weekly maintenance of those beds, specifically relating to weed control.

Fertilizations, weed control and pesticide spraying are often debated by our clients as to if they need them, how do they know they occur and at what frequency.

There are two types of categories within tree and shrub trimming and they should be spelled out separately: As-needed trimming and routine upkeep of your shrubs and trees

Kevin Smith approaches irrigation systems from two fronts in this Masterclass.

Today, more than 95% of the landscaping RFP’s we see are based on a fixed annual price for all in-scope work.

So the question is where do we identify how many mowings we receive, where a property in Maine needs far fewer that a site in California.

Kevin Smith walks you through the 4 main components to an RFI.

What Kevin Smith will discuss now is some of the Best in Class Award Strategies that some of our other clients utilize.

What are the goals of an implementation plan?