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SECTION 02910 - SOIL PREPARATION
PART 1 - GENERAL
A. DESCRIPTION
1. PROVIDE COMPLETE GRADING AND SOIL PREPARATION, INCLUDING
AMENDMENTS, AS SPECIFIED HEREIN.
B. EXAMINATION
1. EXAMINE SITE TO VERIFY REQUIRED ROUGH GRADING HAS BEEN COMPLETED
CORRECTLY PRIOR TO BED PREPARATION WORK.
2♦ EXAMINE SITE TO VERIFY THAT ALL INVASIVE PLANTS AND THEIR ROOTS
HAVE BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO BED REPARATION WORK.
C. APPROVALS
1. ALL 'APPROVED EQUAL' MATERIALS MUST BE APPROVED BY LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
A. MATERIALS
1. COMPOST:
1.1. COTTON BUR COMPOST
1.2. SHALL BE SUPPLIED BY: GREENSENSE COMPOST, GARLAND, TX. OR;
CLEAR FORK MATERIALS, ALEDO, TX, OR APPROVED EQUAL.
2. FERTILIZERS AND SUPPLEMENTS:
.1. A 6-2-4 GRANULAR FERTILIZER WITH A WATER SOLUBLE SLOW
RELEASE ORGANIC BASE SUCH AS GREENSENSE, OR SUSTANE. OR
APPROVED EQUAL.
3: MULCH
11. SHALL BE SHREDDED HARDWOOD MULCH, SHREDDED CEDAR MULCH,
SHREDDED NATIVE MULCH, OR APPROVED EQUAL.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
A. BED PREPARATION AND PREPARATION FOR SOD INSTALLATION
1. GENERAL
1.1. INSPECT ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS AND OTHER ITEMS OF WORK
PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED. DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL DEFECTS ARE
CORRECTED.
1.2. INSPECT THAT ALL INVASIVE PLANTS AND THEIR ROOTS HAVE BEEN
REMOVED COMPLETELY.
1.3. ALL AREAS TO BE PREPARED WITH ORGANIC TECHNIQUES ONLY.
2; SHRUB BEDS:
2.1. BREAK UP AND TILL EXISTING SOIL TO A DEPTH OF 6 INCHES,
2.2. ADD A 3 INCH LAYER OF COMPOST TO THE BEDS,
2.3. TILL EXISTING SOIL AND COMPOST TOGETHER TO A TOTAL OVERALL
DEPTH OF 8 INCHES.
2.4. RAKE OUT ROCKS AND CLODS AND FINE GRADE THE BEDS TO DRAIN IN
APPROPRIATE DIRECTIONS.
2.5. TOP -DRESS BED WITH A 3 INCH LAYER OF MULCH AFTER PLANTING.
3, SOD AND SEED AREAS
3.1. LIGHTLY CULTIVATE COMPACTED SOIL AND RAKE THE SOIL SMOOTH.
3.2. ADD %2 INCH COMPOST TO ALL AREAS.
3.3. FINE GRADE TO DRAIN IN APPROPRIATE DIRECTIONS.
END OF SECTION 02910
NOTES
GENERAL LANDSCAPE
1. LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCATING ALL
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND STRUCTURES WHETHER OR NOT SHOWN ON
THE PLANS, AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO SAID UTILITIES
OR STRUCTURES CAUSED BY HIS/HER CREW AND SUBCONTRACTORS.
I. NO PLANTING TO TAKE PLACE UNTIL OWNER HAS INSPECTED AND
APPROVED THE BED PREPARATION.
3. NO PLANTING TO TAKE PLACE UNTIL OWNER HAS INSPECTED AND
APPROVED ALL PLANT MATERIAL AND ALL PLANT PLACEMENT. FIELD
ADJUSTMENTS OF PLANT LOCATIONS TO BE COORDINATED WITH OWNER.
4. ALL CANOPY AND ORNAMENTAL TREES TO BE STAKED (SEE DETAIL.)
SECTION 02910 - ROOT BARRIER
PART 1 - GENERAL
A. DESCRIPTION
A. PROVIDE ROOT BARRIER TO PROTECT FUTURE ROOT GROWTH FROM
DAMAGING CONCRETE.
B. APPROVALS
1. ALL 'APPROVED EQUAL' MATERIALS MUST BE APPROVED BY OWNER.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
A. MATERIALS
1. ROOT BARRIER
1.1. CENTURY PRODUCTS USA MODEL CR -PE 3-20 OR EQUIVALENT AS
APPROVED BY OWNER
PART 3 - EXECUTION
1.2. INSTALL ROOT BARRIER 1" BELOW CURB TOP AS PER MANUFACTURES
SPECIFICATIONS. ROOT BARRIER TO BE INSTALLED AT CONCRETE EDGE
NEXT TO ALL PUBLIC STREETS.
END OF SECTION 02910
SECTION 02915 - LANDSCAPE PLANTING
PART 1 - GENERAL
A. SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1. COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL
REGULATIONS GOVERNING LANDSCAPE MATERIALS AND WORK.
2.EMPLOY ONLY EXPERIENCE PERSONNEL FAMILIAR WITH REQUIRED WORK.
PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY A QUALIFIED FOREMAN WITH A
MINIMUM OF TEN(10) YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECTS OF SIMILAR
COMPLEXITY,
3.DO NOT MAKE SUBSTITUTIONS OF TREE, SHRUB AND GRASS MATERIALS. IF
REQUIRED MATERIAL IS NOT OBTAINABLE, SUBMIT PROOF OF
NON-AVAILABILITY TO OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.
4.PROVIDE QUANTITY, SIZE, GENUS, SPECIES AND VARIETY OF TREES AND
SHRUBS INDICATED AND SCHEDULED FOR LANDSCAPE WORK WHICH
COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF ANSI 260.1 AMERICAN
STANDARD FOR NURSERY STOCK , AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE AND
FEDERAL LAWS CONCERNING DISEASE AND INSECT INFESTATION.
B.REFERENCE STANDARDS
1. AMERICAN STANDARD FOR NURSERY STOCK, APPROVED NOV. 6, 1996 BY
AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC.
2.SHINNER & MAHLER'S, ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS,
BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS (BRIT), FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
1999.
3.HORTUS THIRD, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1967.
C.PREPARATION
4.000RDINATION WITH BUILDING AND ENGINEERING PROJECT ACTIVITIES.
5.000RDINATE THE WORK OF THIS SECTION WITH THAT OF REGULAR AND
EMERGENCY WATER UTILITY ACTIVITIES ON THE SITE.
6.000RDINATION WITH IRRIGATION SYSTEM:
6.1. THE UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION SYSTEM MUST BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO
COMMENCEMENT OF THE PLANTING OPERATIONS.
6.2. THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM SHALL BE OPERATIONAL AT THE TIME THAT
PLANTING OPERATIONS COMMENCE.
6.3. COORDINATE WORK WITH THE IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR TO PREVENT
DAMAGE TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
D.ALL PLANT MATERIALS FOR THIS PROJECT SHALL BE NURSERY -GROWN,
INCLUDING TREES.
1. CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS SHALL HAVE BEEN STEPPED-UP AS
NECESSARY TO PREVENT ROOT GIRDLING.
2.CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS SHALL HAVE BEEN IN THE CONTAINER FOR A
MINIMUM OF SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO DELIVERY TO THE SITE TO ENSURE
ADEQUATEEROOT DEVELOPMENT.
3. THE 'ROOT FLARE' OF ALL TREES AND SHRUBS SHALL NOT BE COVERED
WITH SOIL.
E. THE FOLLOWING TREE CARE PROCEDURES SHALL BE ADHERED TO:
1. DO NOT MAKE FLUSH CUTS OR LEAVE STUBS WHEN PRUNING. LEAVE
THE BRANCH COLLAR INTACT.
2.DO NOT USE ANY TYPE OF PRUNING PAINT ON WOUNDS.
3.DO NOT USE ANY TYPE OF TREE WRAP, EXCEPT, TRUNKS MAY BE
WRAPPED WITH BURLAP DURING PLANTING OPERATIONS ONLY.
4.DO NOT STAKE OR GUY ANY TREES. IN SPECIAL CASES, TREE STAKING
MAY BE NECESSARY TO PRESERVE A .TREE THAT CONTINUES TO BLOW
OVER. THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TREES THAT
NEED STAKING FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
5.DO NOT HANDLE ANY TREE BY ITS TRUNK. ANY TREE HANDLED IN SUCH
A MANNER SHOULD BE REJECTED.
F. WARRANTEE
1. UNCONDITIONALLY WARRANT ALL PLANTS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR
AFTER THE DATE OF INSTALLATION INITIAL ACCEPTANCE. REPLACE
MATERIALS NOT IN VIGOROUS, THRIVING CONDITION AS SOON AS WEATHER
PERMITS AFTER NOTIFICATION BY OWNERS THAT THE PLANTS HAVE DIED
OR ARE OTHER WISE NOT ACCEPTABLE. GUARANTEE REPLACEMENT
PLANTS FOR ONE YEAR, STARTING FROM THE DATE REPLACEMENT IS
MADE.
2.WARRANTY EXCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF PLANTS BECAUSE OF INJURY BY
STORM, NATURAL DROUGHT, DROWNING, HAIL FOR FREEZING, IF
REASONABLE CARE WAS TAKEN TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE MATERIAL,
AND IN THE OPINION OF THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE
PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER THE DATE OF INITIAL ACCEPTANCE.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
A. PREPARATION FOR PLANT MATERIAL INSTALLATION
1. EXAMINE THE SUB -GRADE UPON WHICH THE WORK IS TO BE
PERFORMED, VERIFY GRADE ELEVATIONS AND VERIFY THAT BEDS HAVE
BEEN LEFT LOW BY OTHER TRADES. OBSERVE THE CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH THE WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED AND CONFIRM THAT
UNSATISFACTORY CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED PRIOR TO
PROCEEDING.
B. TIME OF PLANTING
1. CARE IS TO BE TAKEN SO THAT NO PLANTS SIT IN POTS IN THE
SUMMER HEAT FOR MORE THAN 1 HOUR. IF PLANTING DURING HOT
SEASONS (NOT PREFERRED) PLANTING IS TO BE DONE IN SMALL
SECTIONS WITH STOCKPILED PLANTS TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE
SUMMER HEAT (SHADE AREAS).
C. TREE PLANTING
1. STAKE LOCATIONS FOR TREES PRIOR TO DIGGING HOLES.
2. DIG PITS WITH ROUGH SIDES AND WHICH HAVE TAPERED WALLS, A
MINIMUM OF TWICE THE WIDTH OF THE TREE BALL. A PEDESTAL SHOULD
BE LEFT IN THE CENTER OF THE HOLE AND THE TREE BALL SET UPON
THAT PEDESTAL.
3. SET PLANTS IN THE CENTER OF THE HOLE AND ON THE PEDESTAL,
PLUM AND VERTICAL-., AND AT SUCH A DEPTH THAT THE CROWN OF THE
TREE BALL WILL BE LEVEL WITH THE SURROUNDING GRADE.
4. ALL PLANTS SHALL BE SET TO MEET THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO THE
FINISHED GRADE OF THE SURROUNDING SOIL THAT THEY BORE TO
PREVIOUS EXISTING GRADE OF SOIL.
5. BACKFILL WITH EXISTING TOPSOIL.
6. INSTALL TREE STAPLES AS PER MANUFACTURE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE
NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF ROOT BALL. THE LONGER SIDE OF THE
STAPLE TO BE ANCHORED OUTSIDE OF THE ROOTBALL AND THE SHORT
SIDE OF THE STAPLE. ANCHORED INTO THE ROOT BALL.
7. WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLANTING.
8. COVER ALL TREE BALLS WITH A MINIMUM OF 3 OF SPECIFIED MULCH.
EXTEND MULCH OUT TO THE EDGE OF THE TREE PIT, BUT KEEP AWAY
FROM TRUNKS.
9. ALL EXCAVATED MATERIAL UNACCEPTABLE FOR REUSE SHALL BE
DISPOSED OF OFF SITE, OR AS DIRECTED BY THE OWNER.
D. SHRUBS, TALL GRASSES AND PERENNIAL PLANTING.
1. REMOVE CONTAINER AND SET PLANT MATERIAL AT SUCH A LEVEL THAT
AFTER SETTLEMENT, THE CROWN OF THE BALL WILL BE AT FINISHED
GRADE.
2. GENTLY CUT OUTER ROOTS OF ANY ROOTBALLS THAT HAVE
POT-BOUND PRIOR TO INSTALLATION.
3. COVER PLANTING BEDS WITH A MINIMUM 3 LAYER OF SPECIFIED MULCH.
E. SOD PLANTING
1. LAY SOD IN AN ORDERLY MANNER TO COVER ALL BARE SOIL AREAS.
2. WATER ALL AREAS OF THE SOD UNTIL THOROUGHLY WET.
3. ROLL SOD WITH A SOD ROLLER AFTER 24 HOURS AFTER LAYING AND
WATERING SOD TO OBTAIN A UNIFORM, SMOOTH FINISH.
4. FILL JOINTS WITH COMPOST IF NECESSARY TO FORM A UNIFORM GRASS
LAYER.
5. KEEP SOD ADEQUATELY WATERED UNTIL SOD MAKES A FIRM
CONNECTION TO THE_ SOIL.
END OF SECTION 02915
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