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British Standard 7370: Part 1: 1991 - Recommendations for establishing and managing grounds maintenance organisations and for design considerations related to maintenance.

BS7370:Part 1:1991 is a guide produced and published by the British Standards Institute. It gives general recommendations for establishing and managing grounds maintenance organisations of various sizes and also provides guidance on design considerations that lead to reasonable technical & cost parameters in the subsequent maintenance.

Other BS7370 standards:- Part 2, Maintenance of hard areas. Part 3, Recommendations for maintenance of amenity and functional turf (other than sports turf). Part 4, Maintenance of soft landscape (other than amenity turf). Part 5, Maintenance of water areas.

The following subjects are covered within BS7370: Part 1.

User needs (quality control, nature conservation, public relations).
Organisation of a grounds maintenance department.
Organisation of directly employed labour (staff training).
Organisation of work by contract (types of contract, contract documents).
Management plans and objectives (responsibilities of a manager).
Preventive maintenance (systematic inspections).
Maintenance costs (machinery, materials, staff, accommodation).
Mechanisation (servicing, transport).
Service areas (layout).
Litter and refuse collection and disposal.
Composting policy.
Weed, pest and disease control (fungal diseases of trees and shrubs).
Legislation affecting grounds maintenance organisations.
Landscape design and the costs of maintenance.
Design parameters for hard/soft areas (hedges, car parks, roads, pathways).
Use of hazards (protection, control of access, guidance).
Planted areas (wind, temperature, rainfall, shade, soil, use of ground cover).
Management of people and control of access (car parks, foot traffic, barriers to traffic).
Appendix A. Explanation of documentation for a grounds maintenance contract (invitation to tender, tender, conditions of contract).
Appendix C. Supplementary checklist for the inspection of trees.
Appendix D. List of plants for various climatic, soil and environmental conditions (includes trees).

BS7370: Part 1: 1991. 50 pages. Available direct from the British Standards Institution .

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