OPEN_796_EAONE_LANDSCAPE_SPECIFICATION 10 Aug 2016 APPENDIX 9


617 REMOVING TREES AND HEDGES • Identification: Clearly mark trees and hedges to be removed. • Work near retained trees: Where canopies overlap, take down trees carefully in small sections to avoid damage to adjacent trees that are to be retained.


• Arisings: Remove. • Tree stumps: Remove mechanically to a minimum depth of 300 mm below ground level.


625 CULTIVATION • General: Ripping at 600 mm centres to full depth of topsoil. • Consolidation: Leave for three months. • Soil within root spread of trees to be retained: Do not plough or cultivate.


680 SETTING OUT • Planting density: As plant schedule. • Layout: Random groups of no less than 3 or more than 7 of the same species, ensuring that no three plants are aligned in any one direction.


PROTECTING/ MAINTAINING/ MAKING GOOD DEFECTS


710 MAINTENANCE • Duration: Carry out the operations in the following clauses from completion of planting until t he end of the rectification period.


• Frequency of maintenance visits: In accordance with the agreed maintenance schedule.


720 FAILURES OF PLANTING • Defects due to materials or workmanship not in accordance with the Contract: Plants/ trees/ shrubs that have failed to thrive. - Exclusions: Theft or malicious damage after completion. - Rectification: Replace with equivalent plants/ trees/ shrubs.


• Replacements: To match size of adjacent or nearby plants of same species or match original specification, whichever is the greater.


• Timing of making good: During the next suitable planting season.


730 PROTECTIVE FENCING • Fencing type: Wooden Post and Rail fence with Rabbit Proof mesh, as section Q40. • Erection: On completion of planting. • Removal: After planting is well established.


740 CLEANLINESS • Soil and arisings: Remove from hard surfaces and grassed areas. • General: Leave the works in a clean tidy condition at completion and after any maintenance operations.


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