The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has greatly revised a standard regarding the management of shrubs and trees during site planning, site development, and construction.
The new A300 Part 5 standard now addresses the following items relating to tree and shrub conservation and planting:
- Project planning
- Project design
- Tree conservation
- Construction phase
- Landscape phase
- Post construction phase
- Tree protection practices prior to and during demolition, construction, and landscaping
- Implementation of tree conservation recommendations
- Use of Barriers
- Demolition
- And much more. Read all the details by clicking here!
ANSI also approved a major revision of an ANSI Planting and Transplanting standard. The new ANSI A300 Planting and Transplanting standard covers the following items and more:
- Plant and site inspection
- Timing of transplanting
- Lifting plants
- Backfill
- Post-planting care
- And much more. Click here for details!
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