BS 7370-1:1991
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Grounds maintenance Recommendations for establishing and managing grounds maintenance organizations and for design considerations related to maintenance
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English
28-03-1991
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Foreword
Recommendations
Section 1. General
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Basic considerations
Section 2. Organization and management
4. Organization of a grounds maintenance department
5. Organization of directly employed labour
6. Staff training
7. Organization of work by contract
8. Management plans and objectives
9. Preventive maintenance
10. Maintenance costs
11. Mechanization
12. Service areas
13. Litter and refuse collection and disposal
14. Composting policy
15. Weed, pest and disease control
16. Legislation affecting grounds maintenance
organizations
Section 3. Planning factors
17. Landscape design and the costs of maintenance
18. Design parameters for grass areas
19. Hard areas
20. Use of hazards
21. Siting of furniture
22. Planted areas
23. Management of people and control of access
Appendices
A. Explanation of documentation required for a grounds
maintenance contract
B. Grounds inspection checklist
C. Supplementary checklist for inspection of trees
D. List of plants listing species (spp.) and cultivars
(cvs.) for various climatic, soil and environmental
conditions
E. Bibliography and legislation
Table
1. Checklist for the soft landscape features of an
estate
Figures
1. Diagram showing typical staff requirement for a
medium sized DEL grounds maintenance organization
2. Diagram showing typical staff structure of medium
to large organization using contractors
3. Average length of the growing season for grasses
(in days) in different parts of the UK
Gives guidance on landscape planning.
| Committee |
B/213
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 88/54981 DC. (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2011. (11/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
62
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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This Part of BS 7370 gives general recommendations for establishing and managing grounds maintenance organizations that are suitable for undertaking tasks of varying size and complexity. It also gives guidance on design considerations that lead to reasonable technical and cost parameters in subsequent maintenance.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 7370-4:1993 | Grounds maintenance Recommendations for maintenance of soft landscape (other than amenity turf) |
| BS 7370-5:1998 | Grounds maintenance Recommendations for the maintenance of water areas |
| BS 7370-2:1994 | Grounds maintenance Recommendations for the maintenance of hard areas (excluding sports surfaces) |
| BS 7370-3:1991 | Grounds maintenance Recommendations for maintenance of amenity and functional turf (other than sports turf) |
| BS 7263-1:1990 | Precast concrete flags, kerbs, channels, edgings and quadrants Specification |
| BS 3936-10:1990 | Nursery stock Specification for ground cover plants |
| BS 4428:1989 | Code of practice for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces) |
| BS 792:1973 | Specification for mild steel dustbins |
| BS 4998:1985 | Specification for moulded thermoplastics dustbins (excluding lids) |
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