Committees responsible
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