CA Landscape case studies
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The C-27 Landscape Contractor classification is a California contractor license issued by the Contractors State License Board. It authorizes a licensed business to contract for the installation, alteration, repair, and maintenance of landscaping - planting and transplanting, irrigation and drainage, low-voltage landscape lighting, soil preparation and amendment, and the hardscape and site work that is incidental to a landscape project. It is not a general building or engineering license, and the scope does not extend to work that belongs to another trade, such as permanent electrical or plumbing connections. Candidates are typically working foremen, crew leads, designers who build, and maintenance operators moving from subcontracted work into their own licensed business. The CA Landscape case studies are 5 cases and about 2,008 words.
1Bid Clarification on a Grading and Planting Package
You are bidding a 1.2-acre commercial landscape remodel in the Central Valley. The plan shows 4,200 sf of 1-inch sod, 18 24-inch box trees, 600 sf of 6-inch-deep mulch beds, and a 90-foot, 6-foot-high CMU wall.
444 words, about 2 min2Drainage Failure at a New Courtyard
A 2,500 sf courtyard was installed last fall. The finished grade slopes toward the building at about 1 percent, and ponding appears within 24 hours after a 1-inch storm, especially along a 40-foot foundation wall.
413 words, about 2 min3Plant Selection for a Hot Parking-Lot Island
A 40-foot by 8-foot parking-lot island is being planted in a hot inland California city. The island is full sun, receives reflected heat from asphalt, and has 18 inches of imported sandy loam over a compacted base.
406 words, about 2 min4Irrigation Zone and Pressure Problem
A contractor is troubleshooting a newly installed drip and spray system on a 1-acre site. The 3/4-inch water meter provides 62 psi static pressure and a safe available flow of 12 gpm.
372 words, about 2 min5Herbicide Injury Near a Community Garden
A maintenance crew is treating a 2-acre common area. On Monday they apply a 2,4-D amine post-emergent to the turf for dandelion and a granular pre-emergent to shrub beds.
373 words, about 2 min