FL Landscape case studies
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The FL Landscape credential is a Florida contractor-type license for people who install, maintain, and repair landscapes for hire. It is aimed at working landscape professionals - crew leaders, foremen, owner-operators, and people moving from maintenance into installation and construction - who need to contract directly with the public rather than work as a subcontractor under someone else's license. The FL Landscape case studies are 5 cases and about 4,643 words.
1The Phone-Call Change Order, the Unsigned Spouse, and Six Sunken Sabals
You own a small landscape company working in unincorporated Brevard County. In March a homeowner signed your one-page proposal for a 52,400 installation: 3,200 sq ft of 'Floratam' sod, 14 live oaks in 25-gallon containers, six 65-gallon sabal palms, 18 tons of river rock, and an irrigation retrofit.
894 words, about 4 min2Permitted Plan, Wrong Plants: A Naples Coastal Installation on Reclaimed Water
Your firm is installing the landscape for a six-story condominium on the west coast of Naples, zone 10A. The planting bed on the west side is eight feet wide, sits 12 feet from the building, and is roughly 90 feet from mean high water; winter winds carry salt spray and the bed gets full afternoon sun.
971 words, about 5 min3The 15-Minute Schedule: Auditing a Four-Zone Ocala System Under Restrictions
A 22,000 sq ft 'Floratam' St. Augustine lawn on a 1.2-acre residential lot in Ocala is split into four equal irrigation zones.
944 words, about 5 min4Three Acres, Three Problems, One Broadcast Spray Request
An Orlando HOA retains you to manage three acres of common area. The property has 1.5 acres of 'Floratam' St.
953 words, about 5 min5Nine Days to Bid: Sod Volatility, a Thin Competitor, and a Promise After Award
Your company is one of five invited to bid a landscape package for a 96-unit apartment project in Davenport. The general contractor gives you nine calendar days and issues plans with a plant schedule, a sod plan of 28,000 sq ft of 'Floratam', 4,600 sq ft of beds mulched to 3 inches, 46 trees in 25-gallon containers, 320 shrubs in 3-gallon containers, and 1,150 linear feet of 4-inch concrete landscape edging.
881 words, about 4 min