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Mowing schedules do not pause for construction

how green industry pros can best navigate the summer construction season

Summer has a way of making every jobsite feel like it is operating on fast-forward. Everyone is already stretched before the season hits full stride, and municipal teams are juggling mowing, tree work, storm cleanup and drainage on top of whatever lands in their inbox that week. Roadwork, sidewalk repairs, waterline upgrades, culvert replacements, streetscape improvements and park renovations all seem to hit at once during the warmer months. Summer gives municipalities longer daylight hours, more workable weather and a better window for asphalt, concrete, trenching, grading and restoration. But it is also when many funded projects are ready to move from planning to execution.

For landscape contractors and grounds crews, it means their sites are suddenly more complicated, without any change to what they are responsible for. A crew may not be replacing pipe, but it still has to maintain the property around that work. 

Read more from Beau Slavens, President of Avant USA, for Green Industry Pros: https://www.greenindustrypros.com/business-management/fleet/article/22967127/avant-tecno-usa-pro-landscapers-lawncare-services-can-work-with-construction-schedules