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Enhancing the Landscape Gavinjones.Co.Uk Enhancing the Landscape Gavinjones.Co.Uk Enhancing the Landscape gavinjones.co.uk Enhancing the Landscape gavinjones.co.uk LANDSCAPE ROYAL CONSTRUCTION PARKS & PALACES MILITARY BASES 05 © The Royal Parks 13 15 02 Enhancing the Landscape ABOUT US OTHER SERVICES Gavin Jones Ltd is a national landscape Our focus is on the delivery of an optimum construction and maintenance company. quality service that aims not only to meet, From February 2018, Gavin Jones became but to exceed our client’s expectations. part of the Nurture Landscapes Group. Our fully trained staff offer a professional Tree Works Specialising in landscape construction and and diverse range of land management grounds maintenance across the breadth of skills, using a combination of traditional Plant Displays the UK, Gavin Jones strives for excellence in best-practice horticultural techniques and all aspects of work, with a flexible attitude innovative technology, whilst remaining to client requirements. sensitive to the environment in which Winter Gritting we work. 17 www.gavinjones.co.uk 03 04 Enhancing the Landscape LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION Gavin Jones Ltd has established an Whether your preference is for a enviable reputation for premium quality negotiated, partnered design & build, or a service and a flexible attitude to meeting more traditional style contract, Gavin Jones, client requirements. will ensure all aspects of the specification are delivered in a timely and cost effective Our dedicated and experienced staff offer manner, with the aim of not only meeting a professional and diverse range of hard but exceeding stakeholder expectations. and soft landscaping skills, together with an all-encompassing project management capability; from small schemes, to multi-million pound contracts. www.gavinjones.co.uk 05 06 Enhancing the Landscape LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION Soft & Hard Landscaping Gavin Jones’s vast experience in managing Our skilled workforce has extensive large planting schemes, gives us the ability knowledge and experience in delivering to successfully implement the high profile complex hard landscape schemes to a specifications and programmes required to high standard. Our technical abilities meet the needs of complex projects. include minor building and civils works, roof gardens, public realm and private We are one of only a few contractors in gardens in both new build and the UK who have the relevant experience restoration environments. required to handle and plant large specimen trees onto client sites and into challenging spaces, whether it is at street level or on the 10th floor! www.gavinjones.co.uk 07 08 Enhancing the Landscape LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION Design & Build, Restoration & Renovation Gavin Jones offers a design & build service Since the 1970s we have gained a vast for a wide variety of construction schemes; amount of experience and involvement in from high end domestic projects to larger regeneration and restoration works, mainly complex commercial new build projects. from working with Local Authorities and Development Corporations. We have the expertise and experience to manage your project right through from The scope of works often includes minor the point of concept design, to construction building and civils works, water features, and completion. stone restoration, play areas, lighting, street furniture and sensitive hard and soft Our project management team will landscape works. ensure all aspects of the specification are delivered in a professional, timely and cost These are often high value, complex effective manner. projects, requiring a collaborative project management team to work alongside the client and stakeholders. www.gavinjones.co.uk 09 10 Enhancing the Landscape GROUNDS MAINTENANCE At Gavin Jones we are passionate about Our Grounds Maintenance teams aim to enhancing the landscape and protecting the maintain your investment by maximising the environment in which we work and live. presentation of your interior and exterior landscape environment through efficient, Since the Industrial Revolution, green spaces proactive and cost effective management. are considered to be an essential component of the urban environment, providing a With a flexible attitude to client refreshing relief from stone and concrete. requirements, regular communication and health and safety awareness, our fully How your surroundings are tended speaks trained specialist grounds maintenance volumes about how you care for your teams offer a professional and diverse range people, and studies demonstrate that of land management skills, using latest exposure to a well maintained landscape technology, equipment and ‘best practice’ has a noticeable effect on improving health grounds maintenance techniques. and well-being for all. www.gavinjones.co.uk 11 12 © The Royal Parks Enhancing the Landscape GROUNDS MAINTENANCE Royal Parks & Palaces Gavin Jones maintain Greenwich, Bushy and These prestigious parks enjoy a reputation Richmond Parks on behalf of The Royal for horticultural excellence and nature Parks. The service provision entails estate conservation, attracting approximately four and park management services, ring fenced million visitors each year. horticultural services, as well as a 7 day a week cleansing contract. Our staff are expected to be in smart uniform and are regularly asked questions Working on these high profile parks, we are relating to horticulture, directions, park proud to have attained a BALI Award at features and other related matters, which Greenwich Park, and Green Flag status at all they handle in a courteous, sympathetic and three parks, with the addition of the Green professional manner. Flag Heritage Award at Richmond Park. www.gavinjones.co.uk 13 14 Enhancing the Landscape GROUNDS MAINTENANCE Military Bases On behalf of Aspire Defence Services RFU standards, 3G sports pitches, ECB Limited (ADSL), Gavin Jones undertakes County standard cricket wickets, athletics extensive grounds maintenance services at stadia, as well as the cemeteries, which are Aldershot and the Salisbury plains Garrisons. to be kept in accordance with War Graves Commission standards. The partnership stretches over the 5 main Southern Army Garrisons. Work covers the In 2018, Gavin Jones was the proud winner maintenance of the communal Garrison of the IOG Industry Award for Public Sector areas, residential and Officers’ Mess areas, Sport Ground Team 2018, for the sports soldiers’ living accommodation, natural turf delivery work we carry out across the sports turf surfaces maintained to FA and Aspire contract. www.gavinjones.co.uk 15 16 Enhancing the Landscape GROUNDS MAINTENANCE Tree Works Gavin Jones is an Arboricultural Association Below are some of the services we offer: approved contractor for tree works and offer a wide range of tree surveying and • Crown lifting surgery services, which meet current best • Crown cleaning / reduction / thinning practice and industry standards. • Deadwooding • Dead, dying and dangerous tree work As an Arboricultural Association approved • Emergency call-outs contractor, we have gained a diverse wealth • Formative pruning of knowledge and experience, having • Installation of bracing worked on construction sites to ecologically • Pollarding / re-pollarding sensitive sites, covering both domestic and • Storm damage repair commercial clients. • Stump grinding and removal • Tree felling We can provide free no obligation quotes • Tree dismantling / sectional felling and simple friendly advice from a fully • Tree surgery qualified Arborist. • Veteran tree works. www.gavinjones.co.uk 17 gritting with care WINTER GRITTING Ice and snow pose real dangers to the Weather conditions are closely monitored safety of occupiers and visitors to any on a daily basis using the Met Office’s business. We can remove this risk by detailed weather forecasting system. Our providing comprehensive winter gritting Weather Watch system enables swift action, and snow clearance services across the but also avoids the expense of surplus UK, via our highly experienced winter gritting, as our focus is on road surface gritting team at Nurture Landscapes – temperatures where the ice hazard forms. www.nurturelandscapes.co.uk. The system receives daily weather forecasts We have a significant fleet of vehicles from the Met Office for every postcode comprising of 18 and 7.5 tonne gritting area across the UK, which it uses to predict lorries, flat-bed trucks, adapted transit vans road surface temperatures. This enables and tractors, and store over 2000 tonnes of us to activate jobs automatically for sites loose salt at all our major regional depots where ice is likely, streamlining the across the UK. whole operation. 18 www.nurturelandscapes.co.uk gardeners who care PLANT DISPLAYS We can offer a full Plant Display service, A regular supply of fresh flowers can ranging from interior and exterior planting brighten and lift any environment, from to hanging baskets, floristry and Christmas reception areas and lobbies to hotel suites. trees for corporate, leisure, and retail Using a combination of home grown and clients through our sister company Nurture ethically sourced plants, Nurture’s florists Landscapes – www.nurturelandscapes.co.uk. create an array of designs, from classic simplicity to opulence and elegance. Whether designed for a single site or rolling out across a corporate scheme, we ensure We supply and install artificial or live locally every plant or display is appropriate for the sourced Christmas trees, both interior and location, and we will keep it looking perfect exterior for every location,
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