{"72125":{"#nid":"72125","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Plan Outlines Tree Care During Construction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen it\u2019s time to break ground for a new construction project, a lot of consideration is given to the trees that cover campus.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur first priority is to protect existing trees on our construction sites,\u201d said Anne Boykin-Smith, master planner in Capital Planning and Space Management. \u201cBut if a tree is unhealthy and should be removed, we want to take care of this during the construction process and plant replacement trees.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETree protection and planting is just one of the many topics covered in the Georgia Tech Landscape Master Plan (in Section 6), which provides guidance on a variety of landscaping issues ranging from stonework to recommended plant lists. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf a tree is healthy, a plan is created to ensure that it isn\u2019t harmed during construction. The plan usually includes information such as where the root protection zone is, an area that is defined as a diameter equal to two times the height of the tree. Within this zone, no trenching, parking, construction, storage of materials or soil stockpiling is allowed. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESometimes due to construction or poor health, trees must be removed. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor example, several trees needed to be removed as part of the Peters Parking Deck retaining wall replacement project because the trees were not thriving \u2014 due to years of drought conditions \u2014 and might have fallen once the old wall was removed,\u201d Boykin-Smith said. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to removing any trees, an assessment by a certified arborist is required. According to the master plan, a minimum of three replacement trees is required for trees that must be removed because of disease or danger. Replacement trees may be planted anywhere on campus (with Georgia Tech approval). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther recent construction projects that required tree removal and replacement include North Avenue streetscape, where 39 trees will be replanted, and the Clough Commons, Transit Hub and Tech Green projects, where 324 were replanted. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs for the new trees that have yet to be replanted, this will occur in the weeks to come, since late fall is the ideal planting season, according to Hyacinth Ide, campus landscape manager.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTrees don\u2019t actively grow because of the cool weather, so the demand for watering is less, and the chance of the tree survival is better,\u201d Ide said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:anne.smith@spaceplan.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBoykin-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen it\u2019s time to break ground for a new construction project, a lot of consideration is given to the trees that cover campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"When it\u2019s time to break ground for a new construction project, a lot of consideration is given to the trees that cover campus."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-10-31 15:11:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:34","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72124":{"id":"72124","type":"image","title":"Trees","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894651","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:11","alt":"Trees","file":{"fid":"193651","name":"tree_ii.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tree_ii_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tree_ii_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3675015,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tree_ii_0.jpg?itok=udCAeVrF"}}},"media_ids":["72124"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3bmptfm","title":"Landscape Master Plan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14937","name":"Anne Boykin-Smith"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"111","name":"Landscape Master Plan"},{"id":"14935","name":"planting"},{"id":"14936","name":"replanting"},{"id":"350","name":"trees"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:anne.smith@spaceplan.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAnne Boykin-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECapital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}