An office property sells itself in the ten seconds between the parking space and the front door. Overgrown canopies, deadwood over the walk and a limb dragging the entry canopy read as deferred maintenance to every tenant prospect who walks past them.
The operational constraint is simple: the work cannot happen while tenants are trying to work. Most of what we do on office properties happens early, late, or on a weekend.
What Goes Wrong At This Property Type
- Tenant disruption from noise and blocked parking during business hours
- Deadwood and low limbs over entrances and pedestrian walks
- Canopy shading of parking lot lighting and security cameras
- Root heave lifting sidewalks and creating trip hazards
- Landscape trees planted too close to the building envelope
After-hours and weekend scheduling
Chippers are loud and lifts take parking. We schedule the noisy portion of the work before tenants arrive or on a weekend, and stage equipment where it will not block the main entrance or fire lane.
Pedestrian and vehicle clearance standards
We prune to consistent clearance: roughly eight feet over walks and fourteen over drive lanes, deadwood removed over any area people stand in, and canopies pulled back from building faces so window washing and roof access stay possible.
Sidewalk heave and root conflicts
Where roots have lifted a walk, the answer is not always removal. Sometimes selective root pruning with a barrier, or replacing that panel of concrete at a slightly different grade, solves it and keeps the shade. We tell you when the tree can stay and when it cannot.
What The Program Includes
- Before-hours and weekend crews to avoid tenant disruption
- Consistent pedestrian and drive lane clearance standards
- Deadwood removal over entrances, patios and smoking areas
- Lighting and camera sight line clearance
- Trip hazard evaluation where roots meet hardscape