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January/February 2023
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
DAVEY BREAKS GROUND ON NEW SEED CAMPUS
Construction is underway on the new Davey SEED (Science,
Employee Education & Development) Campus, which is
located across the street from the company's corporate
offi ce in Kent, Ohio. The city of Kent approved the site plan
for the property in November. That action cleared the way
for grading and site work, which is anticipated to be under
way in January. Current work on the property includes
tree removals and tree fencing protection installation in
preparation for building construction.
The primary goal for the property this winter is to install
the main driveway, the building pad for the main building
and to put in place the main utility corridor running all water,
sewer, electric and other utility lines from S.R. 43 back to
the main building site. Additionally, this winter the company
put out to bid the structural steel package for the main
building with the goal of having steel ready to start building
construction this spring. The target completion date for the
main building is late 2024.
Above: Members of the Davey Company's leadership team and project
partners from The Ruhlin Company and SmithGroup break ground at
Davey Tree's new SEED (Science, Employee Education & Development)
Campus on Nov. 30, 2022. The SEED Campus is on a 170-plus acre
property that formerly housed the Oak Knolls East golf course and
Franklin Elementary School on State Route 43 in Kent, Ohio. It will be
the new home to specialized training and research facilities for Davey
and will include a 25,000-square-foot training center and associated
offi ces, a 10,700-square-foot indoor climbing center, 18 spans of
non-energized utility right-of-way, laboratories and greenhouses, a
container nursery and multiple research plots and fi elds.
Right: This architectural artists' rendering
shows the exterior of the climbing center,
at left, and the hallway connecting it to
the main building as seen from the north.
Below: This architectural rendering shows
the exterior of the two large classrooms in
the main building as seen from the south.
Listen to the Talking Trees with Davey Tree podcast
episode about the Davey SEED Campus. Scan this QR
code to hear Dan Herms, vice president of research
and development at the Davey Institute, and Dan Joy,
executive vice president and assistant to the president,
talk about the new SEED Campus planned facilities.
Scan this QR code
to learn more
about the Davey
SEED Campus.
Scan this QR code
to learn more
about the Davey
SEED Campus.
