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The Davey Bulletin Nov-Dec 2016

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2 LOCATIONS, 1 WINTRY CHALLENGE The landscapes of Colorado can be both brutal and beautiful. Just ask the Commercial Landscape Services (CLS) crews who manage some of Denver's highest-profile government properties. In Denver, CLS crews are responsible for clearing snow and caring for plants at two large government facilities. Davey maintains the 623-acre Denver Federal Center complex in Lakewood, Colorado, and separately the Denver Federal District, a collection of five buildings home to several courthouses and other government offices in downtown Denver. GOOD PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT ARE CRUCIAL During warmer months, the landscapes require less-intensive maintenance. It's the cold winter months that test the crews' mettle. "The Denver Federal Center is probably the only contract we have where we use more labor force in the winter than we do in the summer," said Blane Pshigoda, government/ projects division manager. At the federal center, the task of running a snow-free operation falls to Jason Encinias, project manager, CLS. The client charges Encinias with keeping roadways and pedestrian areas safe and free of ice and snow. The center is home to 28 different federal agencies spread throughout 44 buildings – with more than 5,000 employees. "Bottom line, you can't do it without a committed crew," Encinias said. "The people on the ground make the wheels move." And during a typical winter storm event a lot of people make a lot of wheels move. As many as 40 crew members will operate 24 different pieces of equipment at the federal center. The equipment includes four massive front-end loaders, four large trucks with plows, four pick-up trucks with plows, skid steers and other machines for pushing snow or loading salt. The other crew members use hand tools to clear snow. "During a legitimate snow event, the crews can be there anywhere from six hours to 14 hours straight," Encinias said. "This past winter, we had several large snow events that lasted two to MY DAVEY 14 The Davey Bulletin | November/December 2016 So much snow fell at the Denver Federal Center on March 23, 2016, officials made the rare call to close the 623-acre campus. Within minutes of clearing this Denver Federal Center parking lot of snow, the March 2016 blizzard had covered it again. A tree on the campus of the Denver Federal Center on March 23, 2016, when 20 inches of snow hit the city.

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