January/February 2017 | The Davey Bulletin 17
Bucket trucks proved advantageous
– where applicable.
More than 50 Davey employees responded to
Hilton Head Island to clean up after the storm.
a three-week period.
"They didn't receive the same kind
of local publicity the crews working
at Sea Pines and Hilton Head Island
did, but the Orlando office and the 14
visiting crew members performed safe
and efficient work that will contribute
greatly to the successful deployment
of R/C crews to Hurricane Matthew,"
Francies said. "Our thanks go out to
each of them equally."
In addition, R/C crews handled
countless residential cleanup tasks
across the East Coast working for
various insurance companies as part
of the storm response.
Richard Foote, vice president of
business development and client
services, said crews also worked at
several different golf courses in the
Southeast damaged by the storm.
"At some courses, as the storm surge
came in, it flooded sand traps and
washed them out," he said. "And the
salt water severely damaged the turf."
CLS AIDS FAMILIES
ON MILITARY BASE
CLS crews started working days in
advance of the hurricane at Joint Base
Charleston in North Charleston, South
Carolina, where Davey is contracted
to manage the residential landscapes.
Davey employees helped the client,
Hunt, which manages the residential
units at the base, board up windows
and add storm protection before
Matthew struck.
Dan Morgan, regional manager, CLS,
said their prep included stocking up
on fuel and getting a chipper and
dump truck ready to roll. So when
the military gave Davey access to the
base on Sunday, immediately after
the storm passed, Davey crews were
ready to start the cleanup.
The CLS crew at the base worked
12-hour days for five days to clear
14 large, downed trees and all
the other broken limbs and storm
debris littered about the base's
residential neighborhoods.
Morgan recalled clearing one large
oak tree that had split down the
center near a house.
"Not only was it a challenge to clean
it up and get it out of there, but it
was a gorgeous tree," he said. "And
its absence takes away from the
character of the neighborhood with
large, established trees like that oak
now missing."
A TEAM EFFORT
When asked, Davey managers
repeatedly pointed to the speed
at which crews organized and the
collaborative spirit different offices and
accounts embodied as a point of pride
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