A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Education Grounds Management: Creating Beautiful Campuses
At Live Oak, we understand that the appearance of your educational institution's grounds is of utmost importance. Well-maintained outdoor spaces and engaging environments are crucial to increasing student enrollment and providing a positive first impression for students, faculty, and visitors. As a professional landscaping company, we recognize this and have developed a grounds management program that is specifically designed to make a lasting impact.
Our approach begins by working closely with each client to fully understand their unique vision and requirements. We appreciate that every campus and student body has distinct needs, and we tailor our services to meet them. Our team of highly-trained professionals brings thirty plus years’ of technical skill and experience and is fully equipped to deliver the necessary resources for creating beautiful, safe, sustainable and pristine landscapes to your campus.
At Live Oak, we are committed to providing exceptional service and exceeding our clients' expectations. Let us help you create a beautiful and engaging outdoor environment that will attract and retain students, faculty, and visitors alike.
Services We Provide
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Special Event Management
Whether it’s commencement, homecoming, parents’ weekend, alumni events, or guest speaker presentations, our on-site management team will help ensure your special event goes off without a hitch. From set-up to tear-down, our team is always ready to take on that event which needs the extra special attention.
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Winter and Storm Services
When it comes to addressing the elements, our clients value the peace of mind that comes from partnering with Live Oak. We help to create a reliably safe property with dependable and effective snow, ice and storm management delivered by a professional team.
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Operations Management Team
A dedicated Operations Manager as well as a full On-site Management Team will serve as your on-site experts and points of contact for all of your grounds maintenance needs. This team facilitates project management between various on-site departments, including administration, facilities and athletics.
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Athletics Maintenance
In an effort to ensure that your athletic fields are well maintained, our on-site management team will work in concert with your Athletics Department to assess all aspects of field maintenance—including structures, water, and irrigation to ensure the safety and aesthetic value of your athletic properties.
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Safety and Training
Safety and Training are of utmost importance to our team. Created by our Executive Team, Live Oak University (“LOU”), offers a unique curriculum to train our landscape technicians the “Live Oak” Way to perform each task specific to our grounds management program.
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Site Analysis
At Live Oak, we perform comprehensive site walks for each client, which include an analysis of your campus to provide cost savings options and aesthetic improvements. We encourage environmentally-friendly practices, and help to preserve the natural beauty of the campus with the use of native plants for sustainability.
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Design Services
At Live Oak, we have an on staff licensed landscape architect with thirty plus years’ of experience. Our team studies the landscape and installs the right plant for the location. We utilize natural plantings for geographical areas, as well as low maintenance varieties to enhance the landscape scenery.
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Budget & Cost Savings
Understanding the unique needs of your college or university, we will analyze your requirements and develop an annual or multi-year budget for the services required based upon the contract period. Having a budget you can count on will assist you in your financial planning.
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Plant & Turf Healthcare
We recognize that not every site requires the same approach to plant health and turf care. At Live Oak, we offer a wide array of treatment possibilities for almost any situation. Our comprehensive Turf Programs are designed to meet the horticultural needs of the site based upon soil analysis and testing.
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Irrigation Services
For each and every client, our irrigation technicians will conduct an analysis to evaluate the campus irrigation system and offer proactive solutions to save water and money on irrigation systems. Our team proactively adapts areas to the growing and changing environment to ensure conservation.
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Waste Management
On-site waste management engineers are always ready and available to monitor and remove waste, thus maintaining the pristine and aesthetic value of your campus. Additional services included in our waste management program include the tracking and reporting of recycling numbers for compliance
OUR CORE VALUES
Live Oak’s industry best practices are drawn from the areas we manage daily. We have the expertise and proven processes to ensure your campus landscapes and grounds receive the highest quality management services. Our highly trained individuals utilize the latest technologies to get the job done quickly and correctly and maintain the unique aspects of your campus.
Our priorities are the safety and campus experience of your students, faculty and visitors. We understand the unique demographic of educational institutions and how important it is that our team understands their roles and responsibilities while working on campus. The campus environment is a critical factor in the recruitment and retention of students with their continued satisfaction being key. We take great care in our performance and study the unique movement of students and faculty around campus, ensuring all interactions are positive and safe.
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We are a family-oriented business committed to supporting our employees and their families.
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Cultivating trust with our clients starts with promises kept and clear communication.
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Our training centers around industry best practices that ensure our work is of the highest quality.
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Courage to continue working through challenging conditions, persistence to solve problems completely, and bravery.
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One of our greatest skills is the ability to cut through the noise of day-to-day issues to reveal underlying patterns and systemic problems we can address.
