How does your Landscape company compare?
Landscape Construction Operational Statistics Collection
Hi Everyone
Planting By Hand in a Prepared Bed
The Landscape Contractors group is collecting construction data in order to help you compare your company to others.
Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions. All answers are anonymous.
We will be compiling the data into a booklet and making it available to members. Here is a link to the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LandscapeConstructionData
Thanks for participating in making the industry better. Here is some useful information resulting from the last survey we did.
Planting By Hand in a Prepared Bed
| Operation | Person Hours |
| 10 – 1 gallon containerized plants | .53 |
| 10 – 2 gallon-containerized plants | .71 |
| 10 – 5 gallon-containerized plants | 1 |
| 10 – 10 gallon containerized plants | 1.5 |
| 24" wire basket plant- (digging, staking, mulching and watering) | 1.5 |
| 34" wire basket | 2.0 |
Planting By Machine
| Operation | Person Hours |
| 24" wire basket | .79 |
| 34” wire basket | 1.9 |
Finish Grade and Sod
| Operation | Person Hours |
| Grade 100 sq. ft. site with 2" of topsoil | .75 |
| Grade 1000 sq. ft. site with 2" of topsoil | 1.5 |
| Install 100 sq. ft. of sod | .64 |
| Install 1000 sq. ft. of sod | 1.5 |
Regards,
Tony DiGiovanni