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Vegetation Work Planning

Effective Work Plans For Post Auditing, Customer Notifications & Community Relations

Vegetation work planning provides detailed vegetation management workloads and prescriptions for utility companies. Through this, utility foresters develop work manifests that are issued to line clearance tree crews, helping to most efficiently manage vegetation along transmission and distribution rights-of-way.

Vegetation work planning can reduce costs on a per-mile basis by identifying actual work that needs to be done. The goal is to streamline operations and spending, particularly because vegetation management is one of the largest budget items for a utility. Work planning aids with efficiencies in time management and budgeting.

Additionally, vegetation work planning contributes to increased reliability, eliminating the need for hot-spotting by addressing hazard trees and cycle busters before they cause issues. Work can be done to help mitigate risks and avoid outages.

Davey Resource Group, Inc. (DRG) provides expert work planning by customizing programs to specific utility needs. DRG’s utility arborists capture workload data and can access real-time information from any device with a cellular/internet connection. Data such as completed and open work areas, storm damage photos, and property owner information are at their fingertips.

Utility clientele can then utilize this information for accurate, real-time circuit analysis of forecasted remediation cost.

DRG’s arborists and foresters have the expertise and ongoing training to provide clients the most skilled team in the industry, and our employees are encouraged to learn and grow in their careers and experience.

DRG is the industry leader. Our team of ISA Certified Arborist Utility Specialists™ and trained foresters have a comprehensive understanding of utility vegetation management and overall tree care best practices. Additionally, we have extensive in-house resources through the Davey Institute, which comprises experts and research teams in arboriculture, entomology, biology, and more.

Work Plan Auditing

Vegetation management auditing ensures vegetation management work plans are executed correctly by tree crews. This provides quality control through a type of “checks and balances,” making sure the utility’s line clearance service specifications are achieved and done right to ensure improved reliability.

As part of its auditing process, DRG works with the utility customer to understand the goals and objectives of the vegetation management program. Additionally, our foresters ensure work is done per industry standards. By listening and communicating with the utility, we ensure quality control based on the client’s needs.

Utility Customer Notification & Community Relations

Notification services comprise communication with your utility customers about work being performed along the right-of-way near their homes. This may include knocking on doors, delivering informational materials, and answering residents’ questions in person or on the phone about specific work and why it’s imperative for reliability.

DRG believes proactively talking to utility customers before work begins helps to eliminate questions and complaints after it is complete. It also provides a mechanism to capture the voice of the customer and advise the utility on outreach efforts. With decades of vegetation management experience, DRG’s arborists have the utmost professionalism and excel at customer communication, helping to establish transparency and public relations for the utility as it works to provide safe and reliable power. DRG strives to provide QTC, or quality team communication—both internally and externally—at all times.

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For more than a century, Davey has provided the solutions utility providers need to keep their customers happy. From vegetation management and asset management to make-ready engineering services, we can help you reach your goals with expert service and a commitment to quality.

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