Industry Code: 02100
Landscaping activities are plant, yard and grounds maintenance and enhancement activities most often conducted at or around residential or commercial building sites.
This industry also includes the supply and installation of irrigation systems and fences.
Operation Details:
Landscaping may include design and layout, seeding and planting trees, shrubs, flowers, cutting and maintaining the grass, gardens and grounds. Landscaping may also include some subordinate harder landscape construction such as building a deck, a fence, or smaller concrete edging activity.
Equipment may include lawn mowers, trimmers, bobcats, trucks, fertilizer spreaders, tampers, gardening-type tools. The occupational mix may be comprised of labourers, horticulturists, sales/estimators, office/administration staff, equipment operators, landscape designers. Employers may operate a store front operation to sell related landscaping/gardening items and materials.
The supply and install of irrigation systems will be for residential yards, commercial grounds and golf courses.
The installation requires a trench to be dug using a shovel or ditch witch-type of trenching unit. Pipe, most often plastic, is placed in the ditch, sprinkler heads are attached at strategic intervals, it is hooked up to an existing water supply and the trench is backfilled.
Typical equipment may include "ditch witch", gardening-type handtools and plastic cutters/glue. Staff can include plumbers, landscapers, labourers, sales/estimators and office/administration staff.
The supply and install of fences includes tubular metal, chain link, barbed wire, wood and plastic (PVC) fencing in all sectors.
The installation involves digging post holes, usually by auger (handheld and mechanical) and then ready-mix cement is prepared and tamped into the holes to secure the post. Chain link or barbed wire is stretched or pulled into place by a winch or a puller and fastened with "U" shaped metal staples. Wood fence boards are nailed or screwed into place and some onsite cutting, staining or painting may be required. Some minor in-shop fabrication to hinges, latches, gates and with link weaving machines is permitted in the industry.
Typical equipment used for these activities includes post-hole auger, bobcats, mixers, hand tools, winch, saws and steel/wire cutters. Staff can include labourers, technical staff, sales/estimators, drivers and office/administrative.
All employers in this industry are members of the Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA). Safety associations represent the interests of employers and promote workplace safety through education and other initiatives. Improved workplace safety can result in fewer claims and help lower premiums. A portion of premiums collected is allocated to the association to support these initiatives.
Underwriting Considerations:
It is recognized landscaping is a spring/summer/fall activity and clearing sidewalks and parking lots of snow in winter months is part of this industry. Clearing streets and highways is typically done with the use of heavy equipment (graders, tractors, etc.) and will be classified in industry 40604. Golf course construction is classified in industry 40604. Firms which only specialize in residential/commercial fertilizer and weed control services are classified in Lawn Maintenance, industry 02103.
A business engaged exclusively in the construction/installation of playground equipment will be classified in this industry on a compulsory basis. The construction/installation of playground equipment may include other activities such as land reclamation, augering holes, building retaining walls, fences, sandboxes and concrete work (cementing fence posts/playground equipment into the ground, etc.)
Businesses installing underground sprinkler systems in conjunction with a landscaping project, are classified in Industry 2100.
The sale and installation of agricultural systems such as center pivot or wheel line systems (generally above ground) are classified in Industry 62302, Machinery/Equipment NEC - Sales, Service, Repair.
This industry will also include erecting corrals, including gates and chutes. Shop work in support of one's own installation is acceptable in this industry. Custom steel fabrication is classified in Industry 30100.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Gardens and Lawns - Maintenance of
Grass Seeding, Residential and Commercial
Groundskeeping
Landscaping
Lawns and Gardens - Maintenance
Tree Moving
Tree Stump Removal
Playgrounds, Assembly of Wood and/or Metal
Pruning Trees
Shrubs - Pruning and Trimming
Snow Removal with Hand Tools or Snow Blowers
Barbed Wire Fencing - Installation
Corrals, Metal Livestock - Sale/Rent/Erect/Dismantle
Fences, Barbed Wire - Installation
Fences, Metal or Steel - Installation Only
Fences - Sale and Installation
Fencing - Wood
Irrigation Systems - Residential and Commercial
Livestock Corrals, Metal - Sale/Rent/Erect/Dismantle
Sprinkler Systems, Underground - Installation
Steel or Metal Fences - Installation
Underground Sprinkler Systems - Install and Service
Rate Group History:
Effective January 1, 2010, Industries 42127, Fences - Sell/Rent/Install and 4216, Underground Sprinkler - Install, were consolidated into 2100, Landscaping.
Landscaping activities are plant, yard and grounds maintenance and enhancement activities most often conducted at or around residential or commercial building sites.
This industry also includes the supply and installation of irrigation systems and fences.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Gardens and Lawns - Maintenance of
Grass Seeding, Residential and Commercial
Groundskeeping
Landscaping
Lawns and Gardens - Maintenance
Tree Moving
Tree Stump Removal
Playgrounds, Assembly of Wood and/or Metal
Pruning Trees
Shrubs - Pruning and Trimming
Snow Removal with Hand Tools or Snow Blowers
Barbed Wire Fencing - Installation
Corrals, Metal Livestock - Sale/Rent/Erect/Dismantle
Fences, Barbed Wire - Installation
Fences, Metal or Steel - Installation Only
Fences - Sale and Installation
Fencing - Wood
Irrigation Systems - Residential and Commercial
Livestock Corrals, Metal - Sale/Rent/Erect/Dismantle
Sprinkler Systems, Underground - Installation
Steel or Metal Fences - Installation
Underground Sprinkler Systems - Install and Service
Operation Details:
Landscaping may include design and layout, seeding and planting trees, shrubs, flowers, cutting and maintaining the grass, gardens and grounds. Landscaping may also include some subordinate harder landscape construction such as building a deck, a fence, or smaller concrete edging activity.
Equipment may include lawn mowers, trimmers, bobcats, trucks, fertilizer spreaders, tampers, gardening-type tools. The occupational mix may be comprised of labourers, horticulturists, sales/estimators, office/administration staff, equipment operators, landscape designers. Employers may operate a store front operation to sell related landscaping/gardening items and materials.
The supply and install of irrigation systems will be for residential yards, commercial grounds and golf courses.
The installation requires a trench to be dug using a shovel or ditch witch-type of trenching unit. Pipe, most often plastic, is placed in the ditch, sprinkler heads are attached at strategic intervals, it is hooked up to an existing water supply and the trench is backfilled.
Typical equipment may include "ditch witch", gardening-type handtools and plastic cutters/glue. Staff can include plumbers, landscapers, labourers, sales/estimators and office/administration staff.
The supply and install of fences includes tubular metal, chain link, barbed wire, wood and plastic (PVC) fencing in all sectors.
The installation involves digging post holes, usually by auger (handheld and mechanical) and then ready-mix cement is prepared and tamped into the holes to secure the post. Chain link or barbed wire is stretched or pulled into place by a winch or a puller and fastened with "U" shaped metal staples. Wood fence boards are nailed or screwed into place and some onsite cutting, staining or painting may be required. Some minor in-shop fabrication to hinges, latches, gates and with link weaving machines is permitted in the industry.
Typical equipment used for these activities includes post-hole auger, bobcats, mixers, hand tools, winch, saws and steel/wire cutters. Staff can include labourers, technical staff, sales/estimators, drivers and office/administrative.
All employers in this industry are members of the Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA). Safety associations represent the interests of employers and promote workplace safety through education and other initiatives. Improved workplace safety can result in fewer claims and help lower premiums. A portion of premiums collected is allocated to the association to support these initiatives.
Underwriting Considerations:
It is recognized landscaping is a spring/summer/fall activity and clearing sidewalks and parking lots of snow in winter months is part of this industry. Clearing streets and highways is typically done with the use of heavy equipment (graders, tractors, etc.) and will be classified in industry 40604. Golf course construction is classified in industry 40604. Firms which only specialize in residential/commercial fertilizer and weed control services are classified in Lawn Maintenance, industry 02103.
A business engaged exclusively in the construction/installation of playground equipment will be classified in this industry on a compulsory basis. The construction/installation of playground equipment may include other activities such as land reclamation, augering holes, building retaining walls, fences, sandboxes and concrete work (cementing fence posts/playground equipment into the ground, etc.)
Businesses installing underground sprinkler systems in conjunction with a landscaping project, are classified in Industry 2100.
The sale and installation of agricultural systems such as center pivot or wheel line systems (generally above ground) are classified in Industry 62302, Machinery/Equipment NEC - Sales, Service, Repair.
This industry will also include erecting corrals, including gates and chutes. Shop work in support of one's own installation is acceptable in this industry. Custom steel fabrication is classified in Industry 30100.
Rate Group History:
Effective January 1, 2010, Industries 42127, Fences - Sell/Rent/Install and 4216, Underground Sprinkler - Install, were consolidated into 2100, Landscaping.