SOW_Prune_Remove_Trees_FORA_Housing.pdf

Prune/ Remove Hazardous Trees around Fort Raleigh Housing Area

CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE

Outer Banks Group

Statement of Work

Prune/Remove Hazardous Trees around Fort Raleigh Housing Area

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The National Park Service (NPS) Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (FORA) has a requirement to trim approximately 21 trees and remove approximately 30 trees to eliminate the potential damage from trees rubbing or falling on the housing units. Request price quote.

2.0 CONSTRUCTION SITE LOCATION

The trees are in Manteo, NC 27954 around houses on Pear Pad Rd.

All five housing units are located on Pear Pad Rd

Each house has a house number as follows:

1. 1441 Pear Pad Rd.

2. 1443 Pear Pad Rd.

3. 1445 Pear Pad Rd.

4. 1447 Pear Pad Rd.

5. 1415 Pear Pad (A-Frame)

3.0 BACKGROUND AND EXISTING CONDITIONS

The five Manteo houses have trees with branches that touch or reach over the roofs or are deemed hazardous in accordance with the Outer Banks Group Hazardous Tree Management

Plan. The primary type of trees near the homes include oak, dog wood, and pine. Eleven trees requiring pruning work are marked with a brightly colored spray paint or a pink ribbon to identify the trees limbs to be pruned. Forty trees are required to be removed and marked with orange tape or brightly colored spray paint.

The Outer Banks Group published a Hazard Tree Management Plan in September 2018.

Several pictures of the houses and surrounding trees are included at the end of this Scope of

Work.

4.0 SCOPE OF WORK

Task 1-Pruning of Hazardous Trees: In the project areas, there are hazardous trees overhanging housing units Manteo NC. The task is to prune/trim branches from five housing units. The objective in pruning/trimming of the trees are to create a 20’ clear zone in and around the housing units. Completely remove cut tree branches, limbs, sticks, leaves, and other debris that is pruned.

1.1 Follow safety guidelines as written Outer Banks Group Hazard Tree

Management plan dated September 2018. Standard safety signs, cones, and flagging will be utilized to notify drivers, pedestrians, and passers-by of the pruning work. Tree work operations will comply with ANSI Z133.1 standards and applicable OSHA safety regulations.

Task 2: Tree Removal: In the project areas, there are hazardous trees that are required to be removed around five housing units Manteo NC. The objective in removal of the trees is to create a 20’ clear zone in and around the housing units. Completely remove tree, tree branches, limbs, sticks, leaves, and other debris that is created. Cut or grind tree stump flush to the ground from the actual sub straight, not the upheaval of the tree ensuring there is no subsurface disturbance. Score the stump with crisscross cuts not to exceed 3” apart.

Below pictures of current conditions at the five housing units .

Unit 1441

. Unit 1443

Unit 1445

Unit 1447

Unit 1415