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Do you want your GSI project to be successful?   Then, do not wait until the last minute to institute a maintenance and monitoring plan.   “The sooner you introduce a plan, the better,” said Jimmy Kreider, Field Operations Division Director, LandStudies, Inc.   Introducing a maintenance and monitoring plan during the nascent stages of
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Last Friday, the third and final day of the 2017 GSI Operations and Maintenance Course kicked off in the field at Kemble Park and La Salle University’s rain gardens. We spent the afternoon learning more about each site’s design processes and technical aspects, turning a specific lens to the role that maintenance and monitoring play
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On Saturday, volunteers across the city celebrated the LOVE Your Park Fall Service Day. A joint program of Parks and Recreation, Fairmount Park Conservancy, and the Philadelphia Park Friends Network, this event brought together residents to plant trees, rake leaves, and help prepare 100 neighborhood parks for the winter season.    The role that public green spaces
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At the last Quarterly Meeting of 2017, GSI Partners clustered into small groups to share how intended and unintended outcomes have made an impact on their projects. During this guided networking time, attendees discussed how they addressed unexpected circumstances that arose throughout each stage of a project’s timeline. In some cases, surprises caused GSI professionals
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