Management Plan for Firth Park - MP4-Interreg

A7. MAINTENANCE
Firth Heritage Park is maintained by a number of different organisations. In summary:
• The park Gardeners undertake general maintenance in the park and are employed
by the Parks and Countryside Service.
• The Trees & Woodland Section oversees the management of the sites trees
• Large-scale grass cutting and some other maintenance elements are bought in from
Streetforce. Streetforce are part of the Development, Environment and Leisure
Directorate. Streetforce (Landscape Section) have a maintenance agreement with
the Parks and Countryside Service
• Specialist contactors or Kier Sheffield carry out other maintenance. Most
maintenance work was previously carried out by Sheffield Direct Services (Works
Dept.). In April 2003 Sheffield Direct Services formed a partnership with the private
company Kier and now operate under the name ‘Kier Sheffield’.
Area of Responsibility
Landscape
Trees and Woodlands
Buildings & Structures
Current Maintenance Posts / Sections
Park Gardener with support from North area team
Streetforce / external contractors
Woodland P/C Street force / external contractors
Kier Sheffield / external contractors (as instructed by
the Premises and Assets Section )
The full maintenance schedule is based on the Parks and Countryside Service system
known as ‘Confirm’, more details of which can be found later in this Plan (Part B4).
Fig 27 Formation of new Flower Beds
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