Landscaping
CSI Division 32, Exterior Improvements
The planting, irrigation, and finish grading work that completes a site's exterior appearance, typically one of the last scopes to finish on a project, since it has to happen after heavy equipment traffic and utility work near the building are already done.
Why it matters
Landscaping done before other exterior work is finished is landscaping that gets damaged and has to be redone, so its position at the very end of the site sequence isn't just aesthetic timing; it's a practical response to how much other work still needs vehicle and equipment access to the same areas.
On a real project
A project schedules final landscaping and irrigation installation only after paving, utility work, and exterior building trades are substantially complete, avoiding the cost of installing plantings that would just get driven over or dug up again by other trades still finishing nearby work.
Who this matters most to
A Construction Laborer or specialty landscaping crew installs plantings, irrigation, and finish grading to the landscape plan. A Facilities Manager inherits ongoing landscape maintenance responsibility after turnover, relying on the as-built irrigation plan to service the system without guessing at buried line locations.
Where this goes wrong
A project installs landscaping and irrigation ahead of a delayed paving scope, assuming paving would follow shortly after. When paving is delayed for weeks, construction equipment repeatedly crosses the newly planted areas, killing much of the landscaping and damaging irrigation lines that then have to be repaired and replanted at the project's expense.