Overview:
Customer: Microsoft Corporation
Industry: Computer Software
Customer Profile:
The Charlotte Campus for Microsoft is one of the largest in the company with over 1,600 employees.
Business Situation:
In 2004 Trammel Crow Company (Property Managers) and Microsoft met to discuss ways of cutting water expenses. Water restrictions were limiting irrigation, harming the plants. Mitch Phillips, owner of AllScape, was brought in to offer a solution.
Solution:
A well was sunk on the Microsoft property that was able to eliminate ground watering and irrigation reliance on the Charlotte Mecklenburg water system.
"Mitch Phillips pre-empts
Problems," says Paul O'Conner. "Last year AllScape made a repair to a main storm drain that was improperly installed by another company. I didn’t have to worry about it. In fact, I didn’t even know it was a problem - Mitch and his people found it and corrected it before it became one."
ALLSCAPE CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified Irrigation Contractor
- Certified NC Storm water BMP Inspection and Maintenance
- US EPA Water Sense Partner
- Certified Arborist (SO-4239A)
- Certified Backflow Prevention Testing
- Certified Landscape Technician
- Certified Plant Professional
- Licensed Aquatic Pesticide Applicator
- Licensed Turf and Ornamental Pesticide Applicator
- North Carolina General Contractor (Davis Construction Division)
- North Carolina Licensed Landscape Contractor
- North Carolina Extension Service "Master Forester"
- OSHA Confined Space Entry
- SHA Hazardous Materials
- Mecklenburg County Division of Water Quality - "Clean Streams Program"
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Investment in Irrigation Well Pays off Big Time for Microsoft.
Charlotte location saves $33,000 dollars each year.
Challenge:
In 2004, Trammell Crow, the Property Management company for Microsoft Corporation (in Charlotte, NC) took a hard look at what their client was paying annually for landscape irrigation. Dry periods beginning in 2000 and again in 2004 were driving up water costs. Bills were running over $2800 per month, or in excess of $33,000 annually. They would no doubt continue to increase. What could be done to control escalating costs and reduce expenses?
Solution:
Paul O'Conner, Operations Manager at Trammel Crow, initially considered using the storm water pond as a source for landscape irrigation . Mitch Phillips, President of AllScape, Microsoft's landscaping contractor, suggested that the pond would potentially run dry in just four days. “They were going down the right path, but didn’t know how to do it,” Mitch recalls. “The idea of drilling a well and directly feeding the irrigation system seemed to a more effective alternative.”
Results:
AllScape drilled the well in 2005 at a cost of $54,480. It enabled the company to stop drawing irrigation water off the Charlotte Mecklenburg system. A complete R.O.I. on the investment was realized in just 1.5 years. It continues to save over $33,000 annually. One unexpected benefit was realized when construction was done to the building which been considered, as water restrictions were in place and the sod would have died.
AllScape:
ALLSCAPE is a full service commercial landscape and site work company that has emerged as a leader in high quality landscape maintenance and site management services for the Charlotte metro market and surrounding areas.
Now in it's twelfth year of business, AllScape provides services to hundreds of Charlotte area companies including: Boise Cascade, Belk, Carolina Healthcare Systems, OfficeMax and others.
"We are always looking for ways to accomplish our customer's objectives." says Mitch Phillips. "We have found that incorporating the latest EPA WaterSense Certified technologies along with a planned program of preventative maintenance we can deliver the best possible outcomes. When the property managers at our client sites are happy, we're happy."
To contact AllScape and find out more about these and other solutions, call us at: (704) 552-6335 or visit our website: www.allscapenc.com. We would be pleased to provide you and your associates with a valuable landscaping assessment to determine how you too could save money and improve your property values.
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