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The Long Barn, Moddershall, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8TQ

t: 01785 285455 e: tenders@hortech.co.uk w: hortech.co.uk

Commercial Grounds Maintenance, Gritting & Environmental Services

Welcome to Hortech – Celebrating 35 years of service to customers across the UK

Our industry expertise has been a continuous development that has been enriched through the synergy of partnerships with our clients.

Hortech founded in 1987 has established itself as a forefront leader in the Landscape Management Industry. Our avant-garde attitude and approach to not only the contract specifics but also to our client’s prerequisites, has allowed us over the years to diversify our services and provide award winning contracts. As a result, we now hold long established contracts with many household names and blue chip companies within both the private and public sectors.

Annually we undertake works on 65,000 sites spanning across the whole of the UK. We understand that every site is bespoke and we tailor our works to reflect this.

We pride ourselves on our “can do” attitude and have an enhanced commitment to health and safety alongside our unrivalled customer service. A key strength is our ability to respond promptly to customer needs and deliver outstanding services not only meeting but exceeding our customer expectations.

Extensive knowledge, commitment and training (delivered by our in-house training team) guarantees that we can provide you with the precise combination of traditional and innovative procedures to encompass all of your estate management requirements.

 

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

 

Advisory

• Independent BASIS advice
• Tree surveys
• Ecological surveys
• Health and safety presentations/audits
• Presentations to clients’ staff
• Grounds maintenance strategy/policy making
• Industry expert guidance and reporting
• Quality auditing

 

Gritting

• Attend and grit when requested
• Attend and grit based on accurate ground and air temperature weather forecast
• Supply by the pallet for clients’ own distribution to sub depots
• Grit bin top up service

 

Grounds Maintenance

• Grass cutting
• Weed control
• Specialist weed control (invasive weeds such as Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Common Ragwort, Himalayan Balsam)
• Gritting work/snow clearance
• Hedge Cutting
• 24 Hour call out (most usually invoked for damage to trees or security breaches)
• Reinstatements and repairs to landscape environments
• Graffiti Removal
• Vegetation Control/Clearance
• Pest Control
• Wildlife Habitat Conservation
• Soft Landscaping – Hortech owns a wholesale peat free nursery
• Arboriculture – Tree cutting, Pruning, Trimming
• Tree Surgery
• Woodland and Forest Management
• Emergency call out to secure site and provide locksmith service
• Timber Harvesting

 

Landscaping

• Soft landscaping
• Urban renewal
• Fencing
• Tree surgery

 

Weed Control

• Specialist in Invasive Weed Treatment – In house BASIS advisors
• Japanese Knotweed
• Himalayan Balsam
• Giant Hogweed
• Bracken

 

Tree Management

• Aerial pruning
• Consultancy
• Forestry clearance
• Grant applications
• Legislative inspections
• QTRA surveys
• Stump grinding/removal
• TPO searches
• Training
• Tree felling/removal
• Tree planting
• Tree pruning
• Tree surveys and inspection
• Wood chipping
• Woodland maintenance

 

Training

• Pesticide Training
• Health and Safety
• Practical
• First Aid
• Manual Handling
• HAVS – Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
• Asbestos Awareness Training

 

Environmental Cleaning

• Fly tipping clearance
• Graffiti removal
• Hazardous waste solutions
• L8 Legionella assessments
• Litter collection
• Mess room cleaning/janitorial
• Pest control – baited boxes etc
• Sharps collection
• Wasp nest and other insect clearance
• Carcass disposal