Brickman in Texas

Our Houston Branch recently partnered with a local elementary school for Career Day. It was a great way to educate childiren about the landscape industry with a classroom session followed up by a hands on project to redesign the school's marquee sign.

The Southlake Texas branch of the Brickman Group helped plant new beds at the Bear Creek Community Church. The Southlake group, led by Bevin Nieman, arrived early and begun digging up the older flowers beds. The beds were replaced with a combination of shrubs and perennials.

The garden was founded by Brother Gerald Taylor as a way to unite the community. People from the neighborhood have a free opportunity to come and plant and garden with their families. Part of the garden also serves as a bee and butterfly habitat.

Brother Taylor passed away 4 weeks ago from a terminal illness. His legacy is continued by Brother Dale Ward and the Bear Creek Community Church.

With ever-increasing watering restrictions all over the country, there's a push to conserve even more. On November 20th Lawn & Landscape will host a webinar sponsored by Rain Bird which will cover key strategies on how to make your customers’ existing systems super efficient. You can register here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/862109872

Super-efficient irrigation systems You already know how to build an irrigation system, and probably already know how to use water efficiently. But with unabated drought and ever-increasing watering restrictions all over the country, contractors are being pushed to conserve even more. In this second in a series of webinars sponsored b...

Monday's advice:

http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/8-things-really-efficient-people-do.html

8 Things Really Efficient People Do Everyone wants more time. Efficiency is one way of adding minutes or hours to your day. Here are eight tips effectively used by the most efficient.

The 419 Katy team took some time out of their busy schedules for some team building. The team touched on topics such as Brickman culture and values, the importance of safety, equipment maintenance basics, irrigation basics and a number of other industry topics. Big thanks to everyone for their great feedback and discussions and also a big thanks to our friends from Outdoor Equipment and Winfield for coming out and helping. It was a great day!

The competition in North Texas begins to heat up! Let your crew members know.

Southlake saying goodbye and thank you to H2B guys

Way to go September Brickman Pride Winners!!

Our South Texas Employee of the Month winner is Jose Rivera from our Houston branch. Jose’s nominator described him as hard-working, dependable, helpful, positive, and eager to learn. He was recently promoted to a Crew Leader position.

The Crew of the Month is from our Austin branch. The crew is formed by Leroy Lopez, Evaristo Baeza, Marcelino Hernandez and Arturo Mendoza. Nominators shared that this crew has created their own process for attention to details and upper level quality, while also coming in under budgeted hours. Their QSA scores have increased with many customers commenting on the crew’s dedication to quality and friendly nature. This crew not only performs well, but they also create a fun working environment daily!

Thank you to our winners for all of their hard work and daily dedication here at Brickman! And thank you, nominators, for your willingness to take the time to recognize deserving team members!

We love getting involved in the communities where we live, work and play! Brickman team members Erin, Tia and Gary participated in the Second Annual Paint the Parkway Pink 5K & Fun Run on Saturday October, 19 in San Antonio. This is a Stone Oak community event aimed to raise awareness & funds for breast cancer research for Susan G. Komen For the Cure.

Can you guess the #1 cited OSHA hazard for 2013? OSHA has released preliminary figures on the top 10 hazards for 2013. Cllick the link below to read more.

Top 10 Hazards for 2013 Preliminary figures have been released from OSHA, the Occupational Health & Safety Administration, on the top 10 most frequently cited OSHA standards for fiscal year 2013.

Join us today at The Woodlands Wildflower Festival at Rob Fleming Park. Brickman is proudly handing out Scarlet Flax!

On October 5, 2013 Brickman Dallas Branch 434 donated mulch and trees for a community service project. Eagle Scouts troop 909 gave Mckinney, Texas Salvation Army's local park a renovation.