Our Services and Fees - Grounds Services Department

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The Grounds department provides a variety of services to campus departments and residents. From general maintenance to planting new landscape to pest control and even servicing campus roads, our technicians are working behind the scenes to keep the campus beautiful. Below is a list of the different crews within Grounds and the services they provide to the various groups that call Stanford home.

See also: How to Order Our Services

Academic Maintenance

The Academic Maintenance Crew provides two main categories of services, clean-up maintenance and shrub pruning, to the core academic areas of the campus. Our full list of services includes:

  • Shrub pruning
  • Fertilizing
  • Annual planting
  • Hedge renovations
  • Weeding
  • Sweeping and leaf blowing
  • Event clean-up

Mary Nolan (Manager)
Phone: (650) 723-3386
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Email: marynol@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
6:00 am – 2:30 pm
$47 / hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs)

Special Landscape Maintenance

The Special Landscape Maintenance Crew provides services for the specialty areas of campus and residential leaseholders' common areas, clean up maintenance and shrub pruning. Our full list of services includes:

  • Shrub pruning and renovations
  • Fertilizing
  • Annual planting
  • Hedge renovations
  • Weeding
  • Sweeping and leaf blowing
  • Event clean-up

Max Pinedo (Manager)
Phone: (650) 723-1569
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Email: mmpinedo@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
6:00 am – 2:30 pm
$47 / hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs)

Construction and Irrigation

The Landscape Construction and Irrigation Crew provide a variety of services to project managers, the University Architect and Planning Office and Zones on campus, including:

  • Installing new landscapes
  • Renovating existing landscapes
  • Irrigation system inspections
  • Repair and renovations of existing irrigation systems
  • Installation of new irrigation systems
  • Irrigation shut-offs for events

David Reed (Irrigation Supervisor)
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Email: david.reed@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
7:00 am – 3:30 pm
$85 / hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs)

Turf Grass Management

The Equipment Operations, or Mow Crew, services the Campus (Academic areas, Faculty/Staff and Specialty Landscape Maintenance Crew) by offering the following services:

  • Full lawn maintenance (mowing, edging, fertilizing, aerating)
  • Minor lawn renovation
  • Flail mowing for fire prevention
  • Weed control (Spring/Summer)

Ryan Cheers (Supervisor)

Phone: (650) 723-3386
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Email: rcheers@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
6:00 am – 2:30 pm
$84 / hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs).

Horticulture Group

The Horticulture Group services campus departments, including the Campus Project Managers, Stanford Architect and Planning Office and Maps and Records Department. We offer the following services:

Max Pinedo (Supervisor)

Phone: (650) 723-1569
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Cell: (650) 444-8646
Email: mmpinedo@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
7:00 am – 3:30 pm
$85 / hr

Pest Management

The Pest Management Crew provides a variety of services to campus departments.

  • Weed control
  • Caterpillar and other exterior insect control (for interior pest control call 723-2281)

 

Max Pinedo (Supervisor)
Phone: (650) 723-1569
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Cell: (650) 444-8646
Email: mmpinedo@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
6:00 am – 2:30 pm
$85/ hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs).

Road Maintenance

The Road Maintenance Crew offers many services to groups throughout the campus, including Student Housing, Parking and Transportation and Zones. These services include:

  • Concrete work
  • Asphalt work
  • Brick and paver installation
  • Sign installation
  • Bollard installation
  • Trenching
  • Fencing (wood or chain link)

 

Ed Gutierrez (Supervisor)
Dave Perkins (Lead)

Phone: (650) 723-0678 / 725-9620
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Email: egg2000@stanford.edu
or theperk@stanford.edu

Mon – Fri
7:00 am – 3:30 pm
$84/ hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs)

Tree Crew

The Tree Crew serves the campus by providing a variety of tree maintenance services to the Academic campus and private leaseholders:

  • Tree pruning
  • Tree removal and stump grinding
  • Tree hazard assessment
  • Shrub and garden tree pruning (Faculty, Staff and Student Housing)

 

Max Pinedo (Supervisor)

Phone: (650) 723-1569
Fax: (650) 725-3264
Cell: (650) 444-8646
Email: mmpinedo@stanford.edu

Michael Burdzinski (Supervisor)

Phone: (650) 723-1569
Email: burdzins@stanford.edu

Mon– Fri
7:00 am – 3:30 pm
$92/ hr (minimum four hour charge for after hours call-outs)