Welcome to the AGAVE Environmental Contracting
"An Arizona landscaper offering professional residential and commercial landscaping, flagstone, custom barbeques, waterfalls, masonry, sprinklers and irrigation."
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Welcome to Agave! Established in 1990, Agave has proven itself as experts in landscape installation, landscape maintenance, and native plant salvage. Agave Environmental Contracting, Inc. has a long-standing reputation for quality workmanship and commitment to service as a leader in the landscape industry in Arizona. We would like to take a little time to introduce you to our many services, show you how we can meet your commercial and residential needs, and to familiarize you with the group of suppliers and vendors that share our vision.
AGAVE - Construction
Commercial Landscape
Our general contracting and commercial landscape licenses allow us to construct golf courses, entry monuments, water features, and large scale landscapes. We are committed to satisfying customer expectations by providing professional landscape services in Arizona and Nevada. Agave excels at all facets of landscape construction. Our knowledge of landscape construction allows us to build and maintain client trust and confidence, with projects completed on time and on budget. Agave attains results through intensive training, material knowledge, and subcontractor relationships dedicated to the details that make projects successful for all. The staff at Agave is made up of tradesman with years of experience. Every job is completed with integrity that transcends into client trust and satisfaction. It is this trust and satisfaction that allows us to remain a leader in the landscape industry. Agave's workmanship can be experienced whether you are walking down a sunny street, relaxing at a luxury resort, getting in 18 holes, or strolling through a scenic park. With every employee, tremendous pride goes into all projects performed by the Agave team, and all are rewarded when that pride comes back with every visit to a completed project.
Native Plant Inventory
Agave, a pioneer in the native plant industry provides site analysis that includes plant viability studies and mapping of vegetation. This process provides valuable budgetary information for developers. It also provides information for the land planners and engineers for plant relocation or to assess areas not to be disturbed. This documentation also satisfies the requirements of government agencies. A survey aids to determine the quantity and species of the plants that will survive the salvage process. Landscape architects can then incorporate the inventory into your landscape design. Agave will customize this service to your needs using either manual or Global Positioning Satellite Systems.
Native Plant Devegetation
The native plant devegetation process follows the native plant inventory. This process includes expert tree pruning, sideboxing, and continuous maintenance for several weeks, followed by collaring and bottoming, and finally transportation and relocation to a designated temporary nursery. These plants are then maintained until they are utilized in the landscape installation process. Depending upon your site needs, Agave can procure additional plant material from their existing inventory and/or sell your excess plant material.
AGAVE - Maintenance
Landscape Maintenance
The job does not stop upon construction completion at Agave. Our Maintenance Division is ready to spring into action long before the words "project completion" are mentioned. From office parks and retail outlets to resorts and master planned communities, the maintenance team is made up of true professionals armed with today's most effective equipment and technology. Each member of the team understands all of the aspects and intricacies of turf management, proper tree and shrub pruning, annual selections, and irrigation needs of each varying plant specimen present on our projects.
Arbor Care
With trees being so vital to the environment when it comes to beautification of your community, attracting wildlife and production of oxygen, Agave offers trained ISA Certified Arborists to help protect our surroundings and your assets. From structural pruning and removals to palm tree trimming, Agave cares for and about your trees.
Water Management
As we all know, water is a precious resource that is quickly becoming less and less sustainable, especially here in the desert. Agave tries to ensure that our water supply lasts as long as possible by implementing strict water management tactics in every community we install and maintain. Water management begins with the correct installation of irrigation equipment to prevent leaks and equipment failure down the road. Agave's Irrigation techs are all trained to use and repair each brand of equipment sold by our irrigation vendors, thus ensuring all equipment is installed and maintained properly. Once it's in the ground, Agave manages the watering schedules with expert accuracy, adjusting the clocks based on weather patterns, evapo-transpiration rates and other varying environmental patterns. Weekly monitoring of not only the irrigation clocks, but also the water usage meters, ensures we stay within the parameters set for a healthy landscape and a healthy budget! Adjustments are made accordingly to level out any variances from week to week. Not only do the weekly checks help in the regulation of water expenditure, they also aid in finding and repairing leaks! Continuous monitoring reveals any spikes in usage thus creating awareness of the possibility of a problem on a meter by meter basis. The problem could be as simple as kids manually turning on valves, but can sometimes expose problems that are or have the possibility of becoming more severe. Weekly checks make certain that these problems are taken care of quickly before they become more serious.
Chemical Application
Weeds! When you can't get rid of them organically, we can take care of them with our specially trained and certified chemical application team. With years of experience spraying pre and post emergent pesticides, our team can guarantee the safety of both you and your wanted plants. Our guys not only spray for weeds, but take care of any insect problems that arise or could possibly arise in the future. Our Chemical Application Services Include: Pre and Post-Emergent Weed Control Specialty Fertilizer Application Preventative and Curative Insect Management Deep-Root Fertilization
AGAVE - About Us
Our Story
Prior to 1990, Founders and Owners, Mike McMahon and Rob Brown worked in many facets of the landscape industry during and after completion of their education. Having worked for several landscape companies in various capacities, they felt they were ready and able to venture out on their own. Both partners, though from different backgrounds and experiences in the industry, complimented each other perfectly. At that time, the industry was in serious need of innovation and professional improvements. With the necessity for computerization of estimating and scheduling, inventory controls and best accounting practices industry-wide, the two had found their niche. Implementations of these practices, along with new techniques in native plant removal and installation, distribution and control of water paved the way for the success of the company. With the founders' education and background in the industry, the two believed they could penetrate the market, offering unmatched value to clients in need of something more than the industry had to offer until this point. Unfortunately, both men were introduced to the entry boundaries of starting up a new venture. The three main boundaries were capital (neither had any), a loyal client base for the new organization and the problem of attracting and retaining staff with inconsistent work flow. The first three years in business came with very low profits (used to pay taxes and fuel for the next year's growth), no salary and very long work weeks. But with perseverance, quality workmanship and professional administration the company gained a solid reputation and a foothold within a few niches. Although salvaging native plants, as a percentage of sales, now is not high, Agave began to earn more work from developers looking for expertise with native landscapes which continually evolved the company's key customer relationships in both the native and non-native landscape realms. As the Arizona economy continued to flourish, Agave found itself at the right place at the right time for the projects that Agave targeted. This continuous metamorphosis led the young businessmen to become experts in what is now the largest collection of Master Planned Communities in Arizona. Their foundation, determination and solid education, proved to be the ultimate driving force behind the success of Agave Environmental Contracting, Inc. In the last ten years, with Arizona's tremendous growth, Agave has executed and delivered, which continues to be the cornerstone of its brand. Developers, overwhelmed by the housing demand, began to ask more of Agave in the coordination of parks, sports fields, and wall work. This latest trend enabled developers to focus on their core needs and not require as much staff to develop what is now included in the landscape scope. Only a few landscapers have been able to serve clients' ever expanding needs, however, Agave has always been able to shine above the rest.
Giving Back (Charities)
Over the years, Agave has been fortunate enough to flourish in the landscape industry. To show our gratitude to the wonderful community who has supported us, we are proud to support the following charities and organizations in the way of donations of time and monetary funding: Phoenix Children's Hospital Arizona Special Olympics Phoenix Rescue Mission West Valley Child Crisis Center
Awards
Since 1990, Agave has installed and maintained numerous award winning communities, golf courses, entry monuments, water features, sports fields, municipal and industrial parks, and large scale landscapes. We are proud to have been recognized for our efforts time and again by various leading industry associations for our work in landscape installation, landscape maintenance, and general contracting.
Affiliations
BOMA (Building Office Managers Association) AACM (AZ Association of Community Managers) CAI (Community Associations Institute)
Trade Parteners
ALCA (AZ Landscape Contractors' Association) ABA (AZ Builders Alliance) ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.) ACA (Arizona Contractors Association) AGCA (Associated General Contractors of America) ISA (International Society of Arboriculture)
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AGAVE - Contact Us
Map to Office
Phone
phone: (623) 847-3796 fax: (623) 931-5799 4440 W. Tom Murray Ave. Glendale, AZ 85301-7624)
Web Administrator
Emergency 24/7
Maintenance Emergency Contact Information Tom Brownlee Operations Manager Cell - 602.722.1189 Gabriel Medina Account Manager, West Valley Cell - 602.345.6495 Heath Peterson Irrigation Technician Cell - 602.400.1830 Nicholas Valasquez Irrigation Technician 480.797.1810
Email Us
Agave Environmental Contracting, Inc 4440 W Tom Murray Avenue Glendale, AZ 85301-3796 info@agave-inc.com