Ways into surveying.

[benedmonds]

29 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

You can only do your bit Ben, and hope that the planning department review your report and take it into account in their decision. 

 

The planning departments take even less notice then the developers.. Insisting that crappy trees with defects should be classified as A grade trees.   They often have no concept of long term mitigation and would rather  compromise a development to save a sub standard tree in the wrong place.  Rather then plan for the future, remove the rubbish and plant replacements that would mature to suit the development...  

[Chris at eden]

On ‎15‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 17:55, arboriculturist said:

Just saying it as it is, many will agree other may not. 

Try collecting data for 690 trees in the rain on a development site and then processing the data gathered. Boring.

The large scale surveys is a price you have to pay when you move into surveying at the start.  Bit like dragging brash.  I was doing highway surveys for a LA which as you were saying was a bit dull so I agree there. 

 

Now I pick and choose what I want to do.  I stick to small developments with 10 - 30 trees, QTRA with up to 100 trees, and mortgage and CPR reports.  Not boring at all and pays way more than when I was climbing trees. 

 

I agree with the other chap, L4 first and then PTI for a start.