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Hard Surfaces Around Trees
| Subject: | Hard Surfaces Around Trees |
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| From: | Dealga OCallaghan |
| Date: | Dec 30 1999 18:50:36 |
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UK Tree Care - http://www.oak-wood.co.uk/uktc/
Paul Hawkesford asks questions about new knowledge on this
subject. He also asks if APN1 is still the way to go.
Well, I can assure Paul that the subject has moved on
significantly since APN1. The ONLY use of APN1 is that it establishes the
principle that hard surfaces can be built close to and over tree root
zones. Beyond that its application is severely limited.
It might interest y'all to know that in publishing APN1 the
AAIS did not build or test the construction. How then can it be
called a Practice Note, if it was not in fact practiced?
As for new techniques, of course there are - there are new
approaches being developed all the time and, Research Funding is becoming
available to test certain aspects of the 'no-cut' approach. Yes Paul,
attend the SORP Seminar, you will learn something.
One can always learn new stuff but a word of advice, do not
limit your reading to the Arboricultural Press - try engineeering as
well.
Many of us are developing new techniques, but why should we
publish the data to the Arborists? Are we not in competition? Did
Sega publish its developments so that SONY could develop a competing
product? I don't think so. The PlayStation took five or more years
to appear. The key is to publish your new stuff to your client base -
that's the customer not fellow arborists. How much business do you get
from arborists??
Always remember the saying of Sir John Harvey Jones - "The
hardest thing to do in business is to follow a competitor who has a market lead
in a new product area" He also said "If you are not moving
forward (in business) you are moving backwards, because even if you are
standing still, others go past you and the net effect is you go
backwards" This is not a personal comment Paul, its merely a solid
business principle.
Now, if we in Arboriculture want to be taken seriously as
businessmen, then we must start acting like them and running arboriculture as a
business. That means Client Care, Client Speak and above all servicing the
Client as they expect, not as many of us do, as 'Tree Surgeons' and undersell or
qualifications, abilities and experience.
If you reply to this Paul, please resist your natural urge to
take a pot-shot at me personnaly and / or OCA as a Company and confine your
reply to the subject matter only - otherwise people will just not boother with
your messages.
Happy New Year
Dealga O'C
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