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Reply interwoven with original for context.
On 29 August 2008 11:04, Dominic Scanlon wrote:
I'm inclined to agree with Bill - when surveying trees its
easy to forget the end user. One of my colleagues was
recently asked to price for tree works on a large development
site. None of the trees were tagged and despite the accurate
land survey it is almost impossible for him to find
individual trees and to tie up the specification to any one
individual tree.
I'm sure the surveyor/consultant can identify them on their
cad software and tie that in to their spec but it's pretty
useless if no one else can. There's going to be a high
chance of the wrong tree felled/pruned and someone getting
into trouble.
I've got mixed views on this. One of the things that constantly amazes
me is just how bad many arborists are at using plans - whether it's
reading them or just drawing sketch plans on a TPO app form. There are a
couple around here who consistently submit completely incomprehensible
sketch plans. The ability to read and draw basic plans is perhaps
something missing from our industry's educational curriculum.
That said, on complex sites it can be difficult, and tags certainly have
there value in ensuring a contractor can find the specified tree. But in
a planning context tags are of limited use. If the application says fell
the tree with tag 123 on and the tree felled is not the one the LPA were
expecting to be felled, how do you prove which tree had tag 123 on at
the time of the application? Probably by reference to a plan showing the
position of the trees and which has which tag.
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Warwick District Council
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