Due to other commitments the AIE has not been updated
for a while now and may remain in this state for a while longer until I
am once more granted with some free time to continue with it!
However I do hope to continue and maintain the Tree Officer listing &
Advertisement sections and Ian will keep the LoLeR listing up to date.
Sorry for any inconvenience. Chris S.
Update:
Health & Safety news - The new
HSE
Tree Work website has gone live.
Includes all the relevant H&S information in one place: Site
management, staff health and summaries of the key legal
responsibilities - 'What you need to do'.
Addition:
Planning Appeal Decision
relating to refusal by a LPA to permit
woodland works. Sent in by Mark Carter.
Update:
Health &
Safety news
-
Revision of NPTC arboricultural
certificate standards - Proposed changes open for comment until
16th March
2009.
Addition:
Article
Surfacing
near Trees
A useful information document (pdf) created by Barrell
Consultancy describing the concept of installing a cellular
confinement system to achieve a no-dig road design.
Addition:
Article
Buildings near Trees A useful
information document (pdf) created by Barrell Consultancy describing the concept of installing buildings within tree root
protection areas.
Update:
British
Standards News: Draft revision of 'BS3998 - Recommendations
for tree work' open for public comment until
31/10/2008.
Thanks again
to Phil Dye of South Gloucestershire Council for this.
Update:
Tree
Survey & Inspection News: Draft 'BS8516 - Recommendations
for tree safety inspection' open for comment until
31/07/2008. Thanks to Phil Dye for highlighting this.
This site
is only updated when free time permits. This may result in
some information and pages becoming out of date. So it is recommended that
additional confirmation be made before using any information for legal purposes.
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