Tree Stability Assessment
Treework Environmental Practice provides services for detailed assessment of valued trees using the most advanced tools available within current arboriculture.
Static Load Test and Tree Structural Assessment
The static load test is the most up-to-date and detailed method for assessing tree stability. This has proved successful in both saving trees thought to be unsafe and thus condemned to be felled and for increasing public safety by identifying trees that are critically unstable.
This is achieved by measuring both the bending strength of the tree stem and the anchoring strength of the tree roots.
Static Load Test and Tree Structural Assessment Provides:
- Understanding of the structural stability of tree roots (previously inaccessible)
- Recommendations for retaining valuable trees thought previously to be unsafe
- Guidance on maximum, stable height of a tree
- Understanding of the effects of ‘wind load’ on a tree’s stability
Why Partner with Treework Environmental Practice?
First Company in the UK
After years of promoting and applying the concept of tree statics,
Treework Environmental Practice are proud to be the first company
in the UK to purchase recently developed instruments for static
load testing.
Experts in Static Load Testing in the UK
Treework Environmental Practice has been a member of the SAG
Baumstatik group since 2004; the only UK representative in this
international group of experts that was formed to develop the
method and train new users. As a result of this commitment to
fostering links with European practices Treework Environmental
Practice are now acknowledged as the leading UK experts in the
field of tree statics.
Lower Costs
Treework Environmental Practice are able to offer the test at a
more competitive rate than previously due to this improvement
in the efficiency of data collection together with the ability to
provide the service directly from their company premises.
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Inclinometer attached to root buttress measuring root plate inclination. |
Wind Load Analysis |
Elastometer measuring strain in the peripheral fibres |
Picus Internal Decay Assessments
Various technologies are now available for carrying out a visualisation of internal trunk condition by providing a map (tomogram) of the wood quality of the trunk. This internal decay mapping is used to assess the extent and condition of the residual wall of trees where there is suspected decay. The main technology applied by Treework Environmental Practice is the Picus ™ Internal Decay Tomogram which offers a clear image of the internal condition of the stem, showing areas of decay and weakened tissue.
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