• Developing Risk Assessment Standards and Specifications for a Distribution System

    This article examines one way that recent and authoritative tree risk assessment standards and best management practices can be systematically incorporated into utility arboriculture.
    May 14, 2013

    This article examines one way that recent and authoritative tree risk assessment standards and best
    management practices can be systematically incorporated into utility arboriculture. The development
    of a tree risk assessment specification document for a particular utility provided us with an opportunity
    to bring together new research-based procedures and existing management systems. The result
    presents a case-study that is not only timely and inherently interesting, but also might prove useful to
    other utilities considering updating their tree risk assessment programs....(Read more...)
     

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