Tree Risk Assessment & Control
Led by an internationally recognized expert on tree safety, who is licensed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to lecture in Visual Tree Assessment, we provide you with the best possible advice on tree safety and risk management.
Safety Inspections and risk management
From the Principal to all members of the field survey team, FLAC tree assessors are amongst the most highly qualified in UK arboriculture.
While a number of larger consultancies use students and other semi-qualified surveyors, all FLAC surveys and inspections are undertaken by people qualified to at least NQF Level 4, with all Level 4 work reviewed by Level 6 or higher project leads.
We provide you with a highly accurate assessment of tree health and structural integrity, based on an advanced familiarity with the techniques of Visual Tree Assessment and supported, where necessary, by use of electronic decay investigation equipment.
In addition, our Principal has developed a peer-reviewed and widely used method for quantifying the risk posed by trees identified as having structural defects: click here to download THREATS and its accompanying Guidance Note for Users.
Accident Investigation
JFL has considerable experience of forensic accident investigation, including in fatal cases. He specialises in reconstructing the sequence of tree failure as an accurate guide to foreseeability, and close-focus document analysis (click here to go to our Expert Witness section).
He has investigated around 50 tree-related railway accidents, including being engaged for this purpose by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport.
Please contact us if we can be of any assistance.
Further safety inspection information you may find useful:
