Agenda
09.30am - Tea and coffee
10.00am - Welcome by Becky Porter with an LTOA update
10.10am - A word from our sponsors Gristwood and Toms
10.20am - Paul Muir, Treework Environmental Practice, Strength loss or safety factors? - Some basic principles that ought to define tree hazard assessment
11:00am - Duncan Slater, Lecturer in Arboriculture, Myerscough College, Assessing junctions in trees
11.50am - Jeremy Barrell, Barrell Tree Consultancy, Tree risk management reality checks - Defect-led tree risk management is a flawed concept and competent tree inspections require detailed investigations; two commonly touted statements, but do they stack up in the real world? Jeremy brings his experience as an expert witness to bear on these issues, with a few surprising results!
12.30pm - Cobra bracing by Honey Brothers
12.50pm - Questions
01.15pm - Lunch local pub sponsored by Gristwood and Toms
Thank you to Gristwood and Toms for the lunch.
