Approved Plans & Document OPW220022 · 51983.3225.19

                  Australian Tree Contractors & Arboricultural Consultants
    P O Box 1411, Noosaville DC Qld 4566 E: [email protected] M: 0431586371
                           W: www.australianconsultarborist.com.au
                           Managing Trees in The Urban Environment




subsequent event, nor upon any finding to be reported. • Sketches, diagrams, graphs, and
photographs used in the Report, is intended as visual aids, are not necessarily to scale and
should not be construed as engineering or architectural drawings, reports, or surveys. • Unless
expressed otherwise: I) The information contained in the Report will cover those items that
were outlined in the project brief or that were examined during the assessment and reflect the
condition of those items at the time of inspection; and ii) The inspection is limited to a visual
examination of accessible components without dissection, excavation or probing unless
otherwise stipulated. • There is no warranty or guarantee, expressed or implied by ATCAC, that
the problems or deficiencies of the plants or site in question may not arise in the future. • All
instructions (verbal or written) that define the scope of the Report have been included in the
Report and all documents and other materials that the ATCAC Consultant has been instructed
to consider or to consider in preparing the Report have been included or listed within the
Report. • The Report is limited to the matters stated in it and does not apply by implication to
any other matters. • To the writer’s knowledge all facts, matter, and all assumptions upon
which the Report proceeds have been stated within the body of the report and all opinion
contained within the report will be fully researched and referenced and any such opinion not
duly researched is based upon the writer’s experience and observations.

General References

•      Australian Standards AS 4373 – 2007 Pruning of amenity trees.

•      AS 4970-2009 – Protection of trees on development sites

•      Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane – Queensland Museum

•      Fraser Coast website and Maps/overlays

•      Evaluating Tree Defects – A Field Guide by Ed Hayes, Second Edition

•      Body Language of Trees – Research for Amenity Trees, Claus Mattheck

•       Smiley E. Thomas, Nelda Matheny, and Sharon Lilly April 2012. Tree Risk Assessment:
Levels of Assessment

•     Matheny Nelda and Jim Clark Feb 2009. Tree Risk Assessment: What we know (and
What We Do Not Know)

•      The use of the TRAQ as trained by the International Society of Arboriculture



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