This will be an outdoor practical assessment of some trees in North London.

10.15am Paul Muir, Arboricultural Consultant / Contracts Administrator from Treework Environmental Practice will carry out the static load test on a tree.

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:

• An understanding of the structural stability of tree roots (previously inaccessible)
• Recommendations for retaining valuable trees thought previously to be unsafe
• Guidance on the maximum, stable height of a tree
• An understanding of the effects of ‘wind load’ on a tree’s stability

1pm Lunch in The Mill pub sponsored by City Suburban

Thank you to Andy Tipping at Barnet for arranging the meeting and to City Suburban for sponsoring the lunch.