Evaluating Construction Plans for Impacts on Trees    (View PDF)

Carolyn B. Leach

Abstract: Arborists understand the impact of construction damage to trees, but receive no training on how to read construction plans. These plans utilize a system of standard graphics. The engineer and architect rely on the reader's knowledge of basic lines and abbreviations to understand the work intended. Since the plans provide information vital to the arborists, his or her proper evaluation will show the negative impact and the changes that can be negotiated to lower these impacts. Therefore, arborists need to educate themselves on the reading of basic construction plans.

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https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1994.011