Tag: trees

Tree reductions in Westbury needing Chapter 8 traffic control

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Today we were cutting 300m of various overhanging trees back over the main road in Westbury and will continue for the rest of the week.

The work needs “stop and go” boards for traffic control.  Because the Conservation Contractors team are qualified to  “Chapter 8” requirements, they are able to manage the traffic control in-house.

The Department for Transport has a comprehensive guide for traffic signs and management. Chapter 8 of this guide is called ‘Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations’. This is commonly referred to as the “Chapter 8 guidelines”.

15 Oct

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Pollarding a large poplar in Devizes

Posted on by Debbie Newman

This tree had not been pollarded by the previous tree surgeons when doing others on site last year due to the complexity of its position over the buildings/ sheds.  The tree’s limbs were overhanging the play area at Sixpenny Children’s Nursery in Devizes and, as the tree had been shedding limbs, quick action was required by Trevor, Steve and Rich.  All done now with a site safety survey due in the autumn.

Clearly, a case of Conservation Contractors reaching those parts where others can’t!!!

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Replacing trees as well

Posted on by Debbie Newman

We do replace the trees we cut down!

We were in Potterne today replacing some trees within a plantation that had died –  oak, cherry, spindle and field maple.

670 trees in total.

For details of our tree services please see these pages on our website https://www.conservation-contractors.co.uk/services/tree-surgery/
and https://www.conservation-contractors.co.uk/services/tree-surveys/

March 2018

Planting 670 trees Potterne

Pollarding willows at Durrington for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Trevor has been pollarding willows at Durrington for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust so they can use the branches and timber to reinforce the river banks

Durrington village lies about 2 miles north of Amesbury, 10 miles north of the city of Salisbury, and 2 1⁄2 miles northeast of the Stonehenge monument. It is on the eastern part of Salisbury Plain, the largest remaining area of chalk …

Oct 2017.

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