Trees & Building Sites

"In urban and suburban landscapes, trees almost always grow in close proximity to buildings and infrastructure. The potential for conflict between trees and man-made structures is always great. The process of developing land for building structures and infrastructure can be devastating to existing trees. The changes in the environment resulting from developing woodlands can also have an impact on existing trees. Post-development soils are often so disturbed that new trees planted on the site have difficulty surviving. As trees do manage to establish and mature, they may eventually be viewed as responsible for damages to buildings and infrastructure. If sidewalks, sewer lines or foundations need repair because of trees, is it a tree problem, or is it a problem of poor management or tree-vulnerable construction? Finding solutions will require a multi-disciplinary approach."The Trees and Buildings Conference was held, and these proceeding[s] published, to establish a foundation of information for managing trees on building sites..." [from Introduction]This proceedings is arranged into three sections:



Tree Damage with six papers/presentations

Building and Infrastructure Damage with six papers/presentations

Tree Protection and Preservation with eight papers/presentations