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“Königslinde”
The King´s Lime At Castle “Linderhof” in Upper
Bavaria
In 1000 m altitude above sea level in
a scenic environment King Louis II of Bavaria built one of his
beautiful castles. His architects were advised to save this
lime tree even though a large fountain with stairway had to
be built near the tree. Later, a tree house was installed into
the trees crown and King Louis took his late breakfasts there.
The branch with the platform, where King Louis once sat died
already many decades ago and left a large hole in the trunk.Due
to severe decay in the entire trunk the administration of Bavarian
castles, lakes and gardens engaged Brudi & Partner, TreeConsult
for risk analysis
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Year Old Larch Trees In Val Ultimo, South-Tyrol, Region Bolzano
The age of these Larch trees is estimated
as high as 2000 years and is a tourist attraction since many
decades. The safety of these still 32 m high trees were inspected
by Brudi & Partner, TreeConsult was carried out in behalf
of the government of South Tyrol
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Tree
Inventories And Tree Inspection
The “Mozart city” Salzburg put Brudi & Partner
in charge of the safety inspection of over 20.000 city trees.
Thanks to sound experience and efficient software the tough
time frame for this project could be kept below the limits by
a several weeks. This was only possible with the awarded software
ISyMan 3.0 which integrates to any GIS software.Therefore the
whole project could be carried less expensive than originally
planned. The saved resources could be used for tree work. .
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El
Escorial In Madrid
In the
gardens of the royal dynasty at Madrid Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo)
and Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) with a height of
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Building Site Management
In order to protect valuable tree stands
during the construction process Brudi & Partner was entrusted
with the ecological building site management for a extended
development area. The challenge was to win different construction
companies and land owners for compliance of tree preserving
treatments and procedures.As the building processes approached
the public demanded for explanation because some more trees
need to be felled than originally planned by the landscape architect.
The picture shows a sheet pile necessary for the construction
of a underground garage. Before sheet piles are driven in the
ground branches had to be bound back to avoid damage in the
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Heritage
Trees
Brudi & Partner TreeConsult inspect regularly
the traffic safety of heritage for different municipalities
and county administrations with sophisticated awarded software.
Treatments are being inspected for quality
of conformance thus guaranteeing traffic safety and good condition.
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Ropes
Courses in Trees
... provide an attractive alternative to classical
ropes courses. Yet the use of living, swaying trees as load
bearing structure also bears numerous implications that challenge
construction and safety analysis.
Brudi & Partner TreeConsult regularly inspects
trees used as support in ropes courses and consults owners during
design and construction phases. Loads generated from ropes courses
are analysed and related to the load bearing capacity of trees
using static-integrated methods.
As a member of the European
Ropes Course Association, Brudi & Partner TreeConsult
is also involved in training of inspectors and development of
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International
Research Projects
For the British Forestry Commission and the
Health and Safety Executive, Brudi & Partner TreeConsult
evaluated current rigging and dismantling practices in a joint
project with Treevolution
Arboricultural Services, UK.
A current research focuses on the strength
of limbs and branches used as anchor points in trees and is
carried out in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences
Weihenstephan in a project funded by the TREE
Fund (Hyland R. Johns Grant 2006).
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