Commercial CLient Case Study - Ginsters

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Following a number of wind-related tree falls in 2023, The Cornwall Bakery employed a tree consultancy firm to carry out a survey of the trees across our twenty-eight-acre site. The survey revealed an extensive problem with a particular species of tree and lesser problems with a few other species.

Tenders were invited from four tree surgeons, with Devon Woodman winning the contract to carry out the immediate remedial works as specified in the survey in order to make the site safe. 

On account of our proximity to a major supermarket, with access road and fuel station located against part of our boundary, our health and safety department requested Devon Woodman use a crane to extract trees so as to negate the possibility of hazard to supermarket customers and property; Devon Woodman were happy to comply with this request and altered their schedule to accommodate the company’s nervousness regarding further damage to staff vehicles and the possibility of wider damage or injury.

A few months after the completion of the survey remedials, The Cornwall Bakery suffered further wind-related tree falls which also resulted in damage to staff vehicles; the latter falls of healthy trees. Devon Woodman again altered their schedule at short notice to accommodate our needs and recommended a plan to remove the threat of continued wind-related tree damage. 

Consultation with the Forestry Commission resulted in the granting of a clear-felling licence along our supermarket boundary in accordance with Devon Woodman’s felling and replanting plan. The clear-felling and long-term maintenance of the supermarket boundary in accordance with Forestry Commission licencing conditions and any needs which arise across the site in the foreseeable future will be carried out by Devon Woodman.

We have found Devon Woodman to be both accommodating and professional in their approach to our tree works, working closely with our health and safety department to comply with our stringent site safety policy. Additionally, Devon Woodman has arranged traffic management on behalf of the bakery on occasions where tree-works have impacted highways and carried out these works with minimal disruption to through and site-related traffic.

The Cornwall Bakery is satisfied with all aspects of the works carried out by Devon Woodman on our behalf, some of which was undertaken in trying conditions.