CORB Consulting Services

We provide expert advice on the management of trees in the landscape. Our services include tree inspections, preparation of arborist reports and tree management plans, expert advice and evidence, tree inventories and broad scale risk assessments.

Residential Consulting Services

Our residential consulting services include:

  • Tree Assessments We visit your property to visually assess your tree’s health and condition or identify any hazards.

  • Arborist Reports We produce a comprehensive range of Arborists reports for planning and development purposes.

  • Tree Management Plans We are experienced in the development of tree management and tree protection plans.

  • Expert Witness We can provide expert advice and evidence services for QCAT and the Magistrates Court.

  • Aerial Inspections We are one of the few companies in SE Queensland that can provide Aerial Inspections.

  • Root Investigation We are able to assist you in locating roots or investigating root damage caused by trees.

Commercial Consulting Services

 

Our commercial consulting services include:

  • Tree Assessments We visit your property to visually assess your tree’s health and condition or identify any hazards.

  • Arborist Reports a comprehensive range of Arborists reports for planning and development purposes.

  • Tree Management Plans We are experienced in the development of tree management and tree protection plans.

  • Expert Witness We can provide expert advice and evidence services for QCAT and the Magistrates Court.

  • Aerial Inspections We are one of the few companies in SE Queensland that can provide Aerial Inspections.

  • Root Investigation We are able to assist you in locating roots or investigating root damage caused by trees.

  • Construction Supervision We can ensure your trees are properly managed and protected during construction .

  • Tree Inventories We can assist you to manage your tree assets through the development of tree inventories .

  • Open Space Asset Inventories We can assist you to manage your open space assets through the development of asset inventories and mapping technology.

Government Consulting Services

 Our Government consulting services include:

  • Tree Assessments We visit your property to visually assess your tree’s health and condition or identify any hazards.

  • Arborist Reports We produce a comprehensive range of Arborist reports for planning and development purposes.

  • Tree Management Plans We are experienced in the development of tree management and tree protection plans.

  • Expert Witness We can provide expert advice and evidence services for QCAT, the Courts and the Ministerial Advisory Committee.

  • Aerial Inspections We are one of the few arboricultural consulting companies in SE Queensland that can provide Aerial Inspections.

  • Root Investigation We are able to assist you in locating roots or investigating root damage caused by trees.

  • Construction Supervision We can ensure your trees are properly managed and protected during construction works.

  • Tree Inventories We can assist you to manage your tree assets through the development of tree inventories  and mapping technology.

  • Broad Scale Tree Risk Assessments We can assist you to manage the risks associated with trees located on a broad geographical scale.

  • Education & Training We can provide education and training to your staff on tree risk assessment processes.

Tree Assessments

 

  • Our Consulting Arborists will visit your property to visually assess your tree’s health and condition, identify any hazards and provide an overall risk assesment for your property.

  • We will also conduct tree retention assessments for planning and development purposes.

  • Our consultants will discuss these issues with you in person and provide comprehensive advice and practical solutions to ensure you have the information you need to manage your trees.

Arborist  Reports

We are experienced in the development of arborist / tree reports. Our report types include; 

  • Tree Health & Condition Assessment Reports

  • Tree Hazard / Risk Assessment Reports

  • Construction Impact Assessment Reports

  • Tree Root Inspection Reports

  • Our tree reports provide you with impartial, practical recommendations and conclusions to assist you to reach achievable and realistic outcomes.

  • Our reports meet the Australian Standard Arboricultural’s reporting guidelines and are produced in accordance with Australian Standards including 4970-2009 Protection of Trees on Development Sites ensuring they are accepted by planning authorities.

Tree Management Plans

  • We are experienced in the development of tree management and tree protection plans.

  • We can provide you with a tree management plans for individual trees or for entire tree populations.

  • Our tree management plans provide you with detailed information on short, mid and long term management requirements.

Expert Witness

We can provide expert advice and evidence.

Our Consulting Arborists have appeared before QCAT and the Magistrates Court on numerous occasions and are familiar with the formats and responsibilities required in both environments.

Aeriel Inspections

  • We are one of the few Arboricultural Consulting companies in Australia that our actual consultants provide Aerial Inspections ensuring that you get accurate information about your trees.

  • We take numerous photos to clearly show any issues with the tree.

  • The tree report is then produced outlining the issues associated with the tree accompanied by practical options to assist you to manage these issues.

Tree Root Investigations

  • We are able to assist you to locate and identify roots causing damage to assets. We also can inspect roots for pest and disease that may cause rotting and poor tree health.

  • The tree report is then produced outlining the issues associated with the tree roots accompanied by practical options to assist you to manage these issues.

Construction Supervision

  • We can ensure your trees are properly managed and protected during construction works.

  • Our Consulting Arborists will supervise works and coordinate with your construction team to ensure the best outcomes for your project.

  • We provide construction supervision for  commercial and council projects .

Tree Inventories

  • We can assist you to manage your tree assets through the development of tree inventories using the latest data and mapping technology.

  • Our Consulting Arborists log the location of each tree and assess its condition using the criteria jointly developed with your organisation. This ensures that you have the right data to employ appropriate maintenance and management techniques.

  • To ensure the quality of your data we have rigorous quality control procedures in place including audit and verification of data.

  • We provide your data in a range of mapping platforms.

  • Corb provide street tree inventories for domestic, government and commercial organisations.

Open Space Asset Inventories

  • We can assist you to manage your open space assets through the development of asset inventories using the latest data and mapping technology.

  • Our consultants assess each individual asset providing it with an individual condition assessment allowing you to employ appropriate maintenance and management techniques.

  • To ensure the quality of your data we have rigorous quality control procedures in place including audit and verification of data.

  • We will provide alternatives to removal by managing the associated risk of trees with surrounding area management options.

Broad Scale Tree Risk Assessment

  • We can assist you to manage the risks associated with trees located on a broad geographical scale.

  • Our Consulting Arborists traverse areas on foot or using all terrain vehicles to identify and log high risk trees.

  • We survey each tree using GPS technology and overlay this onto maps allowing your maintenance teams to locate each tree and follow up with remedial works.

Qualitative Risk v Quantified Risk

  • Qualitative risk; A verbal assessment will be provided during on-site inspections (A rating of low medium or high risk (Often used for a small number of trees)) or in writing ** At a cost.

  • Quantified risk; A written assessment, providing risk level values (1/1000), allowing for asset & budget management of large public access sites or large numbers of trees.