QTRA Downloads
Access to Downloads
This page contains various downloadable files providing information on Quantified Tree Risk Assessment and tree safety management.
Which files you see here will depend on whether or not you have registered interest and logged on to the website and also whether or not you have undertaken training and become a Licensed User of QTRA.
Public Downloads
Available to all visitors.
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A response to the National Tree Safety Group Consultation 'Bringing Common Sense to Tree Management'
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Atkins v Scott Judgment (August 2008)
(1.1MB) Judgment handed down by the Aldershot and Farnham County Court on 14 August 2008 in a case between Albert Atkins and Sir James Scott, Bt. concerning the failure onto the highway of a branch from a large oak tree. |
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BS 8516:2008. Comments on the consultation draft
(255.1kB) Comments on the consultation draft of British Standard BS 8516:2008 - Recommendations for tree inspection, which were submitted to BSI by Mike Ellison on behalf of Quantified Tree Risk Assessment Ltd. The comments are in the form of a letter followed by tabulated comments on each clause of the Standard as submitted through the consultation mechanism on the BSI website. |
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GOODE v CITY OF BURNSIDE. [2007] SAERDC 5.
(58.9kB) Judgement in the case of Goode v Burnside where the Commissioner hearing the case made reference the application of QTRA by one of the experts. Comment on the consideration and application of QTRA in this case can be found in the TreeNet 2007 paper on this page. |
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Management of the risk from falling trees - Internal guidance (UK Health & Safety Executive 2007)
(48.6kB) This guidance to UK Health and Safety Executive and local authority enforcing officers appears to be a change in direction for HSE. The theme of the guidance is that it is reasonable to assess the risks from trees without seeking to assess every tree in detail. |
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Quantified Tree Risk Assessment Newsletter July 2010
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Quantified Tree Risk Assessment Practice Note Version 3.1
(52.1kB) Uploaded 03-08-2010. |
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Quantified Tree Risk Assessment Used in the Management of Amenity Trees. 2005. J Arboric.
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What is Quantified Tree Risk Assessment? - A Non-technical Summary
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What is Tree Failure Risk Assessment? (a short paper presented at TreeNet 2007)
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QTRA Practice Notes
Download a Quantified Tree Risk Assessment Practice Note in your own language (where available). The following Practice Notes are customised with monetary conversions for all countries in which we have licensed users.
Additional Downloads
Available only if you have registered interest on the 'What is a Licensed User?' section of the website.
Resources for Licensed Users
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QTRA Updates
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Licensed User Projects
If you would like to share a case study with other QTRA users or have an interesting project that you would like to discuss why not have it uploaded here. If you would like to upload a file to the Licensed User Projects area, contact Mike Ellison by email at mike@qtra.co.uk.