TCIA Announces New Standards

Tree Care Industry Association

The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) announces new national conservation standards for the planting of trees and shrubs, which were approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The TCIA is a member of ANSI as well as an accredited standards developer and secretariat for the ANSI A300 series (Parts 1 - 9), a set of standards for tree care management.

ANSI has recently approved a major revision of ANSI A300 (Part 5)-2012 Management of Trees and Shrubs During Site Planning, Site Development, and Construction and a major revision of ANSI A300 (Part 6)-2012 Planting and Transplanting standard.

The revision of ANSI A300 (Part 5)-2012 Management of Trees and Shrubs During Site Planning, Site Development, and Construction provides substantial additions and changes to the old standard. The new A300 Part 5 standard now addresses the following items relating to the conservation of trees and woody shrubs during construction and development activities:

Project planning phase

Tree resource evaluation
Project design phase
Tree conservation
Pre-construction phase
Construction phase
Landscape phase
Post construction phase
Tree protection practices prior to and during demolition, construction, and landscaping
Implementation of tree conservation recommendations
Use of Barriers
Demolition Disposal of building waste
Fill soil (grade change
Excavation/Trenchin
Utilities
Pavement
Management report information (Annex)

The new ANSI A300 (Part 6)-2012 Planting and Transplanting standard now addresses the following items:

Plant and site inspection
Timing of transplanting
Determining the root ball size (for transplanting)
Digging trees and shrubs
Transplanting methods
Lifting plants
Moving and storage of plants
Digging the planting hole
Planting woody plants
Planting container stock
Specific palm planting standards
Backfill
Post-planting care

For more information about TCAI or the new standards please visit tcai.org