Western Chapter ISA Presents
Trees and Risk: What We Need to Know
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Join us for a day of talking about reducing your risk in tree risk assessment by knowing the law. We'll hear from Kevin Eckert on how to calculate the likelihood of failure and the importance of needing a standardized assessment process.
Agenda:
8:00 am Registration
8:30 am Welcome and Introductions
Juan Barba and Luana Vargas
8:40 am The Perilous Lives of Trees
Dennis Swartzell, Consulting Arborist, Horticulture Consultants, Inc., Las Vegas, NV
9:40 am Break
10:00 am The Importance of and Need of Standardized Assessment Process and the Reading Indicators of Structural Defects
Kevin Eckert, President, Arbor Global, Kailua, HI
11:30 am Lunch (Provided)
12:30 pm Calculating the Likelihood of Failure
Kevin Eckert, President, Arbor Global, Kailua, HI
2:00 pm Break
2:10 pm Tree Risk Assessment and The Law
Dennis Yniguez, Consulting Arborist, Tree Decisions, Berkeley, CA
3:00 pm Reducing Your Risk in Tree Risk Assessment
Dennis Yniguez, Consulting Arborist, Tree Decisions, Berkeley, CA
4:00 pm CEU Sign Out
*Please allow up to 6 weeks for processing of CEUs
Registration is at this link:
http://www.wcisa.net/meetings/meetingdisplay.aspx?MeetingID=5645
Early Registration (through 1/30/17):
$80.00 - WCISA Member
$105.00 - Non-WCISA Member
Regular Registration (on or after 1/31/17):
$105.00 - WCISA Member
$130.00 - Non-WCISA Member
Student/Senior:
$55.00 - Must be a WCISA Member
CEUs:
5.75 - CA / CTW / MS
5.75 - BCMA-M
Location:
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N. Galvin Pkwy
Phoenix, AZ 85008
