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    <p>I like my peers but have never engineered them :)<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">On Behalf of Dunster and Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd.


Dr. Julian A Dunster R.P.F., R.P.P.., M.C.I.P., ISA Certified Arborist,
ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist # 378, 
ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
Honourary Life Member ISA + PNWISA

North American distributor for Rinntech 
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dunster.ca">www.dunster.ca</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.treelaw.info">www.treelaw.info</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rinntech.info">www.rinntech.info</a>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Mon/7/13/2020 12:03 PM, Mark Carroll
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      I don't have an example of a driveway being elevated, but there
      are examples in the City of Toronto where the house was built this
      way. The addition was built on stilts to preserve the roots. A
      full concrete pad was elevated and the addition was built on top.
      It is not uncommon for this to be done. England has made some good
      practices for preserving their trees. They have actually built
      basements under the roots of trees. There are engineered peers
      that can be drilled down to the 2.5 to 3 meter depth that will
      support the needs of a carrying load to build a driveway and keep
      the root zones intact.<br>
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      <div id="ymail_android_signature">Mark Carroll<br>
        ISA Certified Arborist, Qualified Arborist Tech<br>
        All around nice guy<br>
        Taking our environment first<br>
        Thanks for connecting...<br>
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          <div>On Fri., 10 Jul. 2020 at 11:26 a.m., Astrid Nielsen via
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            <div dir="ltr">Hello Canufnet members,
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              <div>I have a client that is building two homes on an
                infill lot where there is a very large (106 cm), healthy
                silver maple. He is very willing to explore different
                options for working around the tree that would cause
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              <div>Does anyone have examples of building driveways
                within the critical root zones of large trees that have
                managed to prevent significant root damage and tree
                decline? Specifically, he is considering a type of
                elevated driveway that would not require the severing of
                roots or significant soil compaction, and dissipate the
                pressure through posts. Although the posts would cause
                some root damage, it would be significantly less than
                excavation for a standard driveway. If anyone has
                examples of this type of engineering, I would be
                grateful if you could share it with me.</div>
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              <div>Thank you,</div>
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