CONSULTING SERVICES
Cohen and Master Tree and Shrub Services Ltd. has principal and associate expertise in a wide range of arboriculture and urban forestry services. We build long lasting relationships with our clients and their trees. Our clients consist predominantly of landscape architects, architects, engineers, tree advocacy groups, land developers, government agencies, institutions and law firms.
Inventory and assessment of trees and other vegetation relative to land development and building permit applications
Prescription for tree preservation on construction projects
Site supervision at all stages of construction around trees
Diagnosis and prescription for treatment of pests, diseases, and other tree injuries
Tree risk management policy and procedure writing
Tree risk assessment and prescriptions for mitigation
Arborist reports and tree preservation plans
Tree value appraisal
Urban forest management plans
Development of policies, procedures and standards for arboriculture and urban forestry operations and programs
Recommendations for site preparation, species selection & planting methods
Ravine restoration, edge management, and replanting plans
Sonic tomograph tree analysis
Air spade, Hydro-Vac, and Root Exploration
Inventory and assessment of trees and other vegetation relative to land development and building permit applications
Prescription for tree preservation on construction projects
Site supervision at all stages of construction around trees
Diagnosis and prescription for treatment of pests, diseases, and other tree injuries
Tree risk management policy and procedure writing
Arborist reports and tree preservation plans
Tree value appraisal
Urban forest management plans
Development of policies, procedures and standards for arboriculture and urban forestry operations and programs
Recommendations for site preparation, species selection & planting methods
Ravine restoration, edge management, and replanting plans
Sonic tomograph tree analysis
Air spade, Hydro-Vac, and Root Exploration
OUR TEAM
Ian is a Senior Consultant for Cohen & Master. He has over 50 years experience in the field of arboriculture, horticulture, and landscape architecture. Ian is an honours graduate of the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture, a Certified Arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture, a consultant registered with the American Society of Consulting Arborists and is ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ).
Ian has been in the commercial tree care sector for 25 years; a college professor in arboriculture and urban forestry for 27 years, and have been providing consulting services to the professions since 1985. Ian’s areas of specialty include inventorying, assessment and preservation of trees relative to land development and re-development; tree risk assessment; tree care specifications and forensic arboriculture. He has previously been qualified as an expert witness and has given testimony numerous times before OMB, in Ontario Court and at coroner’s inquest.
Ian has been in the commercial tree care sector for 25 years; a college professor in arboriculture and urban forestry for 27 years, and have been providing consulting services to the professions since 1985. Ian’s areas of specialty include inventorying, assessment and preservation of trees relative to land development and re-development; tree risk assessment; tree care specifications and forensic arboriculture. He has previously been qualified as an expert witness and has given testimony numerous times before OMB, in Ontario Court and at coroner’s inquest.