Our Urban Forestry Team works on hundreds of sites every year. In recent years, there has been a lot of changes to the development permit process throughout Greater Vancouver. As a General Contractor, Developer, or other Land Use Professional, its’ becoming more difficult to stay on top of all the rules relating to trees. Most municipalities are also requiring that trees (of a certain size and species) be protected during the entire phase of the development. This includes the Tree Protection Fencing as well as Site Supervision when required.
Contact us today to discuss your development project. It is our experience that combining both the landscape with the arboricultural work – streamlines deliverables and helps ensure timely submissions to the municipality.
Some of our recent large urban forestry projects include:
Westwood Plateau Street Tree Plan, Coquitlam, BC
Whonnock Lake, Maple Ridge, BC
Kingsley comes to VDZ+A with over 6 years of support experience. He graduated from the local puppy socialization class with distinction back in 2016, where he learned to make a positive impact on everyone he meets. Raised in a household obsessed with fluffy pets, Kingsley is accustomed to receiving endless attention and this comes particularly handy at our Vancouver office, where he provides our staff with effortless entertainment by means of borks, boops and sploots. His other tasks include lying in the hallway in the most obstructive way possible, and testing out our Parks projects upon their completion. Kingsley is also responsible for curating our supply of office snacks to ensure that they are as delicious as possible, as this is imperative to overall staff well-being and thus productivity!
Kelly has been with VDZ since 2003 and brings a breadth of experience from the architecture and engineering industry specifically working in business administration and finance operations. Kelly’s primary role is Financial Manager where she is responsible for all client invoicing and specialized reporting. Kelly also ensures both our Vancouver and Fort Langley offices are running at full efficiency – from equipping staff with the tools they need to do their work, to ensuring all services needed behind the scenes are met.
With other 20 years experience in the landscape and Arboriculture industry, Glyn brings with him a considered approach to Urban Forestry. Glyn is an accredited organic gardener, ISA arborist and Qualified Tree Risk Assessor. As a recent graduate of the BCIT Forest Management program, Glyn offers advanced abilities in GIS mapping and Forest management to assist with our windfirm and wildfire hazard consultation services. Glyn also plays a key role in invasive species management programs.
