Southern Enterprise Awards 2021

72 | Southern Enterprise Awards 2021 Sep21078 Arbor Cultural Ltd specialises in tree reports for planning submissions, house purchases, subsidence and decay detection but will cover most aspects of tree consultancy. Founded in 2014, Arbor Cultural has recently been recognised within the Southern Enterprise Awards 2021 for its sustainable tree management consultancy to both businesses and homeowners. Arbour Cultural Ltd promotes the value of trees for health and wellbeing to its clients and amongst the public. However, this vision has become easier to share with clients, due to the various lockdowns, where people started to appreciate the natural environment more. The company aims to find the best way of incorporating digital technology to showcase the importance of trees and the urban forest. Additionally, Arbor Cultural keeps up to date with the latest industry developments in terms of scientific discoveries and technological advances, using these discoveries in the day- to-day application of tree management and tree care. Arbor Cultural can achieve this by using the various tree valuation systems currently available, enabling the company to educate and inspire its clients about the valuable assets that their tree resources are. Arbor Cultural’s mission can be supported by the recent changes in biodiversity and is done by including an increasing number of ecological surveys throughout its work. There is currently increased importance placed on biodiversity, and trees will assist with this. Moreover, other areas that are becoming increasingly important are digital practices as Arbor Cultural seeks to include trees in 3D and 4D modelling going forward. There are progressively more advanced mapping and software packages, and much of these resources are open source. This will enable Arbor to promote trees better and liaise with related professions to ensure trees are considered more in all planning matters. Overall, Arbor Cultural keeps up to date with developments within the industry and the wider environmental sector, including leading building information modelling and digital practice. Additionally, Arbor Cultural invests in equipment Best Sustainable Tree Management Enterprise 2021 to aid its assessments of trees, including decay detection testing equipment, tree health testing equipment, soil treatment and computer mapping tools and software. Tom Thompson, the founder of Arbor Cultural, is avid about this. As such has created the Building Information Modelling for arboriculture (BIM4Arb); however, it has now been changed into the Digital Arboriculture Practice group (DAP). Arbor Cultural promotes trees in everything that It does and is looking to inspire the public by speaking out about the importance of trees at every opportunity. This includes public events, organisations, and corporations, online using its website and social media presence, and speaking to schools. It is incredible when trees can be used within schools to strengthen educational goals, encourage outdoor learning, and empower science to be applied practically, cohesively working with the school curriculum. Arbor Cultural believes that schoolchildren are a vital generation that is gradually environmentally aware, so giving children the information and tools they need to make a difference is a great prospect and investment into future generations. Continuing to grow and work on more significant projects, Arbor Cultural hopes to gain more term contracts with larger companies and chains of businesses in the future. Overall, Arbour Cultural believes that there will likely be an increased focus on combining tree management with ecological service. Additionally, with its ongoing adoption and promotion of new technology and digital practice technology, it aims to promote, empower, and educate its respective clients in the benefits it has to offer. Company Name: Arbor Cultural Ltd, Contact Name: Tom Thompson Web Address: https://arbor-cultural.com Contact Email: [email protected] ARBOR CULTURAL LTD Providing Expertise on your Trees