Commercial Property Tree Service in Jacksonville, FL
Maintain Property Safety and Code Compliance
Keep your commercial property sharp and safe. We trim trees for offices, retail, and complexes across Duval County on a schedule that works, clearing signage, lighting, and walkways. Licensed, insured, and low-disruption. Our arborist keeps your grounds looking maintained.
Recognizing Dangerous Trees on Commercial Land
Property managers often tend to be unaware of their trees right up until the moment one falls. Subsequently, the oak tree is found sagging toward the structure post-rain or limb debris has destroyed a vehicle.
We offer commercial tree maintenance solutions throughout Jacksonville. Our primary advice to all clients is this: Know what a problematic tree appears like before it turns into your liability. It isn't required to be a tree specialist to identify those indicators.
Taking notice of these signals of concern:
- ✓There is fungus growing on the tree itself, particularly mushrooms or brackets.
- ✓Rot is detectable at the bottom of the tree, or visible within trunk crevices and separations.
- ✓Hanging or dead branches exist inside the tree canopy (a/k/a, "widow makers")
- ✓Inclination is increasing (particularly following significant precipitation events)
- ✓Injured / altered root systems (often close to foot traffic due to construction hardscaping, or where dirt is washed away by erosion)
Those represent the trees in Jacksonville that were not even in poor standing for months in advance of the event. The clues were there, but nobody paid attention. Live oaks and laurel oaks are the predominant trees in Jacksonville. They appear great. However, the expected lifespan of a laurel oak is much smaller than the average homeowner or property owner is prepared to acknowledge. This scenario arises frequently in older areas of Riverside and San Marco where laurel oaks are decaying internally. The green canopy is in fine condition, the rest of the tree is not. This is why professional hollow tree assessments and rot detection on commercial facilities is important.
When to Hire a Certified Tree Expert for a Risk Assessment
Don't attempt to handle these situations by yourself. You have a maintenance crew, so if you witness any of these circumstances at your business property, call an expert. A certified arborist climber will climb your trees to determine whether or not they must be felled. We are certified ISA arborists and have been doing this daily for quite some time now.
A professional tree risk assessment involves evaluating root stability, trunk condition, branch safety and distance from structures or people. Once you conduct a proper evaluation this produces documentation that shields you from lawsuits. Jacksonville commercial property owners take their chances when a dangerous tree is situated in close proximity to a parking area, shopping center, or pedestrian path used by employees and patrons.
If you can spot dangerous trees early enough you may only have to budget for tree removal or tree trimming. This saves you cash on emergency call-outs.
Certified, Qualified & Insured
When a hazardous tree is leaning over your home, who does the work matters as much as the price. The crew that shows up is our own — a local, credentialed team that stays on the job from the first cut to the last. They arrive with the cranes and equipment we own and operate ourselves, so a big tree removal from the back yard or a low-hanging limb prune over the roof moves on your schedule and our standards. Our Team is led by an ISA Certified Arborist and TRAQ tree-risk assessor, and each crane is set by CCO-certified crane operators, with full insurance. Once the tree is removed or trimmed, we finish it up by hauling the debris, and leaving your yard the way we found it.
- Fully Insured
- ISA Certified Arborist
- ISA Tree Risk Assessor (TRAQ)
- CCO Qualified Crane Operator
- We Own our Cranes
- We Use our Equipment
- We Grind the Stumps
- We Haul the Debris
- Emergency Tree Service
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Commercial Crews and Species
A shopping center on Philips Highway needs something completely different than a church located on University Blvd. We will supply the workers, equipment and timing necessary to get your commercial tree trimming done right, according to property type. Our commercial tree trimming services have covered just about every type of commercial property you can imagine here in Jacksonville. These properties are all unique,
- ✓Apartment and multi-family properties require teams to work around parked cars and a steady stream of residents moving in and out around the clock.
- ✓Homeowner associations (HOA's) need HOA-compliant pruning that meets specific covenant requirements.
- ✓Golf courses require canopy work that is precise enough to avoid damage to grass, sprinkler heads and golfers' fields of vision.
- ✓Cemeteries require attention to root systems and machinery that does not dig into the ground where it could damage grave markers or monuments.
The problem for property managers may not always be the tree trimming; sometimes it is the disruption. We never show up with a crew of six and a crane to perform a job that could be done safely by two climbers and a chipper. At the same time, we don't send two workers to work on a 200 unit Southside complex if it needs a production-sized crew for the project. Our commercial arborists evaluate every job site before they set up a crew to the most productive use of time and resources. We look for parking spaces, pedestrian traffic areas, tree species and overhead lines. For example, the rigging and pruning techniques for live oaks are different than for palms. This all helps us save you both time and money. If you use us, there is no need to worry about the day-to-day scheduling. If you have a portfolio of commercial properties, we can help create a rotating schedule for each one so they stay current on trimming, and you're not stuck making a dozen calls each day. Simply one point of contact and one crew to learn what needs done on what day on your properties. To learn more about commercial tree trimming and pruning services, go to our commercial tree trimming services page for the specifics of what we bring to the table. As a commercial tree service in Jacksonville, we are your crew's face to tenants, shoppers and visitors. We come in branded trucks and our crew members are licensed and insured. They know how to do a clean job, and how to be polite.
Working around Tenants, Members and Business Hours
Commercial tree services can get complicated, and it's rare for tree service companies to have the experience to be able to pull it off. Your property is not on hold, even though your trees need taking care of. Tenants still need to drive in and out. Shoppers still need to access the storefront. Clubhouse members at the golf club or HOA clubhouse expect the day to roll as normal. We have handled this kind of work in residential apartment buildings in Arlington, as well as office buildings near Southside Boulevard in Jacksonville.
We walk the property prior to work to find the best flow of traffic and understand high traffic areas so we minimize being in people's way.
This is a sample of what we complete for commercial property tree jobs:
- ✓Canopy thinning to reduce wind load and allow light to your landscaping, signage and window displays.
- ✓Crown pruning to increase branch spacing so it doesn't rub up against your buildings, gutters and HVAC.
- ✓Deadwood trimming to eliminate hanging dead branches that will drop onto tenants or vehicles below.
- ✓Limb pruning to increase clearance and decrease liability for hanging branches over walkways and common areas.
More commonly, property managers contact us after a tenant alerts them to a hanging branch or a fallen limb. This puts you in a reactive position rather than a proactive one. Incorporating pruning into your regular maintenance schedule will allow you to keep your property's canopy healthy and help you stay ahead of issues. Sometimes pruning won't be enough. When trees are encroaching on power lines, have root systems threatening foundations, or develop internal defects, we'll step in to offer commercial property tree removal. Our skilled climbers and crane-operated removal crews are trained to remove mature oaks, pines, and palms in restricted areas without disturbing tenants or neighboring properties. ISA Certified Arborists on staff know where to prune, how much to remove, and when to do nothing at all. Not sure what your site needs? Give us a call and we'll walk the property together, talk through what we recommend, and map out a timeline that works for you.
