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We have experienced Professional Foresters and Technicians available to assist forestry tenure holders and private land owners in timber reconnaissance, valuation, planning, layout, and associated office and paperwork. We also complete layout field reviews, especially common for roads and stream crossings, ensuring road and stream crossing structure locations are identified in the field to be in the best locations, prior to survey, design, and construction work is completed.

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Road location surveying can be completed using a variety of survey methods and equipment, depending on your needs. Topographic models can be generated from survey data and detailed road designs can be completed for new proposed roads or existing road upgrade projects. Cost estimates are generated from surveys and design data, and design work can be presented in a neat, clear and easy to understand format ready for road builders or for tendering. Construction supervision and reporting can be completedonce construction begins.

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Boxwood has completed 100’s of km’s of road inspections over the past 5 years for BC Timber Sales and Major Licensees. Inspection data, photos, GPS coordinates, etc have been recorded and reported in various forms based on client needs, including digital paperless format, and compiled for clients for use in web‐based data management systems such as Genus or in‐house software.

Boxwood has completed 100’s of forestry bridge inspections on both the BC coast and interior, including approximately 400 bridges annually for the Ministry of Forest. Boxwood has the experience to asses all types and sizes of forestry bridges, and regularly works with Professional Engineering peers in the consulting field when required to assess more complex bridge structure issues for clients.

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Do you have a challenging river or stream crossing to tackle? We’d love to help. We can offer a full range of stream crossing services starting with crossing location assessment and evolving to site surveys, bridge design work, material procurement, and even full installations, construction supervision, and Professional sign‐off and as‐build documentation and/or drawings when required. We also complete routine site plans and designs at competitive rates, and can be available for portions of your bridge design and installation project, as needed.

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For private land owners, we can prepare standing timber appraisals, logging profitability reports, logging operational plans, and set up your small specialized logging operation using local contractors to maximize your returns and minimize your impact on your site. We will ensure your logs get used for their highest value, maximizing your harvest returns.

This process includes setting up your timber mark for log transportation, setting up a contract with your log purchaser, and other legal requirements that would need to be addressed prior to the commencement of operations. We can set up re‐planting or site prep, or help you with your future landuse plans. For larger areas, tree harvesting can planned for multiple entries over an established period of time, allowing for sustainable long term timber harvesting.

Boxwood offers the services of Registered Professional Foresters (RPF’s) and forestry technicians to complete wildfire hazard assessments on private property. We will provide a report identifying hazards on your property, and make recommendations on how to mitigate these hazards in order to reduce the risk of your home and property being lost during a wildfire event. We also provide fire hazard assessments on new subdivision developments, and where residential and industrial development expands into forested, wildfire interface areas.

During the hot summer months, our staff is available to assist with any wildfire event. In the past we have provided services such as line locating and field marking for fire guards, equipment and fire crew supervision, danger tree assessments, road and fire guard deactivation, and wildfire site rehabilitation and ecosystem restoration.

Boxwood can provide many unique services in the field of operational forestry and engineering. We frequently work with other consultants, so if there is something we cannot help you with, chances are we can direct you to one of our business colleagues who will be able to assist you. Please call any time to discuss you needs.

Over the past 5 years, we have completed numerous small scale salvage applications to government agencies on behalf of clients wishing to acquire the necessary documentation and licenses required to salvage log timber that is in scattered, small isolated volumes and would otherwise be left to waste. Please contact us for more information in this program.