Geotechnical Reports

Transcript of Site Visit Notes from Coquitlam Environmental Services Arborist

Date and Time of Site Visit: April 25, 2006,  1300
Project Address: 1215 Lansdowne
City File No. _____________
Field Notes:

Met with Al MacLeod [hidden text – maybe Al’s phone number] Sunridge Estates.

The area is on a slope, therefore it is considered a TCP [Tree Cutting Permit] area. The entire site has retaining walls throughout and tree removal would not cause a geotechnical risk.

I advised him to hire an arborist to provide him with a risk management plan as 90% of the trees have been topped.

There is no nature [faded word] per say, trees seems to have all been planted as landscape material.

Retaining walls did NOT stop buildings from suddenly sinking after tree removal! 

Unfortunately, this arborist did not have the education and was not qualified to assess the geotechnical risk of tree removal. 

Furthermore, although less than half a dozen trees were identified as high risk, this arborist was complicit in the destruction of 90% of the trees without a permit by allowing "topping" as well as other deliberate acts - including prior removal, elimination of ground cover, exposed roots, negligent pest management practices, and unscrupulous governance known to cause tree death or contribute foreseeable and obvious damage to trees unwanted by the powers that be. 

This arborist's site report appears to be instrumental in facilitating a pre-emptive campaign to permanently destroy mature trees and sell views for the extremely costly unjust enrichment of privileged owners like Al MacLeod and Coquitlam city councillor Mae Reid at the expense of the oppressed and the property in general.

Roads and buildings sank and sink holes developed as roots of trees decomposed throughout the entire site amidst tortured excuses for scandalous corruption. 

Extracts from "What is a Geotechnical Report?" 

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/geotech/pubs/reviewguide/check02.cfm

The geotechnical report is the tool used to communicate the site conditions and design and construction recommendations ... have the objective of providing specific information on subsurface soil, rock, and water conditions. Interpretation of the site investigation information, by a geotechnical engineer, results in design and construction recommendations that should be presented in a project geotechnical report. The importance of preparing an adequate geotechnical report cannot be overstressed. ... all geotechnical reports should contain certain basic essential information, including:

• Summary of all subsurface exploration data, including subsurface soil profile, exploration logs, laboratory or in situ test results, and ground water information;
• Interpretation and analysis of the subsurface data;
• Specific engineering recommendations for design;
• Discussion of conditions for solution of anticipated problems; and
• Recommended geotechnical special provisions.

 

Trees in front of Unit 409 - preserved during building envelope repairs then destroyed by Al MacLeod - who sold the view to Mae Reid

Unit 409 sinking building

Unit 409 sinking flooring substrate


Unit 409 sticking doors

Unit 409 sinking retaining walls and patio

If tree removal did not cause a geotechnical risk - what DID cause the suddenly sinking buildings, cracking walls and pavement, sticking doors and windows, sink holes, erosion of top soil, and breaking underground pipes, water mains and sewers throughout the entire site - after over a decade of stability?

If tree removal did not cause a geotechnical risk - what is council's reason for making a SECRET of the report that the minutes say council was obtaining?