Combining our expertise and experience in arboriculture, ecology and landscape design, Aboud & Associates is called upon to provide expert witness testimony for legal proceedings. Through our senior staff experience in the authoring of books and teaching at post secondary institutions, we are able to provide concise plans and well-written reports for legal matters.

Whether Peer Reviewing plans or investigating existing environments, Aboud & Associates examines projects with the highest level of scrutiny, often cross-referencing several standards throughout the arboricultural, ecological and landscape design professions, to ensure plans do not inadvertently contain costly errors and omissions and that existing environments are built according to the highest standards and specifications. 

Smooth Rose (Rosa blanda) . Hamilton

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Deficiency Investigation

Guelph,  2005-2007

Due to the poor performance of newly planted trees and shrubs designed and installed by others, Aboud & Associates was retained to provide an independent post-mortem analysis of the design and implementation of the project. A literature review providing several industry standards were cross-referenced to provide an impartial basis for an assessment that included interviews, detailed field assessments and soil analysis.

Steven Aboud taking tree measurements . Guelph 

Expert Witness Testimony

Toronto,  2004-2007

Aboud & Associates produced several deliverables for this project including:  Arborist Reports, Tree Preservation Plans, Tree Compensation/ Street Tree Planting and Subdivision Landscape Plans, as well as expert witness testimony at an OMB Hearing for a proposed residential infill subdivision in Toronto.

Click thumbnail View Conceptual Street Tree Plan

Soil Moisture Investigation

Brampton,  2003

Aboud & Associates was retained to provide insight into unusually high levels of moisture in soils at a newly-planted commercial plaza. This investigation included monitoring of plot performance in several plots throughout the site over a period of three months and soil moisture analysis. 

Monitoring Plot . Brampton

TRCA Woody Plant Study

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (in association with Dougan & Associates), Toronto, 1991-1994

A comprehensive 3-part study to i) Prepare a detailed list of the woody species and their habitat preferences throughout the jurisdiction of the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), ii) Prepare a short list of desirable woody species to be used for restoration/naturalization, and iii) Develop an ecological framework for plant selection, species propagation recommendations, and standardized planting combinations for use within the five eco-physiographic jurisdictions of the TRCA. This study was presented at the 1995 International Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration, Seattle, Washington.

TRCA Woody Plants Nursery .  Toronto

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