Terrafirma, an expert provider of hazard models, GeoData and Ground Risk Reports, has adopted Bluesky’s unique database of more than 300 million trees, within its advanced conveyancing search service. As part of a major upgrade, Terrafirma Ground Reports are now the first conveyancing search product to provide detailed, property-specific information on the risks from clay related subsidence and trees - a major cause of building damage in the UK. “The addition of the Bluesky N

AECOM has developed a new service, based on Bluesky’s National Tree Map, allowing for early assessment of arboricultural issues on development sites. Using an in-house database of surveyed trees, AECOM has developed a unique methodology for determining the likely extent of a tree’s Root Protection Area (the notional extent of tree roots essential for tree health and function and a key spatial constraint in relation to existing trees). When combined with the Bluesky tree data,