Custom software for VTA tree safety registration
Appfront builds software for tree owners and arborists who want to keep track of tree safety systematically. Every tree is on the map with its species, condition and the cycle in which it is inspected. The tree safety inspector records findings and measures in the field, measures are given a deadline and an executor, and you can show that you manage your trees with care.
What is tree safety registration (VTA) software?
Anyone who owns trees has a duty of care. If a branch or tree falls and foreseeable damage results, the owner may be liable. For that reason, trees are regularly and systematically inspected visually, often using the VTA method, Visual Tree Assessment, by a certified tree safety inspector. The owner ideally records what is observed and what is done about it.
In practice, trees sit in a spreadsheet or an old system, and inspections are carried out on paper or in a separate app. A measure is noted, but whether it has been carried out is recorded nowhere. Trees due for inspection next year get forgotten. And after an incident, you have to work out when the tree was last seen and what was decided at the time.
We build custom solutions because tree owners differ: how many trees they have, where they stand, who inspects, who carries out the work, and which systems they use for public space. What your duty of care means in your situation is a matter to discuss with your lawyer or insurer; the software ensures you can demonstrate what you have done.
Every tree in view
Every tree on the map, with species, condition and the cycle in which it is inspected.
Measure with a deadline
Findings and measures with urgency, deadline and contractor, until they are completed.
Demonstrable management
The history of inspections and measures for each tree, ready for liability claims and your insurer.
How we build your tree safety management (VTA) software
We begin with your trees: how many, where, what data already exists, who inspects and who carries out the work. Often there is a tree register that is only partly accurate. We import it and complete it during the first inspection round, so that the register and reality match again.
Your tree register, inspectors, contractors and systems.
Trees on the map, with condition and inspection cycle.
Field inspection, findings, measures and work orders.
Alerts when deadlines lapse, history, and ongoing management.
What tree safety management (VTA) software actually does
The components below feature in almost every tree owner's setup. Which you need depends on your trees.
Tree register
Trees with location, species and condition.
Cycle
Risk-based inspection cycle for each tree.
Inspection
Findings and photos in the field.
Measures
Pruning, further investigation or felling, with a deadline.
Orders
To contractors, with feedback.
History
All inspections and measures for each tree.
Who we build tree safety management (VTA) software for
The software is intended for anyone who owns or inspects trees.
Municipalities
Many trees along roads. The register is the core.
Housing associations
Trees near homes. The measures matter most.
Estates
Trees along paths and roads. The cycle is what matters.
Tree surgeons
Inspections for clients. Fieldwork is the core.
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This page is about tree safety. For resident reports about public space, see our page on reporting software for public space; for municipalities in general, our page on software for municipalities; and for field inspections, our page on an inspection app. You can read about our approach at custom software development.
Why Appfront for your tree safety management (VTA) software?
After an incident, what you can demonstrate counts. That is what we build on: every tree in view, measures with a deadline, and a history that shows you manage carefully.
Nothing overlooked
Inspections and measures monitored.
Completed
Every measure until it is closed.
Demonstrable
What has been seen and done, for each tree.
Security and privacy for tree safety management (VTA) software
The software holds data on trees, locations, inspections and measures. Access is set up by role, and a contractor sees only their own work orders.
The software runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily back-ups. Field inspections also work without coverage, and recorded inspections cannot be altered without a trace.
Frequently asked questions about tree safety management (VTA) software
Questions tree owners ask before getting started.
It maintains a tree register with condition and inspection cycle, records field inspections, creates measures with urgency and deadline, sends work orders to contractors, flags lapsed inspections and measures, and keeps the history for each tree.
Visual Tree Assessment is a method for visual tree safety inspection. A tree safety inspector assesses the tree for defects that could lead to breakage or failure, and advises on measures or further investigation.
The duty of care stems from liability law, and there is no fixed obligation to keep records. However, after an incident, it helps if you can show when a tree was inspected and what action was taken. What is needed in your situation is something to discuss with your lawyer or insurer.
That depends on the tree, its condition and its surroundings, such as a busy road or a playground. The inspector determines the cycle for each tree, and the software ensures the tree is due for inspection again on time.
Yes. An inspector or contractor gets access to their own assignments, records findings in the field, and reports back on what has been done. That way everything is kept in one file, even if you outsource inspections or work.
Yes, if it has an interface. Trees can come from the public space management system or GIS, and measures can flow back as work orders.
Check that first. Many public realm management systems have a module for trees, and that may be sufficient. Custom development makes sense if you want to monitor inspections and measures more effectively, collaborate with tree surgeons, or if you don't have a management system.
Want to demonstrate that you manage your trees carefully?
Tell us how many trees you have, how you currently inspect and record them, and who carries out the measures. We will show you what the file, the inspection and the measures look like.