Industry News

On April 13, 2022, the Davey Tree Expert Company announced the addition of Vaillancourt Tree-Landscape Service, Inc., of Pittsford, Vermont, to its family of brands.

Vaillancourt will be joining Davey’s Eastern Utility service line. Vaillancourt provides utility line clearance services throughout Vermont, in addition to quality residential and commercial tree services in the area surrounding Rutland, Vermont. Vaillancourt has been in business for almost 50 years and has approximately 24 employees who will all continue employment with Davey Tree.   “The […]

ArborWorks Announces New Leadership

ArborWorks, LLC, a vegetation management firm serving utilities, municipalities, highway departments, and forestry departments, announced that it has named Frank Bardonaro as the Chief Executive Officer. Founded in 2003, ArborWorks partners with utilities and government entities, providing tree maintenance and assisting with risk mitigation where trees threaten utility infrastructure. Frank Bardonaro, CEO, has more than […]

SavATree Merges with Abundant Tree Services in Kentucky

SavATree, headquartered in Bedford Hills, NY, has announced a merger with Kentucky-based Abundant Tree Services. This merger significantly increases SavATree’s market share in the Louisville area. Abundant Tree has been providing a complete range of professional tree care to residential and commercial clients throughout Louisville for over a decade. Their dedicated team of highly trained […]

New Online Access to Accident Briefs

TCIA’s new Accident Briefs website, accidentbriefs.tcia.org, makes it even easier to search the compiled TCI Magazine monthly accident reports for use in research or education/training. Just click on the “Accident Briefs Search” tab and search by category, such as “falls,” and/or outcome, such as “minor,” “serious” or “fatal,” or do a simple word search, such […]

Board members sworn in, awards presented at TCIA’s annual meeting

David Fleischner, executive vice president with Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, a 46-year TCIA member company based in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was inaugurated as the new chair of the TCIA Board of Directors during the Association’s annual meeting at Winter Management Conference 2022 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, in early February. Arthur William Batson, III, […]

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