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The Davey Bulletin | September/October 2016
2 ISLANDS, 1 BIG PROJECT FOR 15 DAVEY TEAMS
It's not every day Davey crews from
four different states and service lines
mobilize to work on a massive tree
project on an island.
Two historic islands sit off the San
Francisco Bay. For more than a
decade, developers planned to turn
both Treasure Island and Yerba Buena
Island into new destinations to live
and play – with 8,000 housing units,
new hotels and parks.
In May 2015, the commercial devel-
opment plans were approved by the
Treasure Island Development Authority
(TIDA). This $1 billion development
project opened a lot of doors for tree
care industry work.
Originally, another tree care firm was
contracted but was unable to meet
the projected deadline.
That's when Davey's Nick Crawford,
sales arborist for the San Francisco
R/C office, received a call from the
TIDA, the public-private partnership
that is responsible for the Islands.
Crawford accepted the challenge and
knew he needed to mobilize crews
quickly from California and beyond.
In less than a week, Davey employees
from both R/C and Davey Surgery
Company arrived on the island, travel-
ing from Montana, Nevada and Texas.
"We built a lot of trust with the client
early," Crawford said. "We impressed
them with how quickly we were able
to mobilize."
Getting the project completed by Jan.
15, 2016, was the top priority for the
client, Crawford said. Delays in the
early stages of the development plan
could have pushed the whole project
back by as much as a year.
MY DAVEY
Davey's Jaime Merritt took a remarkable
above-the-canopy shot on Yerba Buena Island.
Davey's Robert Jackson, Alfonso Arroyo, Israel Tinajero and Leonel Penado worked
together to transfer removed trees on Yerba Buena Island. Behind them, construction
progresses on the San Francisco and Oakland Bay Bridge Interstate 80 ramp.
