β Scribed by Bryan Spain
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
SpecificallyΠΒ written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, this second edition of Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping Work and Gardening contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. This is the first book to focus on this range of external work, including garden maintenance work on blocks of flats and individual houses, schools and sports fields, garden makeovers, laying patios and paths, small land drainage schemes on farmland, and small-scale local authority maintenance work.
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
STANDARD METHOD OF MEASUREMENT//TRADES LINKS......Page 18
SOFT LANDSCAPING......Page 20
EXCAVATION AND FILLING......Page 22
SEEDING AND TURFING......Page 29
BARE ROOT TREES......Page 46
CONTAINER GROWN TREES......Page 55
CONIFERS......Page 60
SHRUBS......Page 63
CLIMBERS......Page 74
HERBACEOUS PLANTS......Page 81
HEDGING......Page 94
BEDDING PLANTS......Page 103
MAINTENANCE WORK......Page 104
SUNDRIES......Page 107
HARD LANDSCAPING......Page 110
BRICK WALLING......Page 112
MASONRY......Page 119
PRECAST CONCRETE......Page 124
SUB-BASES......Page 126
BEDS AND PAVINGS......Page 127
FENCING......Page 133
DRAINAGE......Page 137
Part Three: GROUNDWORKS......Page 148
ROADS AND SEWERS......Page 150
HOUSE FOUNDATIONS......Page 159
Part Four: APPROXIMATE ESTIMATING......Page 174
BRICK WALLING......Page 176
MASONRY......Page 183
KERBS AND EDGINGS......Page 185
BEDS AND PAVINGS......Page 186
DRAINAGE......Page 189
Part Five: TOOL AND EQUIPMENT HIRE......Page 194
TOOL AND EQUIPMENT HIRE......Page 196
Part Six: BUSINESS MATTERS......Page 202
STARTING A BUSINESS......Page 204
RUNNING A BUSINESS......Page 219
TAXATION......Page 225
Part Seven: GENERAL CONSTRUCTION DATA......Page 236
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION DATA......Page 238
Part Eight: PLANT NAMES......Page 250
ENGLISH/LATIN PLANT NAMES......Page 252
LATIN/ENGLISH PLANT NAMES......Page 259
INDEX......Page 268
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Introduction Part 1: Soft landscaping Part 2: Hard landscaping Part 3: Groundworks Part 4: Approximate estimating Part 5: Tools and equipment hire Part 6: Business matters Part 7: General construction data Part 8: English/Latin plant names Index
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