Spons Estimating Costs Guides Bryan Spain Spons Estimating Costs Guide To Small Groundworks Landscaping And Gardening

SpecificallyВ 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