Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2017 (Spon's Price Books)

A general upgrade, with good external works site cost models, strong on composite items and more measured works. Now in its 36th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2017 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape contracts, and forms an indispensable reference book for quantity surveyors, landscape architects, contractors and local authority managers – essential for compiling estimates, specifications, bills of quantities and works schedules – no matter what the size of the project being undertaken. Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with internet access to this 2017 edition until the end of December 2017. We now provide a VitalSource® ebook, giving a versatile and powerful online data viewing package. This NRM edition includes the following new and significantly developed items: Acoustic fencing Architectural metalwork Block and beam systems Culverts Deep Concrete manholes to 3 m Headwalls Pre-cast steps New retaining walls And green roofs and sportsfields have now been broken down into details, rather than presented as a lump sum. All the standard features that you expect from SPON'S EXTERNAL WORKS AND LANDSCAPE PRICE BOOK remain: material and measured work prices covering contract items from preliminaries and site clearance and encompassing the core external works activities with full breakdowns into labour, materials and other components detailed guidance on wage rates, landscape consultants'fee scales an extensive Approximate Estimates section for rapid spot estimating updated, free of charge, two or three times a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Preface to the Thirty-Sixth Edition 1 Acknowledgements 1 How to Use this Book 1 How this Book is Compiled 1 PART 1: GENERAL 1 Labour Rates Used in this Edition 1 Computation of Labour Rates Used in this Edition 1 Notes on the New Rules of Measurement (NRM) 1 Computation of the Cost of Materials 1 The Landfill Tax 1 The Aggregates Levy 1 Cost Indices 1 Regional Variations 1 PART 2: RATES OF WAGES – BUILDING INDUSTRY 1 Building Industry Wages 1 PART 3: APPROXIMATE ESTIMATING RATES 1 Cost Models 1 Preliminaries 1 8.1.1 Site Clearance 1 8.1.2 Preparatory Groundworks 1 8.2.1 Roads, Paths, Pavings and Surfacings 1 8.2.2 Special Surfacings and Pavings 1 8.3.1 Soft Landscaping, Seeding and Turfing 1 8.3.2 External Planting 1 8.3.3 Irrigation Systems 1 8.4.1 Fencing and Railings 1 8.4.2 Walls and Screens 1 8.4.3 Retaining Walls 1 8.5 External Fixtures 1 8.6 External Drainage 1 PART 4: PRICES FOR MEASURED WORKS 1 Introduction 1 New Items 2017 1 1 Preliminaries 1 2 Off site Manufactured Materials, Components and Buildings 1 3 Demolitions 1 4 Alterations, Repairs and Conservation 1 5 Excavating and Filling 1 6 Ground Remediation and Soil Stabilization 1 10 Crib Walls, Gabions and Reinforced Earth 1 11 In Situ Concrete Works 1 13 Precast Concrete 1 14 Masonry 1 19 Waterproofing 1 21 Cladding and Covering 1 28 Floor, Wall, Ceiling and Roof Finishings 1 29 Decoration 1 33 Drainage Above Ground 1 34 Drainage Below Ground 1 35 Site Works – Bases 1 Hardcore bases 1 Type 1 bases 1 Cellular confined bases 1 Surface treatments to granular bases 1 35 Site Works – Kerbs and Edgings 1 Foundations to kerbs 1 Precast concrete kerbs 1 Precast concrete edgings 1 Stone kerbs 1 Stone edgings 1 Brick edgings 1 Channels 1 Timber edgings 1 Metal edgings 1 35 Site Works – Pavings 1 Specialized mortars for pavings 1 Excavation of pavings 1 Filling to make up levels for pavings and surfaces 1 Brick pavings 1 Cellular confined granular pavings 1 Grass concrete 1 Cobble pavings 1 Granular pavings 1 Precast concrete block pavings 1 SUDS permeable block paving 1 Precast concrete slab pavings 1 Deterrent paving 1 Stone pavings 1 Stone setts 1 Reconstituted stone pavings 1 Resin bound surfacing 1 Resin bonded surfacing 1 Macadam surfacing 1 Marking of car parks 1 Suspended paving 1 Formwork for concrete pavings 1 Reinforcement for concrete pavings 1 In situ concrete pavings 1 Expansion joints in pavings 1 Woodchip sufaces 1 Timber decking 1 Steps 1 35 Site Works – Street Furniture 1 Barriers 1 Bases for street furniture 1 Bins: litter/waste/dog waste/salt and grit 1 Bollards 1 Cycle holders/cycle shelters 1 Flagpoles 1 Generally 1 Pergolas 1 Picnic tables/sundry furniture 1 Plant containers 1 Seating 1 Signage 1 Smoking shelters 1 Stones and boulders 1 Tree grilles/tree protection 1 35 Site Works – Sports, Play Equipment, Surfaces 1 Market prices of sports and play surfacing materials 1 Sports equipment 1 Playground equipment 1 Natural sports pitches 1 Play surfaces 1 Tennis courts 1 Sports surfaces 1 35 Site Works – Water and Water Features 1 Clarification notes on labour costs in this section 1 Boreholes 1 Cold water 1 Rainwater harvesting 1 Irrigation 1 Fountains and water features 1 Internal water features 1 Water and river bank remediation/ecology 1 Lakes and ponds 1 Swimming pools 1 36 Fencing 1 37 Soft Landscaping 1 39 Electrical Services 1 PART 5: TABLES AND MEMORANDA 1 INDEX 1