Product Description

Spon's Landscape and External Works Price Book 2005 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 and contractors - essential for compiling estimates, specifications, bills of quantities and works schedules. A full index and list of manufacturers and suppliers gives easy reference to all items.

As well as a general update, new features for the easy-to-read 2005 edition include:
* additional cladding features
* new retaining and webbed walling systems
* topiary
* controlled droplet application (CDA) spraying
* kerb drainage systems
* ornamental buildings and structures
* artificial grass
* play systems

All the standard features that you expect from Spon's Landscape & External Works are also included:
* Material and measured work prices covering contract items from site clearance to planting with full breakdown into labour, materials and other components
* Soft landscape works: grassed areas, planting, aquatics, forestry, and maintenance period prices for grass, planting and tree work
* Full coverage of external construction work: including walls, retaining walls and systems fences, land and surface water drainage, car parks, paving - and piped services
* Street furniture, including seating, bins, barriers and bollards
* Playgrounds, sport and recreation works, lighting, and water features including fountains, pools and lakes
* Detailed guidance on wage rates, landscape consultant's fee scales
* Extensive Approximate Estimates section for rapid spot estimating
* Updated, free of charge, every three months - see enclosed card to register. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk. The most complete and concise memorandum of measurements, weights and general landscape information to aid any pricing project in this field.

With its free CD-ROM containing Spon's Landscape & External Works price data you can:
* produce estimate and tender documents
* generate priced or unpriced schedules
* adjust rates and data and enter rogue items
* cut and paste prices into other tender documents
* export to other major packages
* view complete book "on screen"
* carry out an index search

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227901 in eBooks
• Published on: 2007-04-17
• Released on: 2007-04-17
• Format: Kindle Book
• Number of items: 1