Landscape Professional Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138546974 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 280 str.

Fraser, Gordon Rowland

Opis

Guided by the Landscape Institute’s 2013 Pathway to Chartership syllabus, this structured, step-by-step, narrative guide sets out the documentation commonly used within the landscape profession. As an understanding of professional practice is intrinsic to all Landscape Institute accredited courses, this is an essential text for every landscape arch

Spis treści

Contents: Foreword; Introduction. Section I Professional Judgment Ethics and Values: Professional association. Section II Organisation and Management: The law of contract; The tort of professional negligence; Health and safety legislation; Business performance and development; Business management; Engaging a landscape professional. Section III Legislative Bases of Assessment and Analysis: Development control and environmental management. Section IV Project Implementation: Understanding contractual relationships; Construction Design and Management Regulations; Estimating project budgets; Specification fundamentals; Conditions of contract; Single stage selective tendering; Contract administration; Alternative dispute resolution procedures. List of references; Index.

O autorze

Gordon Rowland Fraser is a graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a Chartered Landscape Architect, MBA and Barrister. His unique skill set encompasses project procurement and administration, technical consultancy, quality control and alternative forms of dispute resolution of particular relevance to the landscape industry.