Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping and Gardening

ISBN-13: 9780415434423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 254 str.

Bryan Spain

Opis

Useful for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, this book contains information on rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. It focusses on garden maintenance work on blocks of flats and individual houses, schools and sports fields, garden makeovers, and, laying patios and paths.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Bryan Spain is a consultant quantity surveyor who specialises in building and civil engineering costs. He has worked in local government, private practice and contracting organisations. He has also written over 50 books, mainly on construction costs.