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

ISBN-13: 9781138437357 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Bryan Spain

Opis

Specifically 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.

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.