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About the Author.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Today’s Landscape Industry.
Breaking Down a Landscape Project.
The Landscape Professional & Project Management.
Building Your Business.
Planning the Landscape Proposal.
Conclusion.
Chapter 2: Materials & Methods.
Site Work.
Hard Construction, or “Hardscape”.
Horticultural Materials.
Irrigation Systems (Sprinkler & Drip).
Lighting.
Other Green Building Approaches to Landscaping.
Specialties.
Historic Landscape Preservation.
Seasonal Specialties.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements.
Conclusion.
Chapter 3: Equipment.
Equipment Rental & Subcontracting.
The Economics of Purchase & Leasing.
Life Cycle Costs & Productivity.
Tracking Costs.
Equipment Life Expectancy.
Conclusion.
Chapter 4: Beginning the Estimate.
To Bid or Not to Bid.
Prior Knowledge & Estimating.
Before Starting the Estimate.
The Landscape Project Analysis Form.
Types of Estimates.
Conclusion.
Chapter 5: How to Take Off Quantities.
Takeoff Tips.
Guidelines for the Takeoff.
The Step-by-Step Takeoff Process.
Conclusion.
Chapter 6: Pricing the Estimate.
Grouping the Items.
Adding Costs.
Types of Costs.
Conclusion.
Chapter 7: Sample Takeoff & Estimate.
Sample Project.
Area Measurements & Plan Reading.
Site Work.
Hard Construction.
Plant & Landscape Materials.
Estimate Summary.
Conclusion.
Chapter 8: Bidding.
What Makes a Winning Bid?
Bidding Strategies.
The Bid Package.
Types of Bids.
Putting Together a Bid.
Conclusion.
Chapter 9: Job Planning & Scheduling.
The Planning Team.
The Job Schedule.
Plan, Coordinate, Target.
Time Schedules.
Sequence of Installation & Duration Time.
Project Budget.
Schedule Review.
Work Completion.
Conclusion.
Chapter 10: Estimating Maintenance Costs.
Business Growth & Opportunity.
Division of Maintenance Tasks.
Landscape Materials.
Vehicles & Equipment.
Work Crews or Teams.
Site Inspection.
Scheduling & Travel Time.
Facilities Personnel as Landscape Managers.
The Landscape Contractor’s Ongoing Performance Analysis.
Developing a Maintenance Proposal: An Example.
Conclusion.
Chapter 11: How to Use Means Cost Data.
Using Cost Data.
Format of Data.
Unit Price Section.
Assemblies Cost Tables.
Reference Numbers.
City Cost Indexes.
Historical Cost Indexes.
Conclusion.
Appendix.
Appendix A– Estimating.
Appendix B– Site Work.
Appendix C– Hard Construction.
Appendix D–Planting & Weather.
Appendix E–Resources.
Appendix F–Abbreviations.
Index.
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reviewed Landscape Estimating Methods on December 31, 2013
Landscape Estimating Methods
The Sakuteiki (Records of Garden Making) is some 1,000 years old, the oldest surviving treatise on gardening in the world. Written in the eleventh century, it provides principles and rules for the construction of the gardens featured in aristocratic residences and temples, including instructions for the use of stones, streams, islands, and waterfalls. It also deals extensively with taboos the violation of which could spell trouble or even disaster for the owner of a residence.
This translation, published in 2008, prefaces the Sakuteiki with extensive historical and cultural notes on life in Japan's Heian period, nature (which provides the inspiration for gardens), geomancy, Buddhism, and the convoluted collection of taboos that developed from varying religious streams and influenced every aspect of life in those times. This background occupies the first half of the volume, with the Sakuteiki and translator's footnotes comprising the second half.
For most of us, it's unlikely we will learn much of relevance to our own gardens from this book. We aren't aristocrats, after all. Most of our properties aren't even a fraction of the size of the gardens discussed here. Still, it's a fascinating read for anyone interested in history, religion, or gardening in general, and some of the principles presented in the Sakuteiki cross cultures and millennia to speak to us today: nature as the inspiration for gardens, gardens as a place for contemplation, the peace and tranquility of gardens. Even if we never build a garden of the scale and complexity of those presented here, it's a interesting read and possibly a source of inspiration.
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