Means Landscape Estimating Methods - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876290136 ISBN 13: 9780876290132

Publisher: RSMeans, 2007

Synopsis

This best-selling reference for landscape contractors, designers, and facilities maintenance personnel – now updated in its fifth edition – features the latest design trends and technologies.

Includes:

• Step-by-step explanation of the estimating process – including full sample estimate for a major landscape project – updated with current costs and the new MasterFormat classification system.
• Expanded and revised to address the latest materials and methods, including new coverage on approaches to green building that save water, reduce maintenance costs, and provide other benefits to the facility.
• Sample forms and worksheets that save you time and prevent errors, now available on a new companion website. Download the forms of your choice and customize them for your firm.
• Professional guidance on calculating and controlling equipment costs – whether purchased or rented – and how to apply them correctly to each job.
  Assistance in planning and identifying maintenance costs.
• Your best source for professional guidance on accurate landscape estimates and reliable bids.

FEATURES:

• Includes a companion website with the book's forms and worksheets to download and customize.
• Features new coverage of the latest industry trends, materials, and methods to save water and reduce maintenance costs.

About this title

About the Author

Sylvia Hollman Fee is the author of Means Landscape Estimating Methods, Updated 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Review

....This a highly readable, user-friendly and professional guide. It is thorough enough to introduce students or industry newcomers to the many considerations and the big picture of landscape estimating, and also to keep seasoned professionals up-to-date on the latest industry trends. An excellent companion to Site Work & Landscape Cost Data.

I foresee using this book on a regular basis in my Landscape Architecture "Planting Design" and Horticulture "Residential Planting Design" courses. I'm not a professional yet so can't really say, but I suspect that this book will be a favorite among professionals. It's a keeper. While Site Work & Landscape Cost Data seems targeted to people who already know what they need to price, Landscape Estimating Methods teaches how to figure that out. --International Cost Engineering Council, February 2009

Edition details

• Publisher: RSMeans
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0876290136
• ISBN 13: 9780876290132
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Fee Sylvia Hollman