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Means Landscape Estimating Methods (RSMeans)

Answers all your questions about preparing competitive landscape construction estimates, with up-to-date cost estimates.

Best-selling reference for landscape contractors, designers, and facilities maintenance personnel – now updated with 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.


Means Landscape Estimating Methods (RSMeans)

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Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction

After the ceasefire, a group of architects and planners from the American University of Beirut formed the Reconstruction Unit to help in the recovery process and in rebuilding the lives of those affected by the 2006 war in Lebanon .

Here, a series of case studies documenting the work of the Unit discusses the lessons to be learned from the experiences of Lebanon after the July War, and suggests how those lessons might be applied elsewhere.

The cases are diverse in terms of scale, type of intervention, methods, and approaches to the situation on the ground. Critical issues such as community participation, heritage protection, damage assessment and compensation policies, the role of the state, and capacity building are explored and the success and failures assessed.


Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction: Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War (Planning, History and Environment Series)

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Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape (CourseSmart)

Quick, reliable answers to your most common on-site questions

When you’re in the field, you never know what you’ll come across. The Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape gives you fast access to the practical information you need when you’re on-site and under pressure.

Presented in a highly visual and easily portable format, the Field Guide is organized to follow a logical project sequence from site evaluation of existing conditions through construction maintenance. Covering everything from assessing existing conditions, site work, bases and paving, site improvements, and materials, this handy companion conveys the most common answers that landscape architects need in the real world when visiting a construction site, and meeting with architects and engineers or clients and contractors.

The Field Guide to Hardscape extends the familiar Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards beyond the office or studio with:

  • Quick access to essential information when away from the studio

  • Things to look for when assessing existing conditions during preliminary design site visits or pre-construction meetings

  • Graphic Standards—quality details accompanied by real-world photographs of best construction practices and techniques

  • Illustrations that help you troubleshoot problems, along with on-the-spot solutions

  • A list of common construction mistakes and problems to avoid

  • Compact format that’s easy to reference and carry along

The Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape is the ideal companion for the on-the-go landscape architect, design professional, inspector, facilities manager or anyone that is involved with site construction.


Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape (CourseSmart)

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