Landscape Estimating Methods
Updated 5th Edition

Professional Guidance for Accurate Landscape Estimates

If your firm is growing and you're moving up to larger projects, you need to be sure you're using the best methods for estimating, bidding, scheduling, and team coordination. This book has become established as the standard for landscape contractors, designers, and facilities maintenance personnel. Now updated, it brings you professional guidance in an easy-to-understand, time-saving text.

Completely revised and expanded, this new edition covers:

• The estimating process, step by step - from the site visit and plan review - to quantity takeoff, pricing, and bidding.
• Updated estimating examples - using the most recognized industry standards for project organization.
• Calculating and controlling equipment costs, whether purchased or rented.
• Forms and worksheets that save you time and prevent errors - now available in print and on a website to download and customize.
• Keeping reliable cost records . . . and how to apply published cost data.
• Scheduling and planning the project - coordinating the team, sequence of tasks, and understanding productivity considerations.

Plus . . . the latest industry trends, materials, and methods, such as green building approaches to landscaping - to save water, reduce maintenance costs, and provide other benefits to the owner.