ABSTRACT
Trench 600mm×300mm deep; bare root hedging plants PC £0.48 per plant; double staggered row
300mm centres m 9.60 400mm centres m 3.85 500mm centres m 7.05 600mm centres m 6.70 800mm centres m 5.85 1.00mm centres m 5.45
Works by hand; excavate trench for hedge 300mm wide × 450mm deep; deposit spoil alongside and plant hedging plants in single row at 200mm centres; backfill with excavated material incorporating organic manure at 1m³ per 5m3; carry out initial cut; including delivery of plants from nursery Trench 300mm×300mm; bare root hedging plants PC £0.48 per plant; single row
200mm centres m 8.40 300mm centres m 7.50 400mm centres m 6.80 600mm centres m 6.15 800mm centres m 5.80
Trench 600mm×300mm deep; bare root hedging plants PC £0.48 per plant; double staggered row
300mm centres m 15.40 400mm centres m 13.60 500mm centres m 12.80 600mm centres m 12.50 800mm centres m 11.60 1.00mm centres m 11.20
Practicality Brown Ltd; individual mature hedge planting; excavate trench by machine 700mm wide × 500mm deep; add compost at 100mm/m2mixed to excavated material; plant mature hedge plants; backfill with excavated material and compost; allow for disposal of 50% of excavated material to spoil heaps 50m distant Beech or hornbeam hedging
1.50m × 500mm wide at 500mm centres m 260.00 1.50m × 500mm wide at 750mm centres m 170.00 2.00m × 500mm wide at 500mm centres m 350.00 2.00m × 500mm wide at 750mm centres m 250.00 1.50m × 500mm wide at 500mm centres m 260.00
Excluding site overheads and profit
HEDGE PLANTING – cont
Practicality Brown Ltd – cont Yew (Taxus) hedging
1.50m × 500mm wide at 500mm centres m 340.00 1.50m × 500mm wide at 750mm centres m 220.00 1.50m × 500mm wide at 1.00m centres m 175.00 1.75m × 500mm wide at 500mm centres m 385.00 1.75m × 500mm wide at 750mm centres m 250.00 1.75m × 500mm wide at 1.00m centres m 200.00 2.00m × 500mm wide at 500mm centres m 450.00 2.00m × 500mm wide at 750mm centres m 310.00 2.00m × 500mm wide at 1.00mm centres m 230.00
Laurel (Prunus) hedging 2.00m × 500mm wide at 1.00m centres m 10.70 1.40/1.60m high × 400mm wide m 170.00 1.60/1.80m high × 500mm wide m 185.00 1.80/2.00m high × 500mm wide m 200.00
Box (Buxus) hedging 800mm/1.00m high × 300mm wide m 150.00 1.00mm/1.20m high × 300mm wide m 170.00
Practicality Brown Ltd; feathered hedge planting; excavate trench by machine 500mm wide × 500mm deep; add compost at 100mm/m2mixed to excavated material; plant mature hedge plants; backfill with excavatedmaterial and compost; allow for disposal of 50% of excavated material to spoil heaps 50m distant Beech or Hornbeam hedging
1.75m high × 300mm wide at 400mm centres m 94.00 1.75m high × 300mm wide at 500mm centres m 77.00 1.75m high × 300mm wide at 750mm centres m 57.00 1.75m high × 300mm wide at 900mm centres m 46.00 2.00m high × 300mm wide at 400mm centres m 170.00 2.00m high × 300mm wide at 500mm centres m 140.00
Elveden hedges; strip hedge planting; excavate trench 700mm wide × 500mm deep by machine; add compost at 100mm/m2mixed to excavated material; plant instant strip hedging; backfill with excavated material and compost; allow for disposal of 50% of excavated material to spoil heaps 50m distant Beech hedging
1.40/1.60m high × 400mm wide m 170.00 1.60/1.80m high × 500mm wide m 190.00
Yew (Taxus) hedging 1.40/1.60m high × 400mm wide m 210.00 1.60/1.80m high × 500mm wide m 240.00 1.80/2.00m high × 500mm wide m 265.00
Laurel (Prunus) hedging 1.40/1.60m high × 400mm wide m 170.00 1.60/1.80m high × 500mm wide m 185.00 1.80/2.00m high × 500mm wide m 200.00
Box (Buxus) hedging 800mm/1.00m high × 300mm wide m 150.00 1.00/1.20m high × 300mm wide m 170.00
Excluding site overheads and profit
TREE PLANTING
Excavate tree pit by hand; fork over bottom of pit; plant tree with roots well spread out; backfill with excavated material incorporating treeplanting compost at 1m³ per 3m³ of soil; one tree stake and two ties; tree pits square in sizes shown Light standard bare root tree in pit; PC £9.75
600× 600mm deep each 34.50 900× 600mm deep each 50.00
Standard bare root tree in pit; PC £16.00 600× 600mm deep each 46.50 900× 600mm deep each 55.00
Standard root balled tree in pit; PC £28.00 600× 600mm deep each 60.00 900× 600mm deep each 69.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 91.00
Selected standard bare root tree in pit; PC £22.50 900× 900mm deep each 60.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 88.00
Selected standard root ball tree in pit; PC £40.00 900× 900mm deep each 94.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 135.00
Heavy standard bare root tree in pit; PC £39.25 900× 900mm deep each 99.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 110.00 1.50m × 750mm deep each 150.00
Heavy standard root ball tree in pit; PC £60.26 900× 900mm deep each 120.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 135.00 1.50m × 750mm deep each 170.00
Extra heavy standard bare root tree in pit; PC £63.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 140.00 1.20× 1.00m deep each 140.00 1.50m × 750mm deep each 185.00
Extra heavy standard root ball tree in pit; PC £72.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 155.00 1.50m × 750mm deep each 190.00 1.50× 1.00m deep each 220.00
Excavate tree pit by machine; fork over bottom of pit; plant tree with roots well spread out; backfill with excavated material, incorporating organic manure at 1m³ per 3m³ of soil; one tree stake and two ties; tree pits square in sizes shown Light standard bare root tree in pit; PC £9.75
600× 600mm deep each 29.50 900× 900mm deep each 43.00
Standard bare root tree in pit; PC £16.00 600× 600mm deep each 42.00 900× 600mm deep each 44.00 900× 900mm deep each 50.00
Excluding site overheads and profit
TREE PLANTING – cont
Excavate tree pit by machine – cont Standard root balled tree in pit; PC £28.00
600× 600mm deep each 55.00 900× 600mm deep each 57.00 900× 900mm deep each 63.00
Selected standard bare root tree in pit; PC £22.50 900× 900mm deep each 60.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 71.00
Selected standard root ball tree in pit; PC £40.00 900× 900mm deep each 94.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 120.00
Heavy standard bare root tree in pit; PC £39.25 900× 900mm deep each 99.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 91.00 1.20× 1.00m deep each 110.00
Heavy standard root ball tree in pit; PC £60.26 900× 900mm deep each 120.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 120.00 1.20× 1.00m deep each 130.00
Extra heavy standard bare root tree in pit; PC £63.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 125.00 1.20× 1.00m deep each 140.00 1.50× 1.00m deep each 170.00
Extra heavy standard root ball tree in pit; PC £72.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 140.00 1.20× 1.00m deep each 150.00 1.50× 1.00m deep each 180.00
SEMI-MATURE TREE PLANTING
Excavate tree pit deep by machine; fork over bottom of pit; plant rootballed tree Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Queen’ using telehandler where necessary; backfill with excavated material, incorporating Melcourt Topgrow bark/manure mixture at 1m3 per 3m3 of soil; Platipus underground guying system; tree pits 1500×1500×1500mm deep inclusive of Platimats; excavated material not backfilled to treepit spread to surrounding area 16-18 cm girth; PC £85.00 each 260.00 18-20 cm girth; PC £100.00 each 285.00 20-25 cm girth; PC £125.00 each 380.00 25-30 cm girth; PC £165.00 each 480.00 30-35 cm girth; PC £300.00 each 720.00 As above but treepits 2.00×2.00 ×1.5m deep
40-45 cm girth; PC £500.00 each 1150.00 45-50 cm girth; PC £700.00 each 1425.00 55-60 cm girth; PC £1,200.00 each 1850.00 67-70 cm girth; PC £2,200.00 each 3050.00 75-80 cm girth; PC £4,500.00 each 5700.00
Excluding site overheads and profit
Extra to the above for imported topsoil moved 25m from tipping area and disposal off site of excavated material Tree pits 1500×1500× 1500mm deep
16-18 cm girth each 210.00 18-20 cm girth each 200.00 20-25 cm girth each 190.00 25-30 cm girth each 180.00 30-35 cm girth each 170.00
TREE PLANTING WITH MOBILE CRANES
Excavate treepit 1.50× 1.50×1.00m deep; supply and plant semi-mature trees delivered in full loads; trees lifted by crane; inclusive of backfilling tree pit with imported topsoil, compost, fertilizers and underground guying using Platipus anchors Self-managed lift; local authority applications, health and safety, traffic management or road closures not included; tree size and distance of lift; 35 tonne crane
25-30 cm; maximum 25m distance each 670.00 30-35 cm; maximum 25m distance each 780.00 35-40 cm; maximum 25m distance each 1150.00 55-60 cm; maximum 15m distance each 1850.00 80-90 cm; maximum 10m distance each 6900.00
Managed lift; inclusive of all local authority applications, health and safety, traffic management or road closures all by crane hire company; tree size and distance of lift; 35 tonne crane
25-30 cm; maximum 25m distance each 680.00 30-35 cm; maximum 25m distance each 800.00 35-40 cm; maximum 25m distance each 1150.00 55-60 cm; maximum 15m distance each 1875.00 80-90 cm; maximum 10m distance each 7000.00
Self-managed lift; local authority applications, health and safety, traffic management or road closures not included; tree size and distance of lift; 80 tonne crane
25-30 cm; maximum 40m distance each 680.00 30-35 cm; maximum 40m distance each 790.00 35-40 cm; maximum 40m distance each 1150.00 55-60 cm; maximum 33m distance each 1850.00 80-90 cm; maximum 23m distance each 7000.00
Managed lift; inclusive of all local authority applications, health and safety, traffic management or road closures all by crane hire company; tree size and distance of lift; 35 tonne crane
25-30 cm; maximum 40m distance each 690.00 30-35 cm; maximum 40m distance each 800.00 35-40 cm; maximum 40m distance each 1175.00 55-60 cm; maximum 33m distance each 1900.00 80-90 cm; maximum 23m distance each 7100.00
Excluding site overheads and profit
SHRUBS, GROUND COVERS AND BULBS
Excavate planting holes 250× 250×300mm deep to area previously ripped and rotavated; excavated material left alongside planting hole By mechanical auger
250mm centres (16 plants per m2) m2 11.00 300mm centres (11.11 plants per m2) m2 7.65 400mm centres (6.26 plants per m2) m2 4.30 450mm centres (4.93 plants per m2) m2 3.40 500mm centres (4 plants per m2) m2 2.75 600mm centres (2.77 plants per m2) m2 1.90 750mm centres (1.77 plants per m2) m2 1.20 900mm centres (1.23 plants per m2) m2 0.85 1.00m centres (1 plant per m2) m2 0.70 1.50m centres (0.44 plants per m2) m2 0.30
As above but excavation by hand 250mm centres (16 plants per m2) m2 11.00 300mm centres (11.11 plants per m2) m2 7.65 400mm centres (6.26 plants per m2) m2 4.30 450mm centres (4.93 plants per m2) m2 3.40 500mm centres (4 plants per m2) m2 2.75 600mm centres (2.77 plants per m2) m2 1.90 750mm centres (1.77 plants per m2) m2 1.20 900mm centres (1.23 plants per m2) m2 0.85 1.00m centres (1 plant per m2) m2 0.70 1.50m centres (0.44 plants per m2) m2 0.30
Clear light vegetation from planting area and remove to dump on site; dig planting holes; plant whips with roots well spread out; backfill with excavated topsoil; including one 38×38mm treated softwood stake, two tree ties and mesh guard 1.20m high; planting matrix 1.5 × 1.5m; allow for beating up once at 10% of original planting, cleaning and weeding round whips once, applying fertilizer once at 35gm/m²; using the following mix of whips, bare rooted Plant bare root plants average PC £0.41 each to a required matrix
plant mix as above 100m² 270.00 Plant bare root plants average PC £0.75 each to a required matrix
plant mix as above 100m² 290.00
Cultivate and grade shrub bed; bring top 300mm of topsoil to a fine tilth, incorporating mushroom compost at 50mm and Enmag slow release fertilizer; rake and bring to given levels; remove all stones and debris over 50mm; dig planting holes average 300×300×300mm deep; supply and plant specified shrubs in quantities as shown below; backfill with excavated material as above; water to field capacity and mulch 50mm bark chips 20-40mm size; water and weed regularly for 12months and replace failed plants Shrubs 3 l PC £3.40; ground covers 9 cm PC £1.50
100% shrub area 300mm centres 100m2 6600.00 400mm centres 100m2 4000.00 500mm centres 100m2 2700.00 600mm centres 100m2 2075.00
Excluding site overheads and profit
100% groundcovers 200mm centres 100m2 7400.00 300mm centres 100m2 3600.00 400mm centres 100m2 2275.00 500mm centres 100m2 1650.00
groundcover 30%/shrubs 70% at the distances shown below 200/300mm 100m2 6800.00 300/400mm 100m2 3800.00 300/500mm 100m2 3000.00 400/500mm 100m2 2600.00
groundcover 50%/shrubs 50% at the distances shown below 200/300mm 100m2 7000.00 300/400mm 100m2 3800.00 300/500mm 100m2 3200.00 400/500mm 100m2 2475.00
Cultivate ground by machine and rake to level; plant bulbs as shown; bulbs PC £25.00/100 15 bulbs per m² 100m² 660.00 25 bulbs per m² 100m² 1075.00 50 bulbs per m² 100m² 2150.00
Cultivate ground by machine and rake to level; plant bulbs as shown; bulbs PC £13.00/100 15 bulbs per m² 100m² 460.00 25 bulbs per m² 100m² 750.00 50 bulbs per m² 100m² 1475.00
Form holes in grass areas and plant bulbs using bulb planter, backfill with organic manure and turf plug; bulbs PC £13.00/100 15 bulbs per m² 100m² 680.00 25 bulbs per m² 100m² 1125.00 50 bulbs per m² 100m² 2250.00
BEDDING
Spray surface with glyphosate; lift and dispose of turf when herbicide action is complete; cultivate new area for bedding plants to 400mm deep; spread compost 100mm deep and chemical fertilizer Enmag and rake to fine tilth to receive new bedding plants; remove all arisings Existing turf area
disposal to skip m2 5.15 disposal to compost area on site; distance 25m m2 5.70
Excluding site overheads and profit
BEDDING – cont
Plant bedding to existing planting area; bedding planting PC £0.25 each Clear existing bedding; cultivate soil to 230mm deep; incorporate compost 75mm and rake to fine tilth; collect bedding from nursery and plant at 100mm centres; irrigate on completion; maintain weekly for 12 weeks
mass planted; 100mm centres m2 33.00 to patterns; 100mm centres m2 37.00 mass planted; 150mm centres m2 19.50 to patterns; 150mm centres m2 23.00 mass planted; 200mm centres m2 19.50 to patterns; 200mm centres m2 23.00
Extra for watering by hand held hose pipe Flow rate 25 litres/minute
10 litres/m2 100m2 0.10 15 litres/m2 100m2 0.20 20 litres/m2 100m2 0.20 25 litres/m2 100m2 0.30
Flow rate 40 litres/minute 10 litres/m2 100m2 0.10 15 litres/m2 100m2 0.10 20 litres/m2 100m2 0.15 25 litres/m2 100m2 0.20
PLANTING PLANTERS
To brick planter; coat insides with 2 coats RIW liquid asphaltic composition; fill with 50mm shingle and cover with geofabric; fill with screened topsoil incorporating 25% Topgrow compost and Enmag Planters 1.00m deep
1.00× 1.00m each 110.00 1.00× 2.00m each 185.00 1.00× 3.00m each 260.00
Planters 1.50m deep 1.00× 1.00m each 160.00 1.00× 2.00m each 240.00 1.00× 3.00m each 390.00
Container planting; fill with 50mm shingle and cover with geofabric; fill with screened topsoil incorporating 25% Topgrow compost and Enmag Planters 1.00m deep
400× 400×400mm deep each 8.10 400× 400×600mm deep each 10.20 1.00m × 400mm wide × 400mm deep each 17.80 1.00m × 600mm wide × 600mm deep each 26.50 1.00m × 100mm wide × 400mm deep each 28.00 1.00m × 100mm wide × 600mm deep each 40.00 1.00m × 100mm wide × 1.00m deep each 66.00 1.00m diameter × 400mm deep each 22.00 1.00m diameter × 1.00m deep each 52.00 2.00m diameter × 1.00m deep each 200.00
