ABSTRACT
Trench 600mm×300mm deep; bare root hedging plants PC £0.33 per plant; double staggered row
300mm centres m 8.50 400mm centres m 3.70 500mm centres m 6.35 600mm centres m 6.10 800mm centres m 5.35 1.00mm centres m 5.05
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 £0.33 per plant; single row
200mm centres m 7.70 300mm centres m 7.05 400mm centres m 6.50 600mm centres m 5.95 800mm centres m 5.70
Trench 600mm×300mm deep; bare root hedging plants PC £0.33 per plant; double staggered row
300mm centres m 14.60 400mm centres m 13.00 500mm centres m 12.40 600mm centres m 12.20 800mm centres m 11.40 1.00mm centres m 11.10
Practicality Brown Ltd; Individual mature hedge planting; Excavate trench by machine 700 wide×500 deep; Add compost at 100mm/m2 mixed 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
1.50× 500 wide at 500mm centres m 260.00 1.50× 500 wide at 750mm centres m 170.00 2.00× 500 wide at 500mm centres m 350.00 2.00× 500 wide at 750mm centres m 250.00 1.50× 500 wide at 500mm centres m 260.00
£ Excluding site overheads and profit
Yew (Taxus) hedging 1.50× 500 wide at 500mm centres m 340.00 1.50× 500 wide at 750mm centres m 220.00 1.50× 500 wide at 1.00mm centres m 175.00 1.75× 500 wide at 500mm centres m 385.00 1.75× 500 wide at 750mm centres m 250.00 1.75× 500 wide at 1.00mm centres m 200.00 2.00× 500 wide at 500mm centres m 450.00 2.00× 500 wide at 750mm centres m 310.00 2.00× 500 wide at 1.00mm centres m 230.00
Laurel (Prunus) hedging 2.00× 500 wide at 1.00mm centres m 10.40 1.40/1.60m high× 400 wide m 170.00 1.60/1.80m high× 500 wide m 185.00 1.80/2.00m high× 500 wide m 200.00
Box (Buxus) hedging 800mm/1.00m high ×300 wide m 150.00 1.00mm/1.20m high× 300 wide m 170.00
Practicality Brown Ltd; Feathered Hedge planting hedge planting; Excavate trench by machine 500 wide×500 deep; Add compost at 100mm /m2 mixed 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
1.75 high ×300 wide at 400mm centres m 94.00 1.75 high ×300 wide at 500mm centres m 77.00 1.75 high ×300 wide at 750mm centres m 57.00 1.75 high ×300 wide at 900mm centres m 46.00 2.00 high ×300 wide at 400mm centres m 170.00 2.00 high ×300 wide at 500mm centres m 135.00
Elveden hedges; Strip hedge planting; Excavate trench 700 wide×500 deep by machine; Add compost at 100mm /m2 mixed 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× 400 wide m 170.00 1.60/1.80m high× 500 wide m 190.00
Yew (Taxus) hedging 1.40/1.60m high× 400 wide m 210.00 1.60/1.80m high× 500 wide m 240.00 1.80/2.00m high× 500 wide m 265.00
Laurel (Prunus) hedging 1.40/1.60m high× 400 wide m 170.00 1.60/1.80m high× 500 wide m 185.00 1.80/2.00m high× 500 wide m 200.00
Box (Buxus) hedging 800mm/1.00m high ×300 wide m 150.00 1.00mm/1.20m high× 300 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 35.00 900× 600mm deep each 51.00
Standard bare root tree in pit; PC £16.00 600× 600mm deep each 47.00 900× 600mm deep each 56.00
Standard root balled tree in pit; PC £23.50 600× 600mm deep each 56.00 900× 600mm deep each 65.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 88.00
Selected standard bare root tree in pit; PC £22.50 900× 900mm deep each 60.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 89.00
Selected standard root ball tree in pit; PC £32.50 900× 900mm deep each 87.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 130.00
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 £54.25 900× 900mm deep each 110.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 130.00 1.50m×750mm deep each 160.00
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 190.00
Extra heavy standard root ball tree in pit; PC £62.50 1.00× 1.00m deep each 145.00 1.50m×750mm deep each 180.00 1.50× 1.00m deep each 210.00
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 30.00 900× 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
Standard root balled tree in pit; PC £23.50 600× 600mm deep each 51.00 900× 600mm deep each 53.00 900× 900mm deep each 59.00
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 £32.50 900× 900mm deep each 87.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 110.00
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 115.00
Heavy standard root ball tree in pit; PC £54.25 900× 900mm deep each 110.00 1.00× 1.00m deep each 110.00 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 £62.50 1.00× 1.00m deep each 130.00 1.20× 1.00m deep each 145.00 1.50× 1.00m deep each 175.00
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 1825.00 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
SEMI MATURE TREE PLANTING – CONT
Excavate tree pit deep by machine – cont 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 250.00 18-20 cm girth each 235.00 20-25 cm girth each 220.00 25-30 cm girth each 200.00 30-35 cm girth each 190.00
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 710.00 30-35 cm; maximum 25m distance each 810.00 35-40 cm; maximum 25m distance each 1175.00 55-60 cm; maximum 15m distance each 1875.00 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 720.00 30-35 cm; maximum 25m distance each 830.00 35-40 cm; maximum 25m distance each 1175.00 55-60 cm; maximum 15m distance each 1900.00 80-90 cm; maximum 10m distance each 7100.00
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 710.00 30-35 cm; maximum 40m distance each 820.00 35-40 cm; maximum 40m distance each 1175.00 55-60 cm; maximum 33m distance each 1875.00 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 720.00 30-35 cm; maximum 40m distance each 840.00 35-40 cm; maximum 40m distance each 1200.00 55-60 cm; maximum 33m distance each 1925.00 80-90 cm; maximum 23m distance each 7200.00
£ 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 11.20 300mm centres (11.11 plants per m2) m2 7.80 400mm centres (6.26 plants per m2) m2 4.35 450mm centres (4.93 plants per m2) m2 3.45 500mm centres (4 plants per m2) m2 2.80 600mm centres (2.77 plants per m2) m2 1.95 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 11.20 300mm centres (11.11 plants per m2) m2 7.80 400mm centres (6.26 plants per m2) m2 4.35 450mm centres (4.93 plants per m2) m2 3.45 500mm centres (4 plants per m2) m2 2.80 600mm centres (2.77 plants per m2) m2 1.95 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 £0.27 each to a required matrix
plant mix as above 100m² 260.00 Plant bare root plants average PC £0.75 each to a required matrix
plant mix as above 100m² 240.00
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 £2.80; ground covers 9 cm PC £1.50
100% shrub area 300mm centres 100m2 5900.00 400mm centres 100m2 3550.00 500mm centres 100m2 2450.00 600mm centres 100m2 1875.00
£ Excluding site overheads and profit
SHRUBS, GROUND COVERS AND BULBS – CONT
Cultivate and grade shrub bed – cont Shrubs 3 l PC £2.80 – cont
100% groundcovers 200mm centres 100m2 7400.00 300mm centres 100m2 3600.00 400mm centres 100m2 2250.00 500mm centres 100m2 1625.00
groundcover 30%/shrubs 70% at the distances shown below 200/300mm 100m2 6300.00 300/400mm 100m2 3500.00 300/500mm 100m2 2800.00 400/500mm 100m2 2375.00
groundcover 50%/shrubs 50% at the distances shown below 200/300mm 100m2 6700.00 300/400mm 100m2 3550.00 300/500mm 100m2 3000.00 400/500mm 100m2 2350.00
Cultivate ground by machine and rake to level; plant bulbs as shown; bulbs PC £25.00/100 15 bulbs per m² 100m² 670.00 25 bulbs per m² 100m² 1075.00 50 bulbs per m² 100m² 2175.00
Cultivate ground by machine and rake to level; plant bulbs as shown; bulbs PC £13.00/100 15 bulbs per m² 100m² 465.00 25 bulbs per m² 100m² 760.00 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 2275.00
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 5.20 disposal to compost area on site; distance 25m m2 5.60
£ Excluding site overheads and profit
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 19.40 to patterns; 150mm centres m2 23.00 mass planted; 200mm centres m2 19.40 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× 1.00 each 135.00 1.00× 2.00 each 240.00 1.00× 3.00 each 345.00
Planters 1.50m deep 1.00× 1.00 each 200.00 1.00× 2.00 each 325.00 1.00× 3.00 each 520.00
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 11.10 400× 400×600mm deep each 15.00 1.00m×400mm wide× 400mm deep each 25.50 1.00m×600mm wide× 600mm deep each 44.00 1.00m×100mm wide× 400mm deep each 47.00 1.00m×100mm wide× 600mm deep each 70.00 1.00m×100mm wide× 1.00m deep each 115.00 1.00m diameter × 400mm deep each 37.00 1.00m diameter × 1.00m deep each 91.00 2.00m diameter × 1.00m deep each 355.00
