ABSTRACT

This year's book has a heavily enhanced approximate estimates section, with most measured works items being also presented as composite items.Now in its 33rd edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2014 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be

part |2 pages

PART 1: GENERAL

chapter |2 pages

Labour Rates Used in this Edition

chapter |2 pages

Computation of the Cost of Materials

chapter |2 pages

Landfill Tax

chapter |6 pages

The Aggregates Levy

chapter |2 pages

Cost Indices

chapter |2 pages

Regional Variations

part |2 pages

PART 2: RATES OF WAGES – BUILDING INDUSTRY

chapter |4 pages

Building Industry Wages

part |2 pages

PART 3: APPROXIMATE ESTIMATING RATES

chapter |2 pages

Preliminaries

chapter 8|3 pages

1.1 Site Clearance

chapter 8|6 pages

1.2 Preparatory Groundworks

chapter 8|22 pages

2.1 Roads Paths Pavings and Surfacings

chapter 8|2 pages

2.2 Special Surfacings and Pavings

chapter 8|6 pages

3.1 Soft Landscaping Seeding and Turfing

chapter 8|14 pages

3.2 External Planting

chapter 8|2 pages

3.3 Irrigation Systems

chapter 8|4 pages

4.1 Fencing and Railings

chapter 8|7 pages

4.2 Walls and Screens

chapter 8|3 pages

4.3 Retaining Walls

chapter 8|1 pages

4.4 Barriers and Guardrails

chapter 8|2 pages

5 External Fixtures

chapter 8|8 pages

6 External Drainage

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |5 pages

New Items 2014

chapter |12 pages

A Preliminaries

chapter |2 pages

B Complete Buildings/Structures/Units

chapter C|5 pages

C Existing Site/Buildings/Services

chapter |9 pages

D11 Soil Stabilization

chapter |13 pages

D20 Excavation and Filling

chapter |4 pages

D41 Crib Walls/Gabions/Reinforced Earth

chapter |5 pages

E10 In Situ Concrete

chapter |1 pages

E20 Formwork for In Situ Concrete

chapter |8 pages

F10 Brick/Block Walling

chapter |1 pages

F20 Natural Stone Walling

chapter |2 pages

F22 Cast Stone/Ashlar Walling/Dressings

chapter |1 pages

H Cladding/Covering

chapter |1 pages

J10 Specialist Waterproofing Rendering

chapter |4 pages

M Surface Finishes

chapter |2 pages

P Building Fabric Sundries

chapter |3 pages

Q21 In Situ Concrete Roads/Pavings

chapter |5 pages

Q22 Coated Macadam Roads/Pavings

chapter |16 pages

Q25 Slab/Brick/Stone/Timber Pavings

chapter |25 pages

Q30 Seeding/Turfing

chapter |41 pages

Q31 Planting

chapter |28 pages

Q35 Landscape Maintenance

chapter |17 pages

Q40 Fencing

chapter |24 pages

Q50 Site/Street Furniture/Equipment

chapter |16 pages

R12 Drainage

chapter |14 pages

R13 Land Drainage

chapter |16 pages

S Piped Supply Systems

chapter V|4 pages

Electrical Installation

chapter |8 pages

V41 Street/Area Floodlighting

chapter |94 pages

PART 5: TABLES AND MEMORANDA