ABSTRACT

Clarification notes on labour costs in this section

General groundworks team Generally a three man team is used in this section; The column Labour hours reports team hours. The column Labour £ reports the total cost of the team for the unit of work shown

3man team – 1.00 59.25 – – hr 59.25

EXCAVATION OF PATHWAYS

Excavation and path preparation Excavating; 300mm deep; to width of path; depositing excavated material at sides of excavation

width 1.00m – – – 2.75 – m2 2.75 width 1.50m – – – 2.29 – m2 2.29 width 2.00m – – – 1.97 – m2 1.97 width 3.00m – – – 1.65 – m2 1.65

Excavating trenches; in centre of pathways; 100mm flexible drain pipes; filling with clean broken stone or gravel rejects

300× 450mm deep 5.05 0.03 1.97 1.37 5.05 m 8.39 Hand trimming and compacting reduced surface of pathway; by machine

width 1.00m – 0.02 0.99 0.20 – m 1.19 width 1.50m – 0.01 0.88 0.18 – m 1.06 width 2.00m – 0.01 0.79 0.16 – m 0.95 width 3.00m – 0.01 0.79 0.16 – m 0.95

Permeable membranes; to trimmed and compacted surface of pathway

Terram 1000 0.43 0.01 0.40 – 0.43 m2 0.83

FILLING TO MAKE UP LEVELS

Filling to make up levels Obtained off site; hardcore; PC £23.05/m3

150mm thick 3.69 0.01 0.79 0.57 3.69 m2 5.05 Type 1 granular fill base; PC £17.95/ tonne (£36.30 / m3 compacted)

100mm thick 3.95 0.01 0.55 0.41 3.95 m2 4.91 150mm thick 5.92 0.01 0.49 0.62 5.92 m2 7.03

Surface treatments Sand blinding; to hardcore (not included)

50mm thick 1.87 0.01 0.79 – 1.87 m2 2.66 Filter fabric; to hardcore (not included) 0.43 – 0.20 – 0.43 m2 0.63

Material Excluding site overheads and profit £ hours £ £ £ rate £

CELLULAR CONFINED GRANULAR PAVINGS

Nidagravel; Cedar Nursery; honeycomb shaped cellular polypropylene containment grids for retaining filled decorative aggregate surfaces (not included) for driveways, cycle paths and footpaths; to graded compacted substrate (not included) and 50mm sharp sand base; integrated geofabric base Foot traffic, wheelchairs, bikes and pushchairs

Nidagravel 125; 1200×800×25mm deep 1.70 0.08 2.47 – 13.70 m2 16.17

Driveways: vehicles, wheelchairs, bikes and pushchairs (requires compacted granular base to support vehicle loadings)

Nidagravel 140; 2400×1200×40mm deep 1.70 0.08 2.68 – 16.65 m2 19.33

Aggregate filling to Nidagravel 125 shingle – 0.03 1.97 1.98 0.89 m2 4.84 decorative aggregate; CED Ltd; PC £48.00 / tonne – 0.03 1.97 1.98 2.16 m2 6.11

Aggregate filling to Nidagravel 140 shingle – 0.03 1.66 2.40 1.42 m2 5.48 decorative aggregate; CED Ltd; PC £48.00 / tonne 3.46 0.03 1.66 2.40 3.46 m2 7.52

StableDRIVE; Cedar Nursery; honeycomb shaped polypropylene cellular containment system for retaining filled decorative aggregate surfaces for driveways, cyclepaths and footpaths; on compacted subgrade and subbase (both not included) Driveways: vehicles, wheelchairs, bikes and pushchairs (requires compacted granular base to support vehicle loadings)

StableDRIVE; 600× 500×32mm deep 1.70 0.08 2.84 – 17.65 m2 20.49

Aggregate filling to StableDRIVE shingle – 0.03 1.85 2.94 1.13 m2 5.92 decorative aggregate; CED Ltd; PC £48.00 / tonne – 0.03 1.85 2.94 2.76 m2 7.55

Material Excluding site overheads and profit £ hours £ £ £ rate £

GRANULAR PAVINGS

Footpath gravels; porous self binding gravel CED Ltd; Cedec gravel; self-binding; laid to inert (non-limestone) base measured separately; compacting

red, silver or gold; 50mm thick 13.01 0.01 0.49 0.42 13.01 m2 13.92 Grundon Ltd; Coxwell self-binding path gravels laid and compacted to excavation or base measured separately

50mm thick 4.79 0.01 0.49 0.42 4.79 m2 5.70 Breedon Special Aggregates; Golden Gravel or equivalent; rolling wet; on hardcore base (not included); for pavements; to falls and crossfalls and to slopes not exceeding 15° from horizontal; over 300mm wide

50mm thick 11.10 0.01 0.49 0.36 11.10 m2 11.95 75mm thick 16.65 0.03 1.97 0.44 16.65 m2 19.06

Breedon Special Aggregates; Wayfarer specially formulated fine gravel for use on golf course pathways

50mm thick 10.00 0.01 0.49 0.36 10.00 m2 10.85 75mm thick 14.99 0.02 0.99 0.63 14.99 m2 16.61

Hoggin (stabilized); PC £26.00/m3 on hardcore base (not included); to falls and crossfalls and to slopes not exceeding 15° from horizontal; over 300mm wide

100mm thick 4.27 0.01 0.66 0.56 4.27 m2 5.49 150mm thick 6.40 0.02 0.99 0.85 6.40 m2 8.24

Ballast; as dug; watering; rolling; on hardcore base (not included)

100mm thick 4.04 0.01 0.66 0.56 4.04 m2 5.26 150mm thick 6.06 0.02 0.99 0.85 6.06 m2 7.90

Footpath gravels; porous loose gravels Breedon Special Aggregates; Breedon Buff decorative limestone chippings

50mm thick 5.88 – 0.20 0.09 5.88 m2 6.17 75mm thick 14.58 – 0.25 0.11 14.58 m2 14.94

Breedon Special Aggregates; Breedon Buff decorative limestone chippings

50mm thick 5.88 – 0.20 0.09 5.88 m2 6.17 75mm thick 8.83 – 0.25 0.11 8.83 m2 9.19

Breedon Special Aggregates; Brindle or Moorland Black chippings

50mm thick 9.19 – 0.20 0.09 9.19 m2 9.48 75mm thick 13.79 – 0.25 0.11 13.79 m2 14.15

Material Excluding site overheads and profit £ hours £ £ £ rate £

GRANULAR PAVINGS – cont

Footpath gravels – cont Breedon Special Aggregates; slate chippings; plum/blue

50mm thick 9.32 – 0.20 0.09 9.32 m2 9.61 75mm thick 13.99 – 0.25 0.11 13.99 m2 14.35

Washed shingle; on prepared base (not included)

25-50mm size; 25mm thick 0.93 0.01 0.49 0.08 0.93 m2 1.50 25-50mm size; 75mm thick 2.80 0.03 1.48 0.24 2.80 m2 4.52 50-75mm size; 25mm thick 0.93 0.01 0.40 0.09 0.93 m2 1.42 50-75mm size; 75mm thick 2.80 0.02 1.32 0.30 2.80 m2 4.42

Pea shingle; on prepared base (not included)

10-15mm size; 25mm thick 0.89 0.01 0.35 0.08 0.89 m2 1.32 5-10mm size; 75mm thick 2.67 0.02 1.04 0.24 2.67 m2 3.95

WOODCHIP PATHWAYS

Wood chip surfaces; Melcourt Industries Ltd (items labelled FSC are Forest Stewardship Council certified) Wood chips; to surface of pathways by machine; material delivered in 80m3

loads; levelling and spreading by hand (excavation and preparation not included)

Walk Chips; 100mm thick; FSC (25m3 loads) 4.06 0.01 0.66 0.34 4.06 m2 5.06 Walk Chips; 100mm thick; FSC (80m3 loads) 2.70 0.01 0.66 0.34 2.70 m2 3.70 Woodfibre; 100mm thick; FSC (80m3 loads) 2.51 0.01 0.66 0.34 2.51 m2 3.51

PATH EDGINGS

Permaloc Asphalt edge L-shaped aluminium edging; Kinley Systems; extruded aluminium alloy L shaped edging with 5.33mm exposed upper lip; edging fixed to roadway base and edge profile with 250mm steel fixing spike; laid to straight or curvilinear road edge; subsequently filled with macadam (not included) Depth of macadam

40mm 8.65 0.07 2.63 – 8.65 m 11.28 50mm 9.50 0.07 2.63 – 9.50 m 12.13 65mm 9.73 0.07 2.82 – 9.73 m 12.55 75mm 11.41 0.08 3.04 – 11.41 m 14.45 100mm 13.36 0.08 3.29 – 13.36 m 16.65

Material Excluding site overheads and profit £ hours £ £ £ rate £

Permaloc L-shaped aluminium edging; Kinley Systems; heavy duty straight profile edging; for edgings to soft landscape beds or turf areas; 3.2mm×100mm high; 3.2mm thick with 4.75mm exposed upper lip; fixed to form straight or curvilinear edge with 305mm fixing spike Milled aluminium

100mm deep – 0.10 3.95 – 13.03 m 16.98

Permaloc Permastrip; Kinley Systems; heavy duty L-shaped profile maintenance strip; 3.2mm×89mm high with 5.2mm exposed top lip; for straight or gentle curves on paths or bed turf interfaces; fixed to form straight or curvilinear edge with standard 305mm stake; other stake lengths available Milled aluminium

75mm deep 11.41 0.10 3.95 – 11.41 m 15.36

Permaloc Proline; Kinley Systems; medium duty straight profiled maintenance strip; 3.2mm×102mm high with 3.18mm exposed top lip; for straight or gentle curves on paths or bed turf interfaces; fixed to form straight or curvilinear edge with standard 305mm stake; other stake lengths available Milled aluminium

50mm deep – 0.10 3.95 – 9.27 m 13.22