Spon’s External Works and Landscape Price Book 2010

Contents......Page 5
Preface to the Twenty Ninth Edition......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
How to Use This Book......Page 23
Get more from your Spon Price Libraries......Page 32
PART 1: General......Page 33
Common Arrangement of Work Sections......Page 35
Labour Rates Used in This Edition......Page 37
Team size......Page 38
Basic labour rate calculation for Spon’s 2010 Major and Minor Works......Page 39
Illustrative overhead for small company employing 12 – 30 landscape operatives......Page 40
Illustrative overhead for small company employing 6 – 15 landscape operatives......Page 41
Calculation of Annual Hours Worked......Page 42
Computation of the Cost of Materials......Page 43
Computation of Mechanical Plant Costs......Page 44
Landfill Tax......Page 47
PART 2: Approximate Estimates – Major Works......Page 49
The Constructed Cost Index......Page 50
Constructed Landscaping (Hard Surfacing and Planting) Cost Index......Page 51
Regional Variations......Page 52
Approximate Estimates......Page 53
PRELIMINARIES......Page 54
DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE......Page 56
GROUNDWORK......Page 58
GROUND STABILIZATION......Page 60
IN SITU CONCRETE......Page 63
BRICK/BLOCK WALLING......Page 65
ROADS AND PAVINGS......Page 67
SPECIAL SURFACES FOR SPORT/PLAYGROUNDS......Page 79
PREPARATION FOR PLANTING/TURFING......Page 81
SEEDING AND TURFING......Page 83
PLANTING......Page 85
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE......Page 91
FENCING......Page 93
STREET FURNITURE......Page 97
DRAINAGE......Page 98
IRRIGATION......Page 104
WATER FEATURES......Page 105
TIMBER DECKING......Page 106
INTRODUCTION......Page 107
NEW ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION......Page 108
A PRELIMINARIES......Page 126
B COMPLETE BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES/UNITS......Page 132
C EXISTING SITE/BUILDING/SERVICES......Page 134
D GROUNDWORK......Page 137
E IN SITU CONCRETE/LARGE PRECAST CONRETE......Page 157
F MASONRY......Page 163
G STRUCTURAL/CARCASSING METAL/TIMBER......Page 172
H CLADDING/COVERING......Page 173
J WATERPROOFING......Page 174
M SURFACE FINISHES......Page 181
P BUILDING FABRIC SUNDRIES......Page 184
Q PAVING/PLANTING/FENCING/SITE FURNITURE......Page 185
R DISPOSAL SYSTEMS......Page 321
S PIPED SUPPLY SYSTEMS......Page 345
V ELECTRICAL SUPPLY/POWER/LIGHTING SYSTEMS......Page 355
APPROXIMATE ESTIMATES......Page 363
DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE......Page 364
GROUNDWORK......Page 366
IN SITU CONCRETE......Page 368
BRICK/BLOCK WALLING......Page 369
ROADS AND PAVINGS......Page 370
PREPARATION FOR SEEDING/TURFING......Page 374
PLANTING......Page 375
MAINTENANCE......Page 378
DRAINAGE......Page 379
INTRODUCTION......Page 381
NEW ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION......Page 382
C EXISTING SITE/BUILDINGS/SERVICES......Page 385
D GROUNDWORK......Page 387
E IN SITU CONCRETE/LARGE PRECAST CONCRETE......Page 396
F MASONRY......Page 400
G STRUCTURAL/CASCASSING METAL/TIMBER......Page 404
J WATERPROOFING......Page 405
M SURFACE FINISHES......Page 406
Q PAVING/PLANTING/FENCING/SITE FURNITURE......Page 407
R DISPOSAL SYSTEMS......Page 470
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS’ FEES......Page 481
WORKED EXAMPLES OF PERCENTAGE FEE CALCULATIONS......Page 484
AGRICULTURAL WAGES, ENGLAND AND WALES......Page 485
AGRICULTURAL WAGES, SCOTLAND......Page 486
INTRODUCTION......Page 489
SECTION 3 LABOUR......Page 490
SECTION 4 MATERIALS AND GOODS......Page 491
SECTION 6 INCIDENTAL COSTS, OVERHEADS AND PROFIT......Page 492
Dayworks......Page 493
Dayworks......Page 494
Labour......Page 495
Plant......Page 496
Example Calculations of Prime Cost of Labour in Daywork......Page 497
PART 9: Tables and Memoranda......Page 499
CONVERSION TABLES QUICK REFERENCE CONVERSION TABLES......Page 500
CONVERSION FACTORS - METRIC TO IMPERIAL......Page 501
CONVERSION FACTORS - IMPERIAL TO METRIC......Page 503
SPEED CONVERSION......Page 509
FORMULAE......Page 511
Weights of Typical Materials Handled by Excavators......Page 516
Machine Volumes for Excavating and Filling......Page 518
Shrinkage of Materials (On being deposited)......Page 519
Slopes and Angles......Page 520
Grades (In Degrees and Percents)......Page 521
Earthwork Support......Page 522
Weights of Concrete and Concrete Elements......Page 523
Average Weight of Aggregates......Page 525
Applications and mix design Ready mixed concrete......Page 526
Prescribed Mixes for Ordinary Structural Concrete......Page 527
Weights of Bars at Specific Spacings......Page 528
Fabric Reinforcement......Page 529
Wire......Page 530
Minimum period before striking formwork......Page 531
Quantities of Bricks and Mortar......Page 532
Mortar Mixes for Various Uses......Page 533
Quantities of Bricks and Mortar Required per m² of Walling......Page 534
Durability of Bricks......Page 535
Brickwork Dimensions......Page 536
Standard Available Block Sizes......Page 537
Weights of Timber......Page 538
Conversion Tables (for sawn timber only)......Page 539
Planed Softwood......Page 540
Reductions From Basic Size to Finished Size of Timber By Planing of Two Opposed Faces......Page 541
Weights of Metals......Page 542
Precast Concrete Kerbs to BS 7263 Straight kerb units: length from 450 to 915 mm......Page 543
Precast Concrete Edgings......Page 544
Sizes of Precast Concrete Paving Blocks......Page 545
Weights and Sizes of Paving and Surfacing......Page 546
Coverage (m2) Per Cubic Metre of Materials Used as Sub-bases or Capping Layers......Page 547
Approximate Rate of Spreads......Page 548
Sizes of Natural Stone Setts......Page 549
Sizes of Sports Areas Sizes in metres given include clearances......Page 550
Forms of Trees......Page 552
Planting distances......Page 553
Grass Clippings Wet: Based on 3.5 m3 /tonne......Page 554
Palisade Fences......Page 555
Concrete Posts......Page 556
Cleft Chestnut Pale Fences Timber Posts......Page 557
Steel Field Gates to BS 3470: 1975......Page 558
Categories of Pedestrian Guard Rail to BS 3049:1976......Page 559
DRAINAGE......Page 560
Weights and Dimensions - Vitrified Clay Pipes......Page 561
Width of Trenches Required for Various Diameters of Pipes......Page 562
Precast Concrete Pipes: Prestressed Non-pressure Pipes and Fittings: Flexible Joints to BS 5911: Pt. 103: 1994......Page 563
Table Showing Required Depth of Concrete Ring Chambers in Metres......Page 564
Bedding Flexible Pipes: PVC-u Or Ductile Iron......Page 565
PIPED SUPPLY SYSTEMS......Page 566
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY/POWER/LIGHTING SYSTEMS......Page 567
Index......Page 569