Landscape Construction

Author: David Sauter
Edition: 003
Product Type: Bound Book
ISBN 13: 9781435497184
ISBN 10: 143549718X
Copyright: 2011

Price: $229.95

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Description:

Landscape Construction, 3rd edition, with its simple but complete instructions for a multitude of exterior construction projects, is the ideal learning and resource tool for future landscape contractors and designers. Photos and illustrations support the instructions for such activities as site preparation, grading and drainage, utilities and irrigation, retaining wall construction, paving, exterior carpentry, fencing, and such amenities as pools, ponds, and edging. Readers will appreciate the easy-to-follow process of construction and the review of various materials, tools, and methods. A discussion of estimating and bidding for jobs will be valuable to professionals in their work and also to homeowners as they consider their own exterior projects. Landscape Construction, 3rd edition is the sole resource needed to accomplish a multitude of hardscape construction goals.

Features:

Includes a new section on installing plants, turf, and meadows.
Contains expanded information on sustainable landscape construction.
Includes new installation techniques for drip irrigation, low-voltage lighting, permeable pavement, and recycled pavement and walls.
Includes new information on materials installation for staining concrete, tensile-fabric structures, outdoor kitchens, misting and fogging systems and resilient play surfaces.
Contains an explanation of new tools for better work performance.
Inclusion of information on bidding and estimating improves bid performance.
Inclusion of photos and illustrations provide more clarity in support of the written material.
Contains step-by-step instructions that make the projects easier to accomplish.
Contains discussions of materials and methods that provide options for executing hardscape improvements.

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