Format:
1 Online-Ressource (186 pages)
ISBN:
9781351923507
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Landscape maintenance and management -- The process of management -- setting the objectives -- costs and style of maintenance -- value for money -- value for money on playing fields and sports grounds -- the effect of intensity of use of grass pitches -- school playing fields and dual use -- biological/physical limitations on playing field use -- synthetic surfaces -- revenue and capital costs of synthetic surfaces -- redevelopment of existing playing fields -- maintenance and management plans -- Appendix I: Cost-benefit implications of playing field drainage -- 2 Routine maintenance and site husbandry -- Grassland -- shrub borders -- ground cover -- rose borders -- herbaceous borders -- annual bedding -- hedges -- care of newly planted trees -- regular maintenance of paved areas -- litter clearance -- Appendix I: Average seasonal work-hours for routine maintenance -- 3 Arranging the works by contract -- Management of competition -- length of contracts -- size of contract -- selection of contractors -- forms of contract for landscape maintenance -- general conditions of contract -- preliminary items -- specifications clauses -- bill of quantities and schedule of rates -- payment systems -- quality control -- Appendix I: Application for inclusion on approved list of contractors -- 4 Staffing levels and working hours -- Seasonal factors -- calculation of workloads -- calculation of labour needs -- seasonal variations in working hours -- overtime -- temporary staff -- seasonal working hours -- flexitime arrangements -- other working patterns -- 5 Staff organization and motivation -- Use of skills and team working -- supervision -- bonus incentive schemes -- work study -- standard times -- making a standard time
Content:
transplanting of standard times and using estimates -- incentive and productivity schemes -- tender-led and total target incentive schemes -- sickness, unmeasured work, etc -- Appendix I: Computer-printed work schedule -- Appendix II: Bonus scheme agreement -- 6 Staff welfare and safety -- 7 Machinery and equipment -- The scale and impact of mechanization -- machinery requirements and capital costs -- the choice of equipment -- selection of mowing equipment -- choice of machinery in relation to area -- economic machine lives and replacement policies -- renewal funds -- leasing and hire arrangements -- servicing and overhaul policies -- reserve equipment -- 8 Budget and cost control -- Annual budgets -- calculation of charges -- seasonal variation of charges -- estimation of productive manhours -- cost control -- 9 A postscript on some future trends of landscape management -- Index
Additional Edition:
9780566090189
Additional Edition:
Print version Parker, John Landscape Management and Maintenance : A Guide to Its Costing and Organization Abingdon, Oxon : Taylor and Francis,c1989 9780566090189
Language:
English
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