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Book SynopsisGraduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Chartered Landscape Architect, MBA and Barrister, Gordon Rowland Fraser draws upon 30 years of project management, professional practice and teaching experience to provide an uncomplicated and intuitive guide to the business aspects of the landscape profession. An indispensable reference for seasoned professionals, the book will enable the student or novice practitioner to turn their drawing board inspiration into reality without being overwhelmed or afraid of overseeing the implementation of their proposals. Guided by the Landscape Institute's 2013 Pathway to Chartership syllabus, this structured, step-by-step, narrative guide sets out the documentation commonly used within the landscape profession and makes accessible a logical and sequential understanding of contractual relationships; procurement strategies; processes of preparing client estimates and obtaining competitive quotations; of preparing contract documentation and administering f
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword; Introduction. Section I Professional Judgment Ethics and Values: Professional association. Section II Organisation and Management: The law of contract; The tort of professional negligence; Health and safety legislation; Business performance and development; Business management; Engaging a landscape professional. Section III Legislative Bases of Assessment and Analysis: Development control and environmental management. Section IV Project Implementation: Understanding contractual relationships; Construction Design and Management Regulations; Estimating project budgets; Specification fundamentals; Conditions of contract; Single stage selective tendering; Contract administration; Alternative dispute resolution procedures. List of references; Index.
