Landscape Design Documentation helps minimize errors and improve both productivity and profits.

Features:

• Includes detailed plan checking, quality control information, case studies and tools for every aspect of the business, including company structure, design process, data collection, construction, closeout, and more
• Includes a CD-ROM

Contents

Definition and Practice

• Becoming a Landscape Architect
• Ethical Responsibilities
• Legal Responsibilities
• Professional Liability

Scope of Services

• Practice Diversity
• Forms of Practice
• Company Structure
• Project Services
• Collaboration with Other Professions

Identifying Common Risk Exposures

• Contracts and Proposals
• Common Risk Exposures

Insurance

• Professional Liability Insurance
• Office Related Insurance
• Employee Related Insurance
• Selecting an Insurance Agent
• Contract Provisions

Dispute Resolution

• Resolving Disputes in the Conference Room
• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Expert Witnesses

A Quality Control Plan

• Quality Plan Purpose
• Office Organization
• Office Management
• Employees
• Marketing
• Record Keeping / Database Management
• Process

Plan Checking Quality Control

• Process
• The CAD Revolution

Data Collection Checklists

• Project Information
• Data Collection
• Site Inventory
• Site Analysis
• Client Questionnaire

Consultant Coordination Checklists

• Architect Coordination
• Civil Engineer Coordination
• Structural Engineer Coordination
• Mechanical and Electrical Engineer Coordination
• Quantity Surveyor Coordination
• Interior Designer Coordination
• Architectural Lighting Designer Coordination
• Fountain / Lake / Pool Consultant Coordination
• Geotechnical / Soil Agronomist Coordination
• Horticulturist Coordination

Design Document Checklists

• Design Requirements
• Typical Report Outline Checklist
• Landscape Assessment Components
• Stormwater Management
• Urban Design Components
• Accessibility Requirements

Construction Document Checklists

• Base Sheet Checklist
• Demolition Plan Checklist
• Construction Plan Checklist
• Construction Details Checklist
• Grading Plan Checklist
• Planting Plan Checklist
• Interior Planting Plan Checklist
• Lighting Plan Checklist
• Irrigation Plan Checklist
• Specialty Items - Tennis Courts
• Specialty Items - Swimming Pools
• Specialty Items - Water Features
• Specialty Items - Children Playgrounds
• Specialty Items - Roof Top Gardens
• Specialty Items - Wood Decks and Trellises
• Specialty Items- Retaining Walls
• Specialty Items- Streets and Parking

Specification Checklists

• Specifications Checklist

Cost Estimation Checklists

• Cost Estimate Checklist

Bidding / Tender Checklists

• Bidding / Tender Checklist

Site Observation Checklists

• Site Observation Checklist
• Maintenance Checklist

Project Close Out Checklists

• Project Close Out
• Client Evaluation Form
• Project Evaluation Checklist

Index

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