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| Landscape Contracting | |||
| LDSCP CONTRACT | |||
| CLASS CODE: | HORT 351 | CREDITS: 2 | |
| DIVISION: | AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | HORTICULTURE | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Estimating, bidding, and contracting procedures for landscape construction, and maintenance projects. A hands-on approach to bidding and estimating jobs for the Green Industry. |
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| TAUGHT: | Winter | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | -Equipment -Subcontractors -Labor burden -Overhead -Job costing -Pricing -Profit Centers -Risk -Materials and labor |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | 1. Learn how to prepare estimates and bids for typical landscape control and present them to a client. 2. Understand contracts and related working documents such as plans, specifications and change orders. 3. Understand the importance of relationship building, with both employees and customers. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Text: The Complete Estimating Book with Labor and Equipment Production Times for the Green Industry, by Charles Vanderkooi. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||