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Time Limited Quotations For Maintenance Contractors
When tendering for maintenance projects such as hedge cutting, you can only really quote for the project as you see it on the day – extrapolating you price for the time you expect to carry out the works. When you
Surface Tension Of Water On Porcelain Paving
A question that often arises with some domestic customers, is the requirement for falls on paving, especially porcelain, when laying paving projects. The 2024 British Standard BS7533.101 calls for falls of 1:60, although the ‘old’ specification allowed for 1:80, both
Specifiers/Designers – Identical Roles?
With modern landscape projects frequently demanding ever more complicated and extended design input for material selection, installation techniques and technical know-how, garden designers and contractors are often obliged to work together to produce sufficiently informed decision making when compiling tender
Designers And Commissions From Suppliers
Networking is a vital element of any Designer’s practice, meeting and greeting fellow designers, landscapers, suppliers and stockists, learning, promoting, engineering support, listening and advising, at Trade shows, Cluster Group meetings or other events involving people and products. A major
Diversification
So often landscaping can be a very seasonal business as we operate in a climate that frequently governs our activities as business owners. Typically, we all experience peaks and troughs in demand, often resulting in cash flow challenges. Faced with
Setting Yourself Apart From The Crowd
Having been in the landscaping industry for almost fifty-seven years, over fifty of those spent actively selling landscapes gardens, including every stage from finding projects to completion, I have enjoyed a steady and successful career with very few problems, mainly
How To Win An Industry Award
Jason Clarke Jason has won awards for twenty-five consecutive years from Marshalls for hard landscaping projects. Here he shares his tips on his approach to entering awards and achieving success. Embarking on award-winning landscape projects requires strategic planning, innovative design,
Laying New Artificial Grass On An Existing Base
Working as an independent expert witness, called upon to survey and report on a wide range of landscaping projects that have failed for one reason or another, in preparation for a Court claim, I am privileged to observe these issues
Information Required From A Garden Designer
This ubiquitous subject has been raised many times over the decades, particularly in recent years, with Designers and Landscape contractors working ever closer together through joint Cluster Group meetings, where mutual dialogue has been open and frank regarding relationships between
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