How To Bid Landscape Installs

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Lawn Services - Landscape - Tree Care - Pesticides


Landscape Installation Job

Client Name _____________________________ Contact Person ________________

Address _________________________________ Bus # ( ) _________________

Mail Address _____________________________ Home # ( ) _________________

_____________________________ Contract Starting Date __________

_____________________________ Estimated Completion Date _______

Name of Preparer __________________________ Date Prepared __________________

Job Description __________________________________________________ ________

Material Required:

Item: Size Quantity Unit Cost Total Source

Of Each Cost

Measure

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ______________

Labor - Steps to completion in order of sequence:

1. _____________________Hrs. ________ 2. __________________Hrs. ______

3. _____________________Hrs. ________ 4. __________________Hrs. ______

5. ______________________Hrs. ________ 6. __________________Hrs. ______

7. ______________________Hrs. ________ 8. __________________Hrs. ______

9. ______________________Hrs. ________ 10. _________________Hrs. ______

11. _____________________Hrs. ________ 12. _________________Hrs. ______

13. _____________________Hrs. ________ 14. _________________Hrs. ______

15. _____________________Hrs. ________ 16. _________________Hrs. ______

17. _____________________Hrs. ________ 18. _________________Hrs. ______

19. _____________________Hrs. ________ 20. _________________Hrs. ______





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Lawn Services - Landscape - Tree Care - Pesticides


Landscape Construction Estimating

Visualize the job….

One of your most useful "tools" in landscaping estimating is to use the "art of visualization." It’s learning to "see" the job in your mind and imagination before, during and after the job is completed. In other words, you think the job through and visualize all of the steps needed to complete it. As you do this, you arrange the work in chronological order as close as possible to what will actually take place at the work site once the work begins. If you list the steps needed, if and when you are awarded the work, you’ll have a ready list that will refresh your memory as well as a to-be-done-list to use when planning the job.

The outline on this and the following page can serve as an example of what would be included in "visualizing" a landscape installation in a modest, uncomplicated landscape. You could use this list as a checklist to further develop your own all-encompassing checklist so that you have a starting point to bidding any landscape construction project.

Item: Equipment Materials Est.and Tools Needed_________________ Hours

1. Initial meeting with customer ____________________________________

2. Prepare landscape design/plan ___________________________________

3. Draw a cost proposal ____________________________________________

4. Second meeting with customer __________________________________

5. Contract changes/modifications_________________________________

6. Third customer meeting/acceptance ____________________________

7. Order material _________ _________ ____________________________

8. Assemble tools _________ _________ ____________________________

9. Reserve equipment _________ _________ _________________________

10. Allocate labor hours _________ _________ ________________________

11. Initial site preparation _________ _________ ______________________

12. Materials delivered _________ _________ _________________________

13. Filling and grading _________ _________ __________________________

14. Installing bed soils _________ _________ __________________________

15. Planting trees and shrubs _________ _________ ___________________

16. Staking and guying trees _________ _________ ___________________

17. Installing mulch in beds _________ _________ _____________________

18. Fertilizing all plantings _________ _________ ______________________

19. Watering all plantings _________ _________ _______________________

20. Removal of rock and debris _________ _________ __________________

21. Spreading top soil _________ _________ __________________________

22. Grading soil to final finish _________ _________ ____________________

23. Installing seed & fertilizer _________ _________ ____________________

24. Installing a covering mulch _________ _________ ___________________

25. Watering newly installed lawns _________ _________ ________________

26. Removal of rock and debris _________ _________ ___________________

Landscape Construction Estimating Equipment Materials Est.

And tools Needed Hrs.

27. Installing hard surfaces _________ _________ _____________________

28. Installing landscape accents _________ _________ _________________

29. Installing annuals, perennials _________ _________ _________________

30. Removal of waste and debris _________ _________ _________________

31. Watering remaining plantings _________ _________ _________________

32. Verifying dimensions _________ _________ ________________________

33. Removal of heavy equipment _________ _________ _________________

34. Final cleanup of site _________ _________ ________________________

35. Final inspection of work _________ _________ _____________________

36. Customer meeting for acceptance

of completed job ________

37. Customer billing for completed job ________


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