HRT 411: Landscape Contract Management
Course Code: HRT 411
Credits and Offerings
- 3 credits (2 lecture and 2 lab hours every week)
- Fall semester of every year
Course objectives
- Become familiar with landscape construction materials and techniques.
- Develop an understanding of project estimating and bidding procedures.
- Develop an understanding of the legal aspects of contracts, construction bonds, insurance, and ways of structuring a business.
Topics
- Protecting plant material during construction
- Site preparation and surveying
- Stormwater runoff, drainage, and erosion control
- Landscape paving
- Retaining walls
- Water features – Fountains and ponds
- Estimating construction costs
- Estimating maintenance costs
- Project documents and contracts
- Bonds and insurance
- Bid proposals and procedures
- Business structure/Starting a business
- Professional organizations/Certifications
- Future trends and opportunities
Activities
- Surveying
- Constructing paver patios
- Constructing retaining walls
- Construction estimating
- Maintenance estimating
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