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Costing and Contracts for Historic Gardens and Landscapes
The creation of any successful landscape project demands adherence to a series of fundamental principles. These principles do not change dramatically for the implementation of historic garden or landscape projects but they do command a few additional considerations. Things such as the need for a more precise and focused understanding of the historic landscape in question, which places very specific demands upon the landscape architect or garden designer and an even greater importance upon the necessarily prescriptive details within the specification. The qualitative demands of the finished product, irrespective of what these might be, must be identified with precision in order to emphasise the specific nature of the project in hand.
The historic garden project is likely to engender higher costs in terms of the professionals engaged on the project (because of the levels of expertise they bring) and the materials and build‐quality necessary to appropriately reflect the elements of historic importance to be conserved or re‐created in relation to the original design concept. Care must be taken when determining a realistic budget for the project and due consideration given to the skills, knowledge and competences required to complete the works from all aspects.
This chapter highlights the considerations that need to be made by clients, designers and landscape contractors responsible for the commissioning, designing, financing, implementation, management and maintenance of historic landscape projects, irrespective of scale and location.
Costing and Contracts for Historic Gardens and Landscapes
The creation of any successful landscape project demands adherence to a series of fundamental principles. These principles do not change dramatically for the implementation of historic garden or landscape projects but they do command a few additional considerations. Things such as the need for a more precise and focused understanding of the historic landscape in question, which places very specific demands upon the landscape architect or garden designer and an even greater importance upon the necessarily prescriptive details within the specification. The qualitative demands of the finished product, irrespective of what these might be, must be identified with precision in order to emphasise the specific nature of the project in hand.
The historic garden project is likely to engender higher costs in terms of the professionals engaged on the project (because of the levels of expertise they bring) and the materials and build‐quality necessary to appropriately reflect the elements of historic importance to be conserved or re‐created in relation to the original design concept. Care must be taken when determining a realistic budget for the project and due consideration given to the skills, knowledge and competences required to complete the works from all aspects.
This chapter highlights the considerations that need to be made by clients, designers and landscape contractors responsible for the commissioning, designing, financing, implementation, management and maintenance of historic landscape projects, irrespective of scale and location.
Costing and Contracts for Historic Gardens and Landscapes
Marion, Harney (editor) / Thorne, Nigel (author)
2014-04-22
8 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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