Title: Create an estimate for a landscaping job using a commercial and/or residential plan.
Course: Landscaping II (18054-II) > Section: Managing a Landscape Enterprise

Creation should include the materials needed, inventory control, and purchasing. Creation should also include

- defining the termconstruction material takeoff as it applies to estimating construction costs for a landscape project
- completing quantity calculations of plants, hardscape supplies, and turfgrass
- completing time calculations for installing segments of the landscape project
- completing linear, surface area, cubic volume, and conversion calculations
- completing soil compaction calculations
- completing pit and root ball size calculations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the number of 15’ x 12’ sod rolls that will be needed to cover an area 20’ x 50’?
- How many cubic yards of mulch will be needed to cover a bed 22’ x 55’ to a depth of 3”?
- Why are pit and ball calculations necessary?
- What happens to the soil that does not fit back in a hole after a plant is installed?
- What is the labor cost of two employees making $15 per hour, with the ability to install one tree in 45 minutes, when the project requires the installation of 22 trees?
- Why is a takeoff critical when determining the exact quantity of materials needed for a specific project?
- How can landscape takeoff software assist with estimating a landscaping job?