Landscape Construction : Volume 2: Roads, Paving and Drainage - C. A. Fortlage

Landscape Construction

Volume 2: Roads, Paving and Drainage

By: C. A. Fortlage, E. T. Phillips

Hardcover | 5 December 1996

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The four volumes of Landscape Construction cover all aspects of hard landscape building and construction work. A knowledge of basic construction is an essential part of practice for the landscape designer, architect and surveyor and these volumes give straightforward and clearly illustrated information on each area.This second volume covers the principles of construction of macadam and concrete roadways, techniques with and use of all types of small paving units and granular materials, and the drainage of paved areas. Current British Standard references are included throughout.The book provides a practical, no-nonsense approach based on the authors' wide experience. The readable style, combined with comprehensive illustrations, make Landscape Construction an invaluable guide to all private and local authority landscape designers, as well as for contractors, architects and students of landscape design.
Industry Reviews
'This is a most useful book for all concerned with landscaping.' ASI Journal 'The readable style, combined with comprehensive illustrations, make Landscape Construction an invaluable guide to all private and local authority landscape designers, as well as for contractors, architects and students of landscape design.' Bollettino del Cirt, Italy 'The text is well written, a good mixture of technical and background narrative, interspersed with well tabulated technical detail. The series provides an immediate source of information and its strength is to provide the theoretical checks when developing ideas.' The Horticulturist

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