This book, organised in an extremely-user friendly manner, equips the landscape architect with all of the required knowledge in business and law. It is of great value to Landscape architects throughout their academic and professional life. Landscape architecture students will find this book vital to their education and it will also be useful for landscape students on non-professional programmes who wish to understand the regulatory and planning backgrounds to their studies and for students on technical-type landscape programmes. It is compulsory reading for everyone preparing for the new Pathway to Chartership examination. Not only will it help you pass the exam but you will, along with the thousands of fully-qualified landscape architects in the UK, find it an extremely time-saving reference in your busy working lives.

Table of Contents

Landscape practice; Liability and the Law; Planning legislation; Environmental legislation; Tendering; Contract and contract administration

About the Author

Nicola Garmory went into partnership with Rachel Tennant in 1994. She qualified as an Associate of the Landscape Institute in 1996 and has taught a series of professional practice seminars since 1987. Clare Winsch practised in local government. She has obtained qualifications to practice landscape maintenance and preparation for CCT. She manages a course on horticultural education.

Reviews

"...excellent guidance for any landscape architect on the Pathway to Chartership and a useful tool for chartered practitioners wanting to refresh their knowledge on contracts, planning or practice law" Landscape Institute