Key Strategies to Building a Great Business & Topical Tax Issues - 13th October 2011
LandmARC Hardworks has arrived
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Landscape Architecture
...Adding value through the creation of a sense of place
...Combining
design with
nature to create
attractive,
usable
space
Contemporary, Classic
The Department has established an excellent reputation for landscape planning and strategy. We are proud to also be well regarded for design innovations that save clients significant sums of money and for JBA's detailed design and construction expertise.
Both these key consultant selection factors are underpinned by a solid grounding in practical construction expertise in both soft and hard landscape design.
The study of context and creation of a sense of place is vital to achieve a functional, cost-effective and sustainable design solution
JBA team members believe a successful scheme is defined thus: One that meets the client's objectives - but at the same time is fully integrated into its environment and the community, ensuring the creation of attractive, usable places for people and wildlife.
Rapid response - proactive approach
JBA's responsive, proactive, commercially aware service is tailored to clients' needs. JBA's Landscape Architects work alongside JBA's excellent in-house Arboriculturists and Ecologists and by doing so - save client's time, money and hassle coordinating different practices.
JBA's general scope of work includes:
- • Site and landscape appraisal
- • Visual assessment
- • Feasibility studies & site strategies
- • Concept and sketch design
- • Cost planning
- • Programming
- • Design code, design & access statements
- • Masterplanning
- • Detailed design (hard and soft) landscape schemes
- • Working drawings
- • Contract documents, specifications and schedules of quantity
- • Site attendance and monitoring/ contract administration.
- • Management, maintenance and adoption strategies and costs
All design work can be supported by illustrations, cost plans, method statements or design statements for viability or concept evaluation and planning submissions.
For detail plans we use JBA's in-house computer software, LandmARC, ensuring speed, accuracy and cost certainty like no other - in fact it is probably the best landscape software in the world.
JBA and Value Innovation
JBA has developed a number of approaches which have lead to simply massive savings for developers at a time when they badly need such savings, but not because the provision has been dumbed down to something ugly and pathetic, but by actually providing something better, more value to users and less costly for future generations to maintain.
The legislative and safety requirements in respect of playgrounds and play equipment are constantly changing.
Recent policy changes (published by DCSF and Play England) are for once to your advantage.
To make the most of these changes you need someone who understands your obligations as well as opportunities to save money.
By redesigning a LEAP to the new guidance (incorporating natural play) could save you £40,000 and create a better more innovative and inclusive play area. Further savings can be achieved from adoption costs.
