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| Introduction | |
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| Plan it, Dig it, Build it!: Safely | |
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| Accident Prevention | |
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| Tool and Equipment Operation | |
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| Reviewing Safety Information | |
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| First Aid | |
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| Personal Protection | |
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| Use of Proper Clothing and Safety Equipment | |
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| Heat and Cold Injury | |
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| Wildlife | |
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| Hazardous Plants | |
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| Back Injury | |
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| Specific Construction Hazards | |
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| Working Around Utilities | |
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| Working Below Grade | |
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| Operating Electrical Equipment | |
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| Operating Power Sprayers | |
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| Operating Tractors or Loading Equipment | |
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| Clean Worksite | |
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| Working with Chemicals | |
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| Planning Your Project | |
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| Reading Landscape Plans | |
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| Reading and measuring with architect's and engineer's scales | |
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| Preparing a Landscape plan | |
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| Preparing a basemap of your site | |
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| Additional Methods for Locating Objects | |
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| Finding Utilities on Your Site | |
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| Public Utilities | |
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| Locating utilities on your site | |
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| Private Utilities | |
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| Laws That May Affect Your Project | |
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| Legal Issues | |
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| Zoning Ordinances | |
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| Tree Ordinances | |
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| Deed Restrictions | |
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| Building Permits and Landscape-Plan Review | |
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| Checking regulations | |
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| Performing Calculations for Landscape Projects | |
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| Performing Item Counts | |
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| Performing Linear Measurements | |
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| Performing Perimeter Calculations | |
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| Performing Area Calculations | |
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| Volume Calculations | |
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| Weight Conversions for Bulk Materials | |
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| Math for construction | |
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| Pricing Your Project | |
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| Estimating the cost of your project | |
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| Project Layout | |
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| Using a baseline to lay out your project | |
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| Tools for Construction | |
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| Preparing the Site for Construction | |
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| Protection of Plant Material | |
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| Protecting plants from construction | |
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| Removal of Unwanted Site Elements | |
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| Softscape Removal | |
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| Removing sod and ground covers | |
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| Hardscape removal | |
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| Removing unwanted trees and shrubs | |
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| Recycling and Waste Disposal | |
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| Grading, Erosion Control, and Drainage | |
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| Site Grading | |
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| Grading your project area | |
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| Fixing poor soil problems below your project | |
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| Building a berm | |
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| Erosion Protection | |
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| Using Cover Crops to Reduce Erosion | |
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| Mulching for Erosion Protection | |
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| Installation of Erosion Control Blankets (Erosion Blankets) | |
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| Installing erosion blankets and cover crop | |
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| Site Drainage | |
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| Surface Drainage | |
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| Subsurface Drainage of Surface Water | |
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| Installing a French drain | |
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| Installing a subsurface drainage system with an inlet | |
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| Subsurface Interception of Water | |
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| Landscape Retaining Walls | |
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| Planning for Wall Construction | |
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| Wall Layout | |
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| Excavation and Base Preparation | |
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| Installing the base for a retaining wall | |
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| Beginning Walls | |
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| Drainage Behind Walls | |
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| Compaction Behind Walls | |
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| Wall Heights and Stabilization | |
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| Terracing | |
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| Ending Walls | |
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| Building Retaining Walls | |
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| Wood Landscape Timbers | |
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| Building a timber retaining wall | |
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| Segmental Wall Blocks | |
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| Dry-Laid Stone | |
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| Building a segmental block (precast concrete) retaining wall | |
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| Building a stone retaining wall | |
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| Stair Installation | |
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| Building retaining-wall stairs | |
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| Landscape Paving | |
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| Planning and Preparation for Landscape Paving | |
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| Access to the Site and Delivery of Materials | |
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| Project Layout | |
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| Excavation and Subgrade Compaction | |
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| Utility and Related Preliminary Work | |
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| Base-Material Installation | |
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| Installing the base for a paved surface | |
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| Pavement Patterns | |
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| Paving patterns | |
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| Splitting and shaping paving material | |
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| Splitting paving materials using a brick set | |
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| Setting Bed for Unit Pavers | |
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| Edge Restraints For Paved Surfaces | |
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| Installing Landscape Paving | |
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| Unit Pavers | |
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| Installing a patio using bricks or concrete pavers | |
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| Stone | |
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| Installing a stone patio | |
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| Granular Paving | |
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| Installing a granular-material walkway | |
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| Stepping Stones | |
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| Installing stepping stones | |
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| Wooden Structures | |
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| Planning the Work | |
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| Woods and Materials for Exterior Use | |
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| Decay Resistance | |
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| Wood Strength | |
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| Wood Color and Exterior Finishes | |
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| Cost and Availability | |
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| Wood Quality | |
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| Lumber Dimensioning | |
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| Fasteners and connectors | |
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| Supporting Wooden Structures | |
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| Building Wooden Structures | |
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| Arbors | |
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| Construction of a 4' x 8' overhead arbor | |
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| Trellises | |
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| Construction of a trellis | |
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| Fences and Free-Standing Walls | |
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| Planning the Project | |
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| Patterns | |
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| Fence Alignment and Wind Resistance | |
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| Layout | |
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| Fencing on Slopes | |
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| Maintenance Strips for Fences | |
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| Fence and Wall Installation | |
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| Wood-Surfaced Stringer Fencing | |
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| Installing a wood-surfaced stringer fence | |
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| Wooden Prefabricated Panel Fencing | |
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| Installing a wooden panel fence | |
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| Vinyl Fencing | |
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| Installing a vinyl fence | |
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| Chain-Link Fencing | |
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| Installing a chain-link fence | |
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| Dry-Laid Fieldstone (Rubble) Free-standing Walls | |
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| Installing a free-standing stone wall | |
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| Water, Edging, Lighting, and Other Site Amenities | |
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| Planning for Site Amenities | |
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| Locating Amenities | |
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| Utility Hookups | |
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| Foundations for Amenities | |
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| Water Features | |
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| Pools | |
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| Installing a flexible-liner pool | |
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| Installing a rigid-liner pool | |
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| Fountains | |
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| Installing a pool fountain | |
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| Cascades | |
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| Installing a stone-lined cascade | |
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| Edging | |
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| Natural Edging | |
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| Natural edging | |
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| Plastic Edging | |
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| Installing plastic edging | |
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| Bender-Board Edging | |
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| Stone Edging | |
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| Installing bender-board edging | |
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| Installing flat-stone edging | |
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| Vertical Brick Edging | |
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| Installing vertical brick edging | |
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| DC (Direct Current) Lighting | |
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| Installing a direct-current (DC) lighting system | |
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| Free-Standing Stairs | |
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| Building free-standing stairs with stacked slab material | |
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| Advanced Projects | |
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| Advanced Projects | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Alternative Designs for Overhead Arbors | |
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| An Alternative Design for a Trellis | |
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| Designs for Wooden-Surface Fences | |
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| Comprehensive Landscape Projects | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |