Landscape Workshops Help Landscapers Bid on Jobs

ATHENS, GA - For landscape professionals, job bidding is tough. Bid
too low and you lose money. Bid too high and you don't get the job.
Estimating costs are even more critical for beginners with no
benchmark data on which to base their estimates.

To make the job easier and more accurate, University of Georgia
horticulturists and economists have developed two software programs
for estimating costs. One is for landscape installation and the other
for follow-up maintenance. Get hands-on training on either or both at
workshops in Athens, November 24-25, 2008.

The workshops on both days offer everything needed to make landscape
cost estimating easier and better. Day one focuses on installation and
day two on maintenance. You can attend either day or both.

The all-day programs begin at 8:30 a.m. each day in Room 202 of Conner
Hall on the UGA Athens campus. The bidding software is in a
spreadsheet format and requires that you have Microsoft Excel. You
don't have to know anything about computer spreadsheets. Hands-on
training in a computer lab will make you comfortable using the
programs.

The workshops will include:

·                         Bidding strategies.

·                         Estimating fixed and variable costs,
including overhead and labor.

·                         Structuring bids in contract form to present
to clients.

·                         Tailoring the software to fit your own business.

The fee is $150 for both days or $100 for either day alone. That
covers refreshment breaks, lunch, handouts and take-home copies of the
software demonstrated on the day or days you attend. Hort Management
and Hort Scape alone normally sell for $100 each.

Attendance is limited to 40 each day, so early registration is
encouraged.   For more information, phone 706/542-2861 or visit
http://www.hort.uga.edu/extension/programs/CEJBW/index.html


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Dr. Teri Hamlin
North Region Agriculture Education
Georgia Department of Education
204C Athens, Ga 30602
706-542-3679 / 706-540-0032
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