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Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Tenth Edition /
This thoroughly revised guide covers the fundamentals of construction equipment, machinery utilization, and production estimating in a logical, simple, and concise format. You will learn about construction economics, earthwork, soil and rock properties, and much more. Construction Planning, Equipmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw Hill LLC,
[2024]
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| Edición: | Tenth edition. |
| Colección: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineeringLibrary.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Machines Make It Possible
- The Project Environment
- The History of Construction Equipment
- The Construction Industry
- Safety
- The Contracting Environment
- Planning Equipment Utilization
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 2 Equipment Economics
- The Important Questions
- Equipment Records
- The Rent Paid for the Use of Money
- Cost of Capital
- Evaluating Investment Alternatives
- Elements of Ownership Cost
- Elements of Operating Cost
- Cost for Bidding
- Replacement Decisions
- Rent and Lease Considerations
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 3 Planning for Earthwork Construction
- Planning
- Graphical Presentation of Earthwork
- Earthwork Quantities
- Mass Diagram
- Using the Mass Diagram
- Structural Excavation
- Pricing Earthwork Operations
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- 4 Soil and Rock
- Introduction
- Glossary of Terms
- Soil and Rock Properties
- Compaction Tests
- Soil Processing
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 5 Compaction and Stabilization Equipment
- Introduction
- Glossary of Terms
- Compacting Methods
- Types of Compacting Equipment
- Intelligent Compaction
- Roller Production Estimating
- Soil Stabilization
- Stabilization of Soils with Lime
- Stabilization of Soils with Cement
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 6 Mobile Equipment Power Requirements
- General Information
- Required Power
- Available Power
- Usable Power
- Performance Charts
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 7 Dozers and Graders
- Introduction
- Pushing Material: General Information
- Project Employment
- Dozer Production Estimating
- Dozer Safety
- Rippers
- Ripper Attachments
- Ripping Production Estimates
- Graders: General Information
- Grader Operations
- Time Estimates
- Fine Grading Production
- Grader GPS Control
- Grader Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 8 Scrapers
- Introduction
- Scraper Types
- Scraper Operation
- Scraper Performance Charts
- Scraper Production Cycle
- Scraper Production Estimating Format
- Operational Considerations
- Scraper Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 9 Excavators
- Hydraulic Excavators
- Front Shovels: General Information
- Hoes: General Information
- Loaders: General Information
- Draglines and Clamshells: General Information
- Draglines
- Clamshell Excavators
- Trench Safety
- Gradalls: General Information
- Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 10 Trucks and Hauling Equipment
- Introduction
- Rigid-Frame Rear-Dump Trucks
- Articulated Rear-Dump Trucks
- Tractors with Bottom-Dump Trailers
- Tractors with Side-Dump Trailers
- Capacities of Trucks and Hauling Equipment
- Truck Size Affects Productivity
- Calculating Truck Productivity
- Production Issues
- Tires
- Truck Performance Calculations
- Truck Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 11 Trenching and Trenchless Technologies
- Trenching
- Estimating Backhoe Trenching Production
- Trenchers
- Installation of Underground Utilities
- Horizontal Directional Drilling
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 12 Drilling Rock and Earth
- Introduction
- Glossary of Drilling Terms
- Drill Bits
- Rock Drills
- Drilling Methods and Production
- Estimating Drilling Production
- Drilling Soil
- Removal of Cuttings
- Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 13 Blasting Rock
- Blasting
- Glossary of Blasting Terms
- Commercial Explosives
- ANFO
- Primers and Boosters
- Initiating Systems
- Rock Fragmentation
- Blast Design
- Powder Factor
- Trench Blasting
- Controlled Blasting Techniques
- Line Drilling
- Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 14 Aggregate Production
- Introduction
- Particle Size Reduction: General Information
- Jaw Crushers
- Gyratory Crushers
- Roll Crushers
- Impact Crushers
- Special Aggregate Processing Units
- Feeders
- Surge Piles
- Crushing Equipment Selection
- Scalping Crushed Stone
- Screening Aggregate
- Belts
- Log Washers
- Segregation
- Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 15 Asphalt Mix Production and Placement
- Introduction
- Glossary of Asphalt Terms
- Structure of Asphalt Pavements
- Flexible Pavements
- Asphalt Concrete
- General Operation
- Batch Plants
- Drum Mix Plants
- Dust Collectors
- Asphalt Storage and Heating
- Reclaiming and Recycling
- Sweeper
- Asphalt Distributors
- Haul Trucks
- Asphalt Pavers
- Compaction Equipment
- Trimmers
- Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 16 Concrete and Concrete Equipment
- Introduction
- Fresh Concrete
- Batching Concrete Materials
- Concrete Mixing Techniques
- Ready-Mixed Concrete
- Central-Mixed Concrete
- Buckets
- Manual or Motor-Propelled Buggies
- Chutes and Drop Pipes
- Belt Conveyors
- Concrete Pumps
- Consolidating Concrete
- Finishing and Curing Concrete
- Slipform Paving
- Paving Production
- Placing Concrete in Cold Weather
- Placing Concrete in Hot Weather
- Pumping Concrete
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 17 Cranes
- Major Crane Types
- Lattice-Boom Crawler Cranes
- Telescopic-Boom Crawler Cranes
- Telescopic-Boom Truck Cranes
- Lattice-Boom Truck Cranes
- Rough-Terrain Cranes
- All-Terrain Cranes
- Other Mobile Crane Types
- Lifting Capacities of Mobile Cranes
- Rated Loads for Lattice?and Telescopic-Boom Cranes
- Working Ranges of Mobile Cranes
- Classification
- Operation
- Tower Crane Selection
- Rated Loads for Tower Cranes
- Rigging Basics
- Slings
- Crane Accidents
- Safety Plans and Programs
- Zones of Responsibility
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 18 Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment
- Introduction
- Glossary of Terms
- Classifications of Piles
- Timber Piles
- Concrete Piles
- Steel Piles
- Sheet Piles
- The Resistance of Piles to Penetration
- Site Investigation and Test Pile Program
- Documenting Pile-Driving Activities
- Pile-Driving Hammers
- Supporting and Positioning Piles during Driving
- Jetting Piles
- Spudding and Preaugering
- Hammer Selection
- Construction Issues
- Pile-Driving Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 19 Air Compressors and Pumps
- Support Equipment
- Introduction
- Glossary of Gas Law Terms
- Gas Laws
- Glossary of Air Compressor Terms
- Air Compressors
- Compressed-Air Distribution System
- Diversity Factor
- Safety
- Introduction
- Glossary of Pumping Terms
- Classification of Pumps
- Centrifugal Pumps
- Loss of Head due to Friction in Pipe
- Rubber Hose
- Selecting a Pump
- Wellpoint Systems
- Deep Wells
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 20 Machines for Building Construction
- Building Equipment Types
- Bottom-Slewing Tower Cranes
- Truck-Mounted Tower Cranes
- Loader Cranes
- Boom Trucks
- Truck Mixers
- Truck-Mounted Pumps
- Boom Lifts
- Scissor Lifts
- Mast Lifts
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Website Resources
- 21 Forming Systems
- Classification
- Formwork and the Project Engineer
- Formwork Design
- Formwork Economics
- Vertical Systems
- Horizontal Systems
- Combined Vertical and Horizontal Systems
- Shoring Towers
- Safety
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- 22 Virtual Design and Construction
- Technology in Construction
- Digitization of Construction
- Information Capture
- Machine Automation and Robotics
- Artificial Intelligence
- The Future of Technology in Construction
- Summary
- Problems
- Resources
- Index.