Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Ninth Edition /
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2018].
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Machines Make It Possible
- A New Construction Environment
- The History of Construction Equipment
- The Construction Industry
- Safety
- The Contracting Environment
- Planning Equipment Utilization
- Chapter 2 Equipment Economics
- 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
- Chapter 3 Planning for Earthwork Construction
- Planning
- Graphical Presentation of Earthwork
- Earthwork Quantities
- Mass Diagram
- Using the Mass Diagram
- Structural Excavation
- Pricing Earthwork Operations
- Chapter 4 Soil and Rock
- Introduction
- Glossary of Terms
- Soil and Rock Properties
- Compaction Specification and Control
- Compaction Tests
- Soil Processing
- Chapter 5 Compaction and Stabilization Equipment
- Compaction of Soil and Rock
- 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
- Chapter 6 Mobile Equipment Power Requirements
- General Information
- Required Power
- Available Power
- Usable Power
- Performance Charts
- Chapter 7 Dozers and Graders
- Introduction
- Pushing Material
- General Information
- Project Employment
- Dozer Production Estimating
- Dozer Safety
- Ripping Rock
- Rippers
- Ripper Attachments
- Ripping Production Estimates
- Graders
- General Information
- Grader Operations
- Time Estimates
- Fine Grading Production
- Grader GPS Control
- Grader Safety
- Chapter 8 Scrapers
- General Information
- Scraper Types
- Scraper Operation
- Scraper Performance Charts
- Scraper Production Cycle
- Scraper Production Estimating Format
- Operational Considerations
- Scraper Safety
- Chapter 9 Excavators
- Hydraulic Excavators
- Front Shovels
- General Information
- Hoes
- General Information
- Loaders
- General Information
- Draglines and Clamshells
- General Information: Draglines and Clamshells
- Draglines
- Clamshell Excavators
- Ancillary Excavators
- Backhoe-Loaders
- Trench Safety
- Gradalls
- General Information
- Safety
- Chapter 10 Trucks and Hauling Equipment
- Trucks
- Rigid-Frame Rear-Dump Trucks
- Articulated Rear-Dump Trucks
- Tractors with Bottom-Dump or Side-Dump Trailers
- Capacities of Trucks and Hauling Equipment
- Truck Size Affects Productivity
- Calculating Truck Productivity
- Production Issues
- Tires
- Truck Performance Calculations
- Truck Safety
- Chapter 11 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
- Trenchless Technology
- Drilling Design and Guidance Systems
- Safety
- Chapter 12 Blasting Rock
- Blasting
- Glossary of Blasting Terms
- Commercial Explosives
- ANFO
- Primers and Boosters
- Initiating Systems
- Rock Fragmentation
- Blast Design
- Powder Factor
- Trench Rock
- Breakage Control Techniques
- Vibration
- Safety
- Chapter 13 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
- Separation into Particle Size Ranges
- Scalping Crushed Stone
- Screening Aggregate
- Other Aggregate Processing Issues
- Belts
- Log Washers
- Segregation
- Safety
- Chapter 14 Asphalt Mix Production and Placement
- Introduction
- Glossary of Asphalt Terms
- Structure of Asphalt Pavements
- Flexible Pavements
- Asphalt Concrete
- Asphalt Plants
- General Operation
- Batch Plants
- Drum Mix Plants
- Dust Collectors
- Asphalt Storage and Heating
- Reclaiming and Recycling
- Paving Equipment
- Sweeper
- Asphalt Distributors
- Haul Trucks
- Asphalt Pavers
- Compaction Equipment
- Safety
- Trimmers
- Chapter 15 Concrete and Concrete Equipment
- Introduction
- Concrete
- Fresh Concrete
- Batching Concrete Materials
- Mixing Concrete
- Concrete Mixing Techniques
- Ready-Mixed Concrete
- Central-Mixed Concrete
- Placing Concrete
- Buckets
- Manual or Motor-Propelled Buggies
- Chutes and Drop Pipes
- Belt Conveyors
- Concrete Pumps
- Consolidating and Finishing
- Consolidating Concrete
- Finishing and Curing Concrete
- Concrete Pavements
- Slipform Paving
- Paving Production
- Additional Applications and Considerations
- Placing Concrete in Cold Weather
- Placing Concrete in Hot Weather
- Safety
- Pumping Concrete
- Chapter 16 Cranes
- Major Crane Types
- Mobile Cranes
- Lattice-Boom Crawler Cranes
- Telescoping-Boom Truck Cranes
- Lattice-Boom Truck Cranes
- Rough-Terrain Cranes
- All-Terrain Cranes
- Other Mobile Crane Types
- Lifting Capacities of Cranes
- Rated Loads for Lattice- and Telescoping-Boom Cranes
- Working Ranges of Cranes
- Tower Cranes
- Classification
- Operation
- Tower Crane Selection
- Rated Loads for Tower Cranes
- Rigging
- Rigging Basics
- Slings
- Safety
- Crane Accidents
- Safety Plans and Programs
- Zones of Responsibility
- Chapter 17 Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment
- Introduction
- Glossary of Terms
- Pile Types
- Classifications of Piles
- Timber Piles
- Concrete Piles
- Steel Piles
- Sheet Piles
- Driving Piles
- The Resistance of Piles to Penetration
- Site Investigation and Test Pile Program
- Pile Hammers
- Supporting and Positioning Piles During Driving
- Jetting Piles
- Spudding and Preaugering
- Hammer Selection
- Pile-Driving Safety
- Chapter 18 Air Compressors and Pumps
- Support Equipment
- Compressed Air
- Introduction
- Glossary of Gas Law Terms
- Gas Laws
- Glossary of Air Compressor Terms
- Air Compressors
- Compressed-Air Distribution System
- Diversity Factor
- Safety
- Equipment for Pumping Water
- 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
- Chapter 19 Planning for Building Construction
- Introduction
- Site Layout
- Delivery of Structural Components
- Steel Erection
- Tilt-Up Construction
- Lifting and Support Equipment
- Cranes
- Aerial Lift Platforms
- Integrated Tool Carriers
- Telescopic Handlers/Forklifts
- Generators
- Portable Light Towers
- Portable Welding Equipment
- Control of Construction Nuisances
- Construction Noise
- Noise Mitigation
- Lighting
- Dust
- Vibration
- Chapter 20 Forming Systems
- Classification
- Formwork and The Project Engineer
- Formwork Design
- Formwork Economics
- Vertical Systems
- Horizontal Systems
- Combined Vertical and Horizontal Systems
- Shoring Towers
- Safety
- Appendix A Alphabetical List of Units with Their SI Names and Conversion Factors
- Appendix B Selected English-to-SI Conversion Factors
- Appendix C Selected U.S. Customary (English) Unit Equivalents
- Appendix D Selected Metric Unit Equivalents
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.