Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods / Robert Peurifoy and Cliff J. Schexnayder

Includes index.

Preface xiii -- List of abbreviations and symbols xv -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Planning for earthwork construction 20 -- Chapter 3 -- Equipment cost 44 -- Chapter 4 -- Geotechnical materials, compaction, and stabilization 76 -- Chapter 5 -- Machine power 126 -- Chapter 6 -- Dozers 152 -- Chapter 7 -- Scrapers 203 -- Chapter 8 -- Excavators 229 -- Chapter 9 -- Finishing equipment 270 -- Chapter 10 -- Trucks and hauling equipment 283 -- Chapter 11 -- Compressed air 305 -- Chapter 12 -- Drilling rock and earth 333 -- Chapter 13 -- Blasting rock 372 -- Chapter 14 -- Aggregate production 402 -- Chapter 15 -- Asphalt mix production and placement 440 -- Chapter 16 -- Concrete equipment 479 -- Chapter 17 -- Cranes 509 -- Chapter 18 -- Draglines and clamshells 546 -- Chapter 19 -- Piles and pile-driving equipment 567 -- Chapter 20 -- Equipment for pumping water 622 -- Appendix A Alphabetical list of units with their SI names and conversion factors 653 -- Appendix B Selected english-to-SI conversion factors 655 -- Appendix C Selected U.S. Customary (English) Unit equivalents 656 -- Appendix D Selected metric unit equivalents 657 -- Index 659

This sixth edition follows in the tradition of the first five by the providing the reader with fundamentals of machine selection and production estimating in a logical, simple, and concise format. With a grounding in these fundamentals, the constructor is prepared to evaluate those reams of computer-generated data and to develop programs that speed the decision process or that allow easy analysis of multiple options.