Peurifoy, Robert L. <br/><br/>
Construction planning, equipment, and methods / 
R. L. Peurifoy, William Burl Ledbetter, and C. Schexnayder 
 - Fifth edition. 
 - London, United Kingdom :  McGraw Hill Education,  c1996 
 - xvi, 688 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The planning process for equipment and methods; equipment cost; engineering fundamentals of moving earth; tractors and related equipment; scrapers; excavating equipment; cranes; trucks and wagons; compaction and soil stabilization; belt conveyors; compressed air; drilling rock and earth; blasting rock; pile and pile driving equipment; pumping equipment; production of crushed stone; concrete; asphalt. Appendices: Interest tables; SI units. 
<br/><br/> A guide to construction planning, equipment and methods. The text covers topics such as: equipment cost; tractors and related equipment; compaction and soil stabilization; compressed air; blasting rock; pumping equipment; concrete; and asphalt. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>70498369 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TH 145 .P48 1996