Construction planning, equipment, and methods / Robert L. Peurifoy, Clifford J. Schexnayder, Aviad Shapira, Robert L. Schmitt

Includes index.

Table of Contents. - Ch. 1 Machines make it possible. - Ch. 2 Equipment economics. - Ch. 3 Planning for earthwork construction. - Ch. 4 Soil and rock. - Ch. 5 Compaction and stabilization equipment. - Ch. 6 Mobile equipment power requirements. - Ch. 7 Dozers. - Ch. 8 Scrapers. - Ch. 9 Excavators. - Ch. 10 Trucks and hauling equipment. - Ch. 11 Finishing equipment. - Ch. 12 Drilling rock and earth. - Ch. 13 Blasting rock. - Ch. 14 Aggregate production. - Ch. 15 Asphalt mix production and placement. - Ch. 16 Concrete and concrete equipment. - Ch. 17 Cranes. - Ch. 18 Piles and pile-driving equipment. - Ch. 19 Air compressors and pumps. - Ch. 20 Planning for building construction. - Ch. 21 Forming systems.