Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods

Fully updated coverage of construction planning techniques and equipment technology

Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, Ninth Edition, follows in the footsteps of previous editions by laying out the fundamentals of machine utilization and production estimating in a logical, simple, and concise format. The book discusses the latest technologies and capabilities and offers real-world applications. Examples and illustrations showcase the latest equipment models and end-of-chapter summaries and homework problems reinforce salient points. You will explore construction economics, earthwork, and soil and rock properties. Safety procedures and financial considerations are thoroughly explained in this comprehensive guide.

Coverage includes:

•The history of construction equipment

•Safety

•Planning equipment utilization

•Equipment economics

•Operating costs

•Rent and lease considerations

•Planning for earthwork construction

•Soil and rock

•Compaction specifications

•Seismic and deflection testing

•Soil processing

•Current models of dozers, excavators, scrapers, and cranes

•And much more

Robert L. Peurifoy was Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas-Austin. He authored many books and pioneered the study of construction engineering as an academic discipline.

Clifford J. Schexnayder is an Eminent Scholar Emeritus at the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. He is a founder of ASCE’s Construction Institute and a former chairman of the Transportation Research Board’s Construction Section.

Robert L. Schmitt is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Aviad Shapira is a Professor of Construction Engineering and Management in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.