Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Tenth Edition: Edition 10
About this ebook
This thoroughly revised guide covers the fundamentals of construction equipment, machinery utilization, and production estimating. You will learn about construction economics, earthwork, and soil and rock properties. Rock blasting and drilling, pile driving, water pumping, and concrete and asphalt construction procedures are clearly explained. The book also contains technical depth for calculating machine production capability.
Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Tenth Edition lays out the latest technologies and shows how to apply those technologies to real-world construction projects—all with an emphasis on cutting-edge machine capabilities. Examples and illustrations showcase the latest equipment models, while chapter summaries and homework problems help reinforce salient points. Presented in a logical and concise format, this up-to-date edition features new chapters on trenches, trenchless technology, and virtual design.
- Provides a concise, student-friendly introduction to construction methods and planning
- Contains new problems, Excel answer sheets, and a refreshed solutions manual
- Written by team of construction management experts and experienced educators
About the author
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 Professor Emeritus of construction engineering and management in the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Aaron Cohen is currently Director, Estimating Products, with InEight, Inc.
