Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods

Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods

Robert. L. Peurifoy (1902-1995), after serving as principal specialist in engineering education for the U.S. Office of Education during World War II, began teaching construction engineering at Texas A&M University in 1946. In the years that followed, Peurifoy led the transformation of the study of construction engineering into an academic discipline. In 1984 the Peurifoy Construction Research Award was instituted by the American Society of Civil Engineers upon recommendation of the Construction Research Council. This award was instituted to hon Renewal Technical Coordinating Committee. Aviad Shapira is an Associate Professor of Construction Engineering and Management in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He joined with Dr. Schexnayder in 2004 to author the 7th edition of this book. Robert L. Schmitt is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville campus. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering (construction engineering and management) from the University of Wisconsin, a Master's in civil engineering from Purdue University, and a Bachelor's in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville

---

Robert L. Peurifoy was Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas in Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Machines Make it Possible
Chapter 2: Equipment Economics
Chapter 3: Planning for Earthwork Construction
Chapter 4: Soil and Rock
Chapter 5: Compaction and Stabilization Equipment
Chapter 6: Mobile Equipment Power Requirements
Chapter 7: Dozers
Chapter 8: Scrapers
Chapter 9: Excavators
Chapter 10: Trucks and Hauling Equipment
Chapter 11: Finishing Equipment
Chapter 12: Drilling Rock and Earth
Chapter 13: Blasting Rock
Chapter 14: Aggregate Production
Chapter 15: Asphalt Mix Production and Placement
Chapter 16: Concrete and Concrete Equipment
Chapter 17: Cranes
Chapter 18: Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment
Chapter 19: Air Compressors and Pumps
Chapter 20: Forming Systems
Chapter 21: Planning for Building Construction
Appendix A -- Alphabetical List of Units with Their SI Names and Conversion Factors
Appendix B -- Selected English-to-SI Conversion Factors
Appendix C -- Selected U.S. Customary (English) Unit Equivalents
Appendix D -- Selected Metric Unit Equivalents
Index