Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners

Name: Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners
Price: 197.76 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780849340376

ISBN-10: 0849340373

ISBN-13: 9780849340376

Edition: 2006

Authors: Douglas Gransberg, Calin M. Popescu, Richard Ryan

List price: $146.95

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Providing how-to information on equipment management, Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Construction Managers examines the estimation of equipment ownership and operating costs and the determination of economic life and replacement policy. Showing how to avoid common mistakes during project equipment selection, it explains how to maximize the profit of an equipment-intensive construction project by choosing the optimum mix of equipment and estimating equipment productivity. It demonstrates the types of calculations that allow both public and private equipment-owning organizations to determine an optimum equipment utilization plan for any project.

Book details

List price: $146.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 6/13/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 568
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.904
Language: English




Evolution of heavy construction equipment



Cost of owning and operating construction equipment



Equipment life and replacement procedures



Earthmoving, excavating, and lifting equipment selection



Advanced methods in estimating and optimizing construction equipment system productivity



Stochastic methods for estimating productivity



Scheduling equipment-intensive horizontal construction projects



Scheduling lifting equipment for vertical construction



The buy, lease, or rent decision



Construction equipment maintenance



Construction equipment site safety



Construction equipment security



Inventory procedures and practices



Corp of engineers construction equipment ownership and operating expense schedule



Heavy equipment product guides