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Means Heavy Construction Handbook A Practical Guide to Estimating and Accounting Methods; Operations/Equipment Requirements; Hazardous Site Evaluat

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ISBN-10: 087629283X

ISBN-13: 9780876292839

Edition: 1993

Authors: Richard C. Ringwald, Francis J. Hopcroft

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List price: $120.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: R. S. Means Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/23/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 0.39" wide x 0.39" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 2.178
Language: English

Boston, MA; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Wentworth Institute of Technology

Introduction
Estimating, Accounting, and Contract Documents
Equipment Accounting
Equipment Acquisition Decisions
Equipment Maintenance and Repair
Heavy Construction Estimating Overview
Heavy Construction Law and Contract Documents
Plan Reading and Quantity Takeoff: An Overview
Bulk Excavation Operations
Common Excavation Formulas and Calculations
Preparing for Earthwork
Earthmoving Methods
Compaction Methods, Equipment and Troubleshooting
Rockmoving Methods
Bunching
Mass Diagrams
Other Heavy Construction Operations
Crushing and Aggregate Manufacture
Stabilization of Soils
Trenching and Pipes
Augered Casings, Jacked Pipe, and Tunnels
Concrete and Bituminous Paving, Pavement Rehabilitation
Dewatering Cut-off Walls, and Cofferdams
Erecting Structural Steel
Placing of Vertical Concrete
Piles and Piledriving
Equipment
Power Fundamentals
Tractors, Dozing, and Ripping
Scrapers
Motor Graders
Power Shovels and Off-Road Haulers
Front-End Loaders
Backhoes, Draglines, Gradalls, and Trenchers
Air Compressors
Rock Drilling Equipment
Crushers and Conveyors
Concrete Conveyors and Pumps
Water Pumps
Hazardous Waste: Site Assessment and Remediation
Hazardous Wastes: Site Assessment and Remediation Methods
How To Use Means Heavy Construction Cost Data
How to Use Means Cost Data
Appendix
Glossary of Terms