Construction equipment management for engineers, estimators, and owners /
[Book]
Douglas D. Gransberg, Calin M. Popescu, Richard C. Ryan
Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Taylor & Francis,
2006
552 p. :
ill. ;
27 cm
Civil and environmental engineering ;
21
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 -- Appendix A : Corp of Engineers construction equipment ownership and operating expense schedule -- Appendix B : Heavy equipment product guides