Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners
Item #: 290-0373-06
ISBN: 0849340373
ISBN13: 978-0-8493-4037-6
Author: Douglas Gransberg, Calin Popescu, Richard Ryan Publisher: CRC Press Format: Hardcover
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Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners contains all of the hands-on, how-to information that you can put to immediate use, and is an invaluable reference for a wide range of organizations and individuals within the engineering, architecture, and construction industry.
Containing comprehensive information on a wide range of topics, this text covers operating cost, estimating equipment ownership, and how to determine economic life and replacement policy, as well as how to schedule an equipment-intensive, production-driven project that achieves target production rates while also meeting target equipment-related unit costs and profits. With practical and analytical information culled from the authors' combined experience of 70 years working on projects around the globe, the text defines the evolution of construction equipment, setting the stage for up-to-date, specific information on the state-of-the-art in the field. 568 pages.
Presents detailed examples of the types of calculations made, allowing you to determine an optimum equipment utilization plan for any project
Contains research on how to optimize equipment fleet size and composition
Discusses estimating equipment ownership and operating costs and determining economic life and replacement policy
Includes a matrix for the selection of equipment and identifies common pitfalls of project equipment selection and how to avoid them
Demonstrates how to maximize profit by determining the optimum equipment mix and estimating productivity
Shows how to convert a linear schedule into a precedence diagram for use in a project that has a mandated scheduling methodology
Shows users how to develop an OSHA job safety analysis for an equipment-intensive project
Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners - Table of Contents:
THE EVOLUTION OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Introduction
The Role of Heavy Construction Equipment
Tools to Machines
Development of Earthmoving, Excavating, and Lifting Machines
Heavy Construction Equipment Today
The Future of Heavy Construction Equipment
COST OF OWNING AND OPERATING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Introduction
Ownership cost
Total ownership cost
Cost of operating construction equipment
Methods of Calculating Ownership and Operating Cost
Summary
EQUIPMENT LIFE AND REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES
Introduction
Equipment Life
Replacement Analysis
Replacement Equipment Selection
Summary
EARTHMOVING, EXCAVATING, AND LIFTING EQUIPMENT SELECTION
Introduction
Basic Considerations For Equipment Selection
Earthmoving and Excavating Considerations
Earthmoving Equipment Selection
Excavating Equipment Selection
Lifting Considerations
Lifting Equipment Selection
ADVANCED METHODS IN ESTIMATING AND OPTIMIZING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY
Introduction
Background
Peurifoy'S Method of Optimizing Productivity
Phelps' Method
Optimizing The Hauling System Based On Loading Facility
Characteristics
Comments On Optimizing Equipment Fleets
STOCHASTIC METHODS FOR ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITY
Introduction
Background
Developing Mathematical Models
Simulations
Expected Production
Validating Simulation Models
SCHEDULING EQUIPMENT-INTENSIVE HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners
