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Summary
Summary
Based on the authors' combined experience of seventy years working on projects around the globe, Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners contains hands-on, how-to information that you can put to immediate use. Taking an approach that combines analytical and practical results, this is a valuable reference for a wide range of individuals and organizations within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.
The authors delineate the evolution of construction equipment, setting the stage for specific, up-to-date information on the state-of-the-art in the field. They cover estimating equipment ownership, operating cost, and how to determine economic life and replacement policy as well as how to schedule a production-driven, equipment-intensive project that achieves target production rates and meets target equipment-related unit costs and profits. The book includes a matrix for the selection of equipment and identifies common pitfalls of project equipment selection and how to avoid them. It describes how to develop an OSHA job safety analysis for an equipment-intensive project, making this sometimes onerous but always essential task easier.
The authors' diverse and broad experience makes this a book that ranges from the rigorous mathematical analysis of equipment operations to the pragmatic discussion of the equipment maintenance programs needed to guarantee that the production predicted in a cost estimate occurs.
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 |
| Introduction |
| Background |
| Precedence Diagramming Method |
| Linear Scheduling Method |
| Developing Equipment Resource Packages (Crews) |
| Establishing Project Management Assessment Parameters |
| Summary |
| Scheduling Lifting Equipment For Vertical Construction |
| Introduction |
| Lifting and Vertical Construction |
| Lifting Productivity |
| Scheduling Lifting For High-Rise Work |
| Concrete-Placing Cranes |
| Tower Crane Erection and Dismantle |
| The Buy, Lease, Or Rent Decision |
| Introduction |
| Acquiring Heavy Equipment |
| Financing Methods |
| Equipment Financing Comparison |
| Rental and Lease Contract Considerations |
| The Buy, Lease, Or Rent Decision |
| Construction Equipment Maintenance |
| Introduction |
| Need For A Maintenance Program |
| Designing The Maintenance Program |
| Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Management |
| Maintenance Performance Control |
| Preventive Maintenance Programs |
| Field Maintenance |
| Construction Equipment Site Safety |
| Introduction |
| Safety Is A Profit Center |
| The Job Safety Plan |
| Heavy Construction Equipment Site Safety Considerations |
| A Job Safety Analysis For Earthmoving |
| Lifting Safety |
| Osha Accident Reporting and Record Keeping |
| Safety Requirements For Construction Equipment |
| Construction Equipment Security |
| Introduction |
| Security Issues |
| Theft and Vandalism |
| Security Programs |
| Insurance |
| Summary |
| Inventory Procedures And Practices |
| Introduction |
| Objectives of Inventory Control |
| Equipment and Parts Identification |
| Inventory Record Keeping and Management Systems |
| Equipment Location and Utilization |
| Summary |
| Appendix |
