construction planning equipment and methods tenth edition

Construction planning techniques, technology, and applications―fully updated for the latest advances

This thoroughly revised guide covers the fundamentals of construction equipment, machinery utilization, and production estimating. You will learn about construction economics, earthwork, and soil and rock properties. Rock blasting and drilling, pile driving, water pumping, and concrete and asphalt construction procedures are clearly explained. The book also contains technical depth for calculating machine production capability.

Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Tenth Edition lays out the latest technologies and shows how to apply those technologies to real-world construction projects―all with an emphasis on cutting-edge machine capabilities. Examples and illustrations showcase the latest equipment models, while chapter summaries and homework problems help reinforce salient points. Presented in a logical and concise format, this up-to-date edition features new chapters on trenches, trenchless technology, and virtual design.

• Provides a concise, student-friendly introduction to construction methods and planning
• Contains new problems, Excel answer sheets, and a refreshed solutions manual
• Written by team of construction management experts and experienced educators

The late Robert L. Peurifoy was Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. He authored many books and pioneered the study of construction engineering as an academic discipline.

Clifford J. Schexnayder is an Eminent Scholar Emeritus at the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University. He is a founder of ASCE’s Construction Institute and a former chairman of the Transportation Research Board’s Construction Section.

Robert L. Schmitt is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Aviad Shapira is Professor Emeritus of construction engineering and management in the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Aaron Cohen is currently Director, Estimating Products, with InEight, Inc.

Dr. Robert L. Schmitt is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville Campus. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Dr. Schmitt has a combined 20 years of construction industry practice, research, and teaching experience. He has managed field-based research projects ranging from determining materials testing and inspection levels on highway construction projects, to improving productivity of field construction operations. He has taught a range of construction engineering courses for 10 years, including project management, costs & estimates, construction equipment, design of construction operations, engineering economic analysis, and senior-level capstone design. Dr. Schmitt is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, and educational member of Associated General Contractors of America. He has been a registered professional engineer for 15 years.

Cliff Schexnayder (Tempe, AZ) Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Del Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University.

Aviad Shapira (Haifa, Israel) Associate Professor at Technion–Israel Institute of Technology.