CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT GUIDE

This guide describes the equipment used for various construction operations and conditions of use. Chapter 1 deals with the selection of the machines based on their use and output. Chapter 2 is devoted to costs and control. Chapter 3 examines the basic equipment, while the following chapters describe specialized equipment: compressors and pumps, earth moving equipment, machines for drilling trenches, tunnels and for dredging, excavators and cranes, for foundation and erection work, for handling and producing aggregates, for manufacturing and laying concrete. /TRRL/

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  Wiley Intescience

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• Authors:
  • Day, D A
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 563 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Wiley-Interscience
  • Publisher: Wiley Intescience
  • ISSN: 0471-199850

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Concrete; Construction equipment; Costs; Dredging; Drilling; Earthwork; Economic efficiency; Equipment; Excavation; Excavations; Foundations; Freight handling; Installation; Lifting equipment; Machinery; Manuals; Manufactures; Pits; Pumps; Textbooks; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Laying; Use
• Old TRIS Terms: Haulage; Heavy equipment
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 3686: Compaction; 4755: Concrete; 224: Cost; 3871: Drilling; 3653: Earthworks; 3674: Equipment; 3377: Foundation; 3840: Installation; 3647: Manufacture; 5149: Mechanical handling; 3665: Road construction; 8526: Textbook; 3374: Tunnel; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133824
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Central Laboratory of Bridges & Highways, France
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM