DIGGING FOR DOLLARS: THE ECONOMICS OF EARTHMOVING POINT TO EXTRA SAVINGS LYING JUST BELOW THE SURFACE

The views are expressed and projects are described by 4 major U.S. contractors in different regions of the country facing 4 distinct earthmoving challenges. They reveal the problem-to-solution approach that has saved time and money on a number of vital construction ventures. Careful equipment selection and equipment operators were considered most important in a project in which 10,000 yd. of unstable peat forced substitution of dragline and trucks for more conventional equipment in an 840-acre housing development site. A second contractor cut more than 20 percent from overall costs on a 2.2-million-yd site by substituting a belt loader for scrapers on portions of the task. A San Francisco contractor links economy with the terrain and the rubber used in hauling. Job site layout, even before sumbitting a bid, is the key to economic and efficient earthmoving is the opinion of a Birmingham contractor.

• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

  330 West 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Authors:
  • Fisher, S
  • Brown, D
  • Parkinson, G
  • Drossel, M R
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 40-47
• Serial:
  • Construction Methods and Equipment
  • Volume: 58
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction equipment; Contractors; Costs; Draglines; Earthwork; Economics; Freight handling; Loaders; Location; Operators (Persons); Peat; Rubber; Savings; Terrain; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites; Hauling; Operator; Selecting
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141066
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM