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Klappentext Providing how-to information on equipment management! Construction Equipment Management for Engineers! Estimators! and Owners examines the estimation of equipment ownership and operating costs and the determination of economic life and replacement policy. Showing how to avoid common mistakes during project equipment selection! it explains how to maximize the profit of an equipment-intensive construction project by choosing the optimum mix of equipment and estimating equipment productivity. It demonstrates the types of calculations that allow both public and private equipment-owning organizations to determine an optimum equipment utilization plan for any project. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis THE EVOLUTION OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTIntroductionThe Role of Heavy Construction EquipmentTools to MachinesDevelopment of Earthmoving! Excavating! and Lifting MachinesHeavy Construction Equipment TodayThe Future of Heavy Construction EquipmentCOST OF OWNING AND OPERATING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTIntroductionOwnership costTotal ownership costCost of operating construction equipmentMethods of Calculating Ownership and Operating CostSummaryEQUIPMENT LIFE AND REPLACEMENT PROCEDURESIntroductionEquipment LifeReplacement AnalysisReplacement Equipment SelectionSummaryEARTHMOVING! EXCAVATING! AND LIFTING EQUIPMENT SELECTIONIntroductionBasic Considerations For Equipment SelectionEarthmoving and Excavating ConsiderationsEarthmoving Equipment SelectionExcavating Equipment SelectionLifting ConsiderationsLifting Equipment SelectionADVANCED METHODS IN ESTIMATING AND OPTIMIZING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITYIntroductionBackgroundPeurifoy'S Method of Optimizing ProductivityPhelps' MethodOptimizing The Hauling System Based On Loading FacilityCharacteristicsComments On Optimizing Equipment FleetsSTOCHASTIC METHODS FOR ESTIMATING PRODUCTIVITYIntroductionBackgroundDeveloping Mathematical ModelsSimulationsExpected ProductionValidating Simulation ModelsSCHEDULING EQUIPMENT-INTENSIVE HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTSIntroductionBackgroundPrecedence Diagramming MethodLinear Scheduling MethodDeveloping Equipment Resource Packages (Crews)Establishing Project Management Assessment ParametersSummarySCHEDULING LIFTING EQUIPMENT FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTIONIntroductionLifting and Vertical ConstructionLifting ProductivityScheduling Lifting For High-Rise WorkConcrete-Placing CranesTower Crane Erection and DismantleTHE BUY! LEASE! OR RENT DECISIONIntroduc...
