Table of contents
Chapter 1: Machines Make it Possible
Chapter 2: Equipment Economics
Chapter 3: Planning for Earthwork Construction
Chapter 4: Soil and Rock
Chapter 5: Compaction and Stabilization Equipment
Chapter 6: Mobile Equipment Power Requirements
Chapter 7: Dozers
Chapter 8: Scrapers
Chapter 9: Excavators
Chapter 10: Trucks and Hauling Equipment
Chapter 11: Finishing Equipment
Chapter 12: Drilling Rock and Earth
Chapter 13: Blasting Rock
Chapter 14: Aggregate Production
Chapter 15: Asphalt Mix Production and Placement
Chapter 16: Concrete and Concrete Equipment
Chapter 17: Cranes
Chapter 18: Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment
Chapter 19: Air Compressors and Pumps
Chapter 20: Forming Systems
Chapter 21: Planning for Building Construction
Appendix A – Alphabetical List of Units with Their SI Names and Conversion Factors
Appendix B – Selected English-to-SI Conversion Factors
Appendix C – Selected U.S. Customary (English) Unit Equivalents
Appendix D – Selected Metric Unit Equivalents
Index