TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peurifoy, Robert L.
AU  - Schmitt, Robert L
AU  - Schexnayder, Clifford J.
AU  - Shapira, Aviad
TI  - Construction planning, equipment, and methods
SN  - 9780071289511
AV  - TH 145 .C66 2011 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - BUILDING
N1  - Includes index; 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
N2  - Robert L Peurifoy (1902-1995), after serving as principal specialist in engineering education for the US Office of Education during World War II, began teaching construction engineering at Texas A&M University in 1946. In the years that followed, Peurifoy led the transformation of the study of construction engineering into an academic discipline
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