Means Heavy Construction Handbook
A Practical Guide to Estimating and Accounting Methods; Operations/Equipment Requirements; Hazardous Site Evaluat
RSMeans
1. Edition February 1993
448 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This working handbook provides invaluable assistance for estimating
and planning today's more complex urban and suburban heavy
construction rehabilitation projects. Means Heavy
Construction Handbook is designed to simplify the task by
providing relevant information and advice for the problem at
hand... whether it's selecting the right number of haulers for a
load and haul job, choosing the right method of compaction, or
projecting equipment repair and maintenance costs.
You'll find a tremendous range of expert advice on every
aspect of heavy construction work... including guidance for
using RSMeans cost data to prepare highly reliable
estimates.
FEATURES:
Special benefits of this unique Handbook:
* Explains the business aspects of buying vs. leasing,
maintaining, and accounting for equipment.
* Includes a major section on site evaluation and hazardous
wastes.
* Provides a comprehensive understanding of heavy construction
operations and equipment.
* Explains techniques for hazardous waste site assessment and
remediation.
* Provides guidance for analyzing and estimating heavy
construction on a unit price basis.
* Explains and illustrates the math of heavy construction with
formulas and sample calculations - solutions to a
variety of productivity and operational problems.
* Provides a substantial Appendix of productivity and other
reference data for estimating and project planning.
* Explains successful management and supervision approaches
- including guidance for those who oversee the
work.
Part I: Estimating, Accounting, and Contract
Documents.
Chapter 1: Equipment Accounting.
Chapter 2: Equipment Acquisition Decisions.
Chapter 3: Equipment Maintenance and Repair.
Chapter 4: Heavy Construction Estimating Overview.
Chapter 5: Heavy Construction Law and Contract Documents.
Chapter 6: Plan Reading and Quantity Takeoff: An Overview.
Part II: Bulk Excavation Operations.
Chapter 7: Common Excavation Formulas and Calculations.
Chapter 8: Preparing for Earthwork.
Chapter 9: Earthmoving Methods.
Chapter 10: Compaction Methods, Equipment and
Troubleshooting.
Chapter 11: Rockmoving Methods.
Chapter 12: Bunching.
Chapter 13: Mass Diagrams.
Part III: Other Heavy Construction Operations.
Chapter 14: Crushing and Aggregate Manufacture.
Chapter 15: Stabilization of Soils.
Chapter 16: Trenching and Pipes.
Chapter 17: Augered Casings, Jacked Pipe, and Tunnels.
Chapter 18: Concrete and Bituminous Paving, Pavement
Rehabilitation.
Chapter 19: Dewatering Cut-off Walls, and Cofferdams.
Chapter 20: Erecting Structural Steel.
Chapter 21: Placing of Vertical Concrete.
Chapter 22: Piles and Piledriving.
Part IV: Equipment.
Chapter 23: Power Fundamentals.
Chapter 24: Tractors, Dozing, and Ripping.
Chapter 25: Scrapers.
Chapter 26: Motor Graders.
Chapter 27: Power Shovels and Off-Road Haulers.
Chapter 28: Front-End Loaders.
Chapter 29: Backhoes, Draglines, Gradalls, and Trenchers.
Chapter 30: Air Compressors.
Chapter 31: Rock Drilling Equipment.
Chapter 32: Crushers and Conveyors.
Chapter 33: Concrete Conveyors and Pumps.
Chapter 34: Water Pumps.
Part V: Hazardous Waste: Site Assessment and
Remediation.
Chapter 35: Hazardous Wastes: Site Assessment and Remediation
Methods.
Part VI: How To Use Means Heavy Construction Cost
Data.
Chapter 36: How to Use Means Cost Data.
Appendix.
Glossary of Terms.
Richard C. Ringwald, PE, brought 30 years' experience as a heavy
construction/highway contractor and engineer to this publication.
He was an American Institute of Constructors board member, an
arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, and taught
heavy construction at Iowa State University in the Department of
Civil and Construction Engineering. Mr. Ringwald received numerous
awards, including Outstanding Educator from the AGC and Outstanding
Professor from the ISU Engineering Council.
Francis J. Hopcroft, PE, is a noted expert on hazardous waste
management and disposal, a consultant to numerous firms and
government agencies, and a professor of Environmental Engineering
at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.
For over 60 years, RSMeans has been the leading publisher of
construction cost data and reference books. The company services
over 250,000 construction professionals throughout North America.
Clients include contractors, architects, engineers, facility
managers, developers, appraisers, educators, and municipal and
government agencies. Means also provides electronic data,
consulting services, and seminars.
