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Construction and Civil Engineering

Modern Construction and Ground Engineering Equipment and Methods

A reference for students and practitioners of civil engineering, construction, and building, presenting the principles for deciding on methods of construction, devising temporary works, and selecting appropriate equipment. The text is augmented by diagrams, tables, and performance data, which together with worked examples, help readers to prepare cost plans and estimates of work.

Excavation and Grading Handbook

by Nick Capachi. This is a book written for apprentice operating engineers. As such, it teaches the basics of road survey, grading, compaction, pipe laying, stakeout, drainage. It goes into detail on how to read survey stakes, mark and read witness lath, calculate differences in height, read and use a hand level, stake slopes, layout a subdivison, find the bottom elevation of pipelines, proper compaction of road base, and just about anything else a road worker could think of.

Estimating Excavation

by Deryl Burch.
It seems hard to believe but after reading this book it all makes sense. Why estimate in detail rather than a lump sum? This book takes you step-by-step through estimating. It start from the site visit, to the calculations, and to your final presentation of the bid. This book shows you how to calculate irregular areas and regular areas. Balancing spoil and borrow. Estimating for trenching utilities. I recommend this to all contractors.

Moving the Earth : The Workbook of Excavation

by Herbert L. Nichols, David A. Day, David H. Day.
New edition of a text on the excavation industry that introduces a new co-author and is updated to reflect methods used according to current requirements and regulations. The first 11 chapters discuss the work itself and the basic ways to do it, the machines and operation techniques, the problems that arise, the application of different types of equipment, and costs and management. The next 10 chapters focus on the machines themselves and operating techniques.