Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners

Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners, Second Edition, is a textbook for university courses in construction engineering and management. It has been extensively rewritten to bring it up to date with the state of current practice and to serve as a textbook for university courses. It covers the latest construction equipment technologies, such as automated machine guidance systems, intelligent compaction operations, and equipment-related civil integrated management tools. It also provides information on how to reduce an equipment fleets environmental impact, estimating equipment ownership, operating costs, economic life, and optimal replacement timing. It demonstrates how to maximize profit by determining the optimum equipment mix and estimating productivity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 332 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners, Second Edition, has undergone a comprehensive rewrite to not only keep it aligned with the latest practices but also serve as a textbook for university courses in construction engineering and management. The authors have enhanced the previous editions practical, hands-on approach and incorporated material on the future of construction equipment fleet management, which they believe will require a new technology-based skillset to optimize the cost-effectiveness of construction equipment operations. Consequently, the book covers the latest construction equipment technologies.

Key Features:

Examines emerging technologies in the field, such as automated machine guidance systems, intelligent compaction operations, and equipment-related civil integrated management tools.

Provides insights on reducing an equipment fleet's environmental impact, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions through enhanced equipment management and optimization practices.

Discusses estimating equipment ownership, operating costs, economic life, and optimal replacement timing.

Demonstrates how to maximize profit by determining the optimum equipment mix and estimating productivity.

Illustrates the use of production-based linear scheduling and stochastic simulations to maximize project cost and schedule certainty.

This new edition will serve as an essential textbook for students and a valuable reference for a wide range of professionals within the construction, architecture, and engineering industries.

Weight: 658g
Dimension: 179 x 255 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367488840
Edition number: 2 New edition