- Hardcover: 1232 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 6 edition (1 Aug 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 007150267X
- ISBN-13: 978-0071502672
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19 x 4.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 517,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The definitive guide to earthmoving and machines--fully updated
"The most comprehensive source of basic excavation information available." -- Construction Methods & Equipment
"The down-in-the-dirt standard work for the excavation industry." -- Military Engineer
Completely revised throughout for the latest methods, equipment, and regulations, Moving the Earth, Sixth Edition is the industry-standard source of practical expertise for the excavation and construction industries. This all-inclusive workbook covers every aspect of site preparation and management, and details every machine and vehicle needed to perform each task.
The Sixth Edition includes new information on international developments in earthwork construction, updated OSHA excavation safety standards, and both SI and U.S. customary units. Detailed and comprehensive, this practical, on-the-job guide is as indispensable as your hard hat.
THE WORK:
- Land clearing and controls
- Surveys and measurements
- Rock, soil, and mud
- Basements
- Ditching and dewatering
- Ponds and earth dams
- Landscaping and agricultural grading
- Roadways
- Blasting and tunneling
- Pit operation
- Costs and management
THE MACHINES:
- Basic information
- Revolving shovels and excavators
- Conveyor machinery
- Tractors and bulldozers
- Front-end loaders
- Scrapers and trucks
- Grading and compacting machinery
- Compressors and drills
- Auxiliary equipment
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
A must for anyone in excavation!
27 Oct 1999
Format:Hardcover
Moving the Earth starts with descriptive details on land clearing, surveying, properties of rock, soil, mud, different methods to digging basements, ditching and dewatering, lanscaping, roads, blasting, tunneling, and pit operations. Each method goes into great detail on how the work is performed and how the work is recommended to be done. Chapter 11 goes through the costs and management of excavation. The last half of the book goes through all of the machines used in excavation today.
I recommend this book to anyone involved in excavation.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excellent basic reference
6 Sep 2004
Format:Hardcover
I ordered the latest edition of this book for my husband, who had spent hours studying the previous one. Whether you're operating a dozer or an excavator, or even a Bobcat; transplanting trees, landscaping, making stock ponds or building roads... this is a valuable reference.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A excellent resource for a construction manager
12 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
Although this book is intended and best suited for those working full time in excavation, it is also a useful reference for the construction manager/general contractor.
The treatment of excavation methods seen from the viewpoint of those actually doing the work provided additional information and insight for those managing the whole project. The explantions were both detailed and practical, and the pictures and diagrams were helpful. Although the later sections on equipment problably will not be useful to me, I could not help reading them.
A valuable addition to my reference library.
Choosing Project Success - A Guide for Building Professionals
The treatment of excavation methods seen from the viewpoint of those actually doing the work provided additional information and insight for those managing the whole project. The explantions were both detailed and practical, and the pictures and diagrams were helpful. Although the later sections on equipment problably will not be useful to me, I could not help reading them.
A valuable addition to my reference library.
Choosing Project Success - A Guide for Building Professionals
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