Construction Equipment
Construction Equipment
Construction Equipment
Unit 5
21 CE 204 T
Unit 5 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT --- SYLLAB
Selection of equipment for earth work
Earth moving operations
Types of earthwork equipment
tractors, motor graders, scrapers, front end waders, earth movers
Equipment for foundation and pile driving
Equipment for compaction, batching, mixing and concreting
Equipment for material handling and erection of structures
types of cranes
Equipment for dredging, trenching, tunneling
Book Referred
Construction Planning,Equipment & Methods
4th Edition
• Robert L. Peurifoy
&
• William B. Ledbetter
• McGraw – Hill Book Company
Web Sites Referred
Tasks in Earthwork
Clearing Scrapping Cutting Excavating
( for Rocks )
A Short List of
Earthwork Equipment
Tractor Wheel Back Hoe Power
Loader Shovel
Excavator Motor Roller Dump
Grader Truck
Scraper Bull Dozer Dragline Clamshell
Task wise Classification of
Earthwork Equipment
CLEARING CUTTING EXCAVATION
LEADING
LOADING
LIFTING
HAULING DRAGGING
GRADING
COMPACTION
CLEARING
EXCAVATION
POWER SHOVELS
EXCAVATORS
SCRAPERS
GRADERS
DOZERS
ROLLERS Tandem Vibratory Roller
Vibratory Roller
WHEEL LOADERS / FRONT END LOADERS
BACK HOES
DRAG LINES
CLAMSHELLS
CLAMSHELL
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Assorted Earthwork Equipment