Course Syllabus
Planning Process for Equipment and Methods; Cost of Owning and Operating Construction Equipment – Ownership cost, Depreciation, Operating cost, and Ownership and operating costs calculation methods; Equipment Life and Replacement Procedures – Physical, profit and economic life, Replacement analysis; Engineering Fundamentals of Moving Earth – Rolling resistance, Effect of grade on tractive effort, Effect of altitude on performance of IC engines; Earthmoving, Excavating, and Lifting Equipment Selection – Bulldozers, Front-end Loaders, Scrapers, Trucks, Excavators, Backhoes, Front shovels, Cranes, and Forklifts; Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment; Production of Crushed-stone Aggregate; Concreting Equipment; Asphalt Mix Production and Placement – Asphalt Plants, and Paving Equipment; Estimating and Optimizing Construction Equipment System Productivity – Scheduling Equipment intensive construction projects; Equipment Financing Decision – Financing methods, Rental and lease contract considerations.