'Construction Methods and Equipment' is an elective course offered in M. Tech. program in Structural & Construction Engineering at the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore campus.
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.