Moving The Earth: The Workbook of Excavation Sixth Edition

by Herbert L. Nichols Jr., David Day

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071642613
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/06/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1232
File size:	41 MB
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About the Author

Herbert L. Nichols, Jr., is a private excavationconsultant and the author of Excavator Operation and Heavy Equipment Repair.

David A. Day, P.E. is a consultant with ABCO Engineering Corporation.

Table of Contents

	Preface to Fifth Edition	xiii
	Acknowledgments	xv
	Introduction to First Edition	xvii
Part 1	The Work
Chapter 1	Land Clearing and Controls	3
	Machines and Workers	3
	Erosion Control	3
	Disposal	4
	Contaminated Ground	8
	Brush Clearing	9
	Tree Removal	12
	Dangers	16
	Stumps	20
	Pushing and Digging Out	21
	Pulling Stumps	24
	Winches	28
	Multiple Lines	33
	Stump Blasting	36
	Wood Disposal	36
	Burning Stumps	37
	Burning Brush	39
	Fire Control	41
	Boulders and Buildings	47
Chapter 2	Surveys and Measurements	1
	General Considerations	1
	Telescopic Levels	1
	Self-Leveling Level	7
	Leveling Rod	7
	Use of Level	10
	Locations	15
	Instrument Adjustments	23
	Laser	25
	Pipe Laying	26
	Lasers above Ground	30
	Global Positioning System	34
	Grading Instruments on Equipment	36
	Distance Meters	37
	Minor Instruments	37
	Stringline	41
	Measures of Production
	In-Place Measurements	43
	Production Measurements	46
	Types of Production	47
	Swell and Shrinkage	49
	Containers	51
	Output	55
Chapter 3	Rock, Soil, and Mud	1
	Soil and Rock	1
	Traction	6
	Flotation	9
	Compaction	11
	Mud
	Nature of Mud	16
	Equipment for Mud	19
	Temporary Roads	19
	Platforms	22
	Wet Digging	29
	Mud Blasting for Fill Settlement	31
	Stabilization	37
	Fills	39
	Stuck Machinery
	Trucks	41
	Crawler Tractors	44
	Shovels	48
	Hydraulic Backhoes	51
	Freezing Down	51
	Jumping the Track	52
Chapter 4	Basements	1
	Preliminary Work	1
	Digging	3
	Open-Front Method	3
	Other Dozer Work	7
	Front-End Loader	11
	Backhoe Excavator	13
	Other Shovel Rigs	17
	Multiple Basements	18
	Contractor's Setup	19
	Haulaway Diggings	20
	Example	20
	Shovel Teams	25
	Backhoe Excavation	27
	Groundwater	27
	Shoring	30
	Rock	34
	Hillside Sites	35
Chapter 5	Ditching and Dewatering	1
	Ditching
	Ditching with a Backhoe	2
	Other Shovel Rigs	7
	Other Ditchers	8
	Rock	9
	Caving of Banks	12
	Stream Crossing	15
	Permanent Ditches	16
	Pipe and Conduit Trenches	18
	Backfilling	20
	Dewatering
	Drainage	21
	Pipe	25
	Bridges	27
	Culvert Design	29
	Laying Corrugated Pipe	34
	Laying Concrete Pipe	37
	Other Forms of Construction	39
	Backfill	39
	Fords and Dips	42
	Soil Moisture	43
	Subsurface Drainage	43
	Tile Drains	49
	Septic Drains	55
	Vertical Drains	55
	Excavations	59
	Pumping	59
	Basement Drainage	63
Chapter 6	Ponds and Earth Dams	1
	Wetlands	1
	Swamp Reclamation	2
	Dragline Size	10
	Stream Control	13
	Shores	15
	Special Problems	19
	Dams	21
	Drains	27
	Spillways	30
	Water Supply and Losses	31
	Pond Maintenance	33
	Hydraulic Dredges	39
Chapter 7	Landscaping and Agricultural Grading	1
	Landscaping
	Choosing the Site	1
	Shaping the Land	4
	Finishing Off	9
	Tree Protection and Removal	12
	Driveways	13
	Agricultural Grading
	Need for Grading	16
	Terracing	16
	Gullies	20
	Control	22
	Irrigation Systems	24
	Land Leveling	27
	Irrigation Drainage	30
Chapter 8	Roadways	1
	Road Types	1
	Roadway Layout	5
	Stakes	7
	Gravel Roads	12
	Sidehill Cuts	16
	Bank Slopes	21
	Through Cuts	25
	Scrapers	26
	Pusher	29
	Work Patterns	34
	Shovel Cuts	38
	Loader Cuts	40
	Fills	40
	Scraper Fills	43
	Drainage	45
	Job Study	47
	Yardage Calculation	48
	Soil and Cement Mixtures	53
	Compacted Soil-Cement	54
	Soil-Cement Base	62
Chapter 9	Blasting and Tunneling	1
	Purposes of Rock Excavation	1
	Borehole Patterns	4
	Controlled Blasting	10
	Explosives	12
	Ammonium Nitrate	16
	Slurry (Water Gel)	19
	Initiators	20
	Priming	24
	Handling Explosives	28
	Loading	29
	Lighting Fuses	32
	Electrical Firing	33
	Light blasting	40
	Mechanical Breakage	42
	Rock Mechanics	44
	Damage	44
	Digging Underground
	Tunnel Work	48
	Microtunneling	49
	Large Tunnels	50
	Shafts	53
	Headings	57
	Mucking	61
	Boring	62
	Hauling	63
	Water	65
	Rock Support	66
	Soft-Ground Tunneling	74
	Mining	81
	Room and Pillar Excavation	84
	Stoping	85
	Block Caving	89
	Forecasting Rockfalls	91
Chapter 10	Pit Operation	1
	Stripping Overburden	1
	Sidecasting	2
	Haul Away Stripping	11
	Topsoil	15
	Peat (Humus)	23
	Gravel, Sand, and Clay	25
	Loading out of the Bank	26
	Level Digging	34
	Surface Water	35
	Groundwater	36
	Pit Planning	38
	Processing Plants	41
	Hauling	42
	Selective Digging	43
	Stockpiling	45
	Segregation	47
	Refuse Disposal	49
	Pit Linings	50
	Sanitary Fill	51
Chapter 11	Costs and Management	1
	Bookkeeping	1
	Definition of Costs	2
	Receivables	3
	Machinery Purchase	5
	Depreciation	7
	Depreciation Schedules	10
	Depreciation Reserve	13
	Investment	15
	Interest	16
	Financing	18
	Other Ownership Costs	18
	Equipment Work Hours	21
	Operating Expense	23
	Maintenance and Repair	25
	Tires	30
	Labor	31
	Working Time	33
	Equipment Selection	34
	Equipment Rental	34
	Estimating	37
	Contracts	41
	Critical Path Scheduling	44
	Causes of Failure	49
	Accidents	50
	Insurance	53
	Bonds	56
Part 2	The Machines
Chapter 12	Basic Information	3
	Principles of Leverage	3
	Gears	5
	Shafts	10
	Bushings and Bearings	12
	Transmission	15
	Chain Drives	19
	Belt Drives	22
	Inclined Planes	24
	Controls	29
	Electric Drive	32
	Wheel Steering	34
	Brakes	36
	Clutch	40
	Fluid Drives	45
	Torque Converter	47
	Air Motors	56
	Cable (Wire Rope)	57
	Cable Systems	63
	Chain	67
	Hydraulics	68
	Pumps	71
	Valves	74
	Lines and Fittings	77
	Reservoir	77
	Cylinders and Motors	79
	Seals and Filters	82
	Maintenance	85
	Lubricants	85
	Cabs	88
	Power Plants	88
	Governor	92
	Gasoline Power	94
	Diesel Engines	97
	Exhaust Conditioners	107
	Fuel Consumption	109
	Power	110
	Hauler Power Train	113
	Travel Resistance	117
	Tires	120
	Tire Wear	126
	Tire Life	128
	Tire Ballast	130
	Tire Chains	131
	Operator Responsibility	132
	Prestart Check	133
	Starting the Engine	135
	Stopping	139
	Safety	140
Chapter 13	Revolving Shovels and Excavators	1
	Background	1
	Basic Shovel	1
	Revolving Unit	3
	Crawler Travel Unit	10
	Rubber Mountings	17
	Hydraulic Full-Revolving Excavators	19
	Hydraulic System	23
	Travel Unit	26
	Backhoe Attachment	27
	Gradall	29
	Compact or Mini-Excavators	34
	Dragline	35
	Walking Draglines	45
	Clamshell	From the B&N Reads Blog Page 1 of Editorial Reviews New edition of a text on the excavation industry that introduces a new co-author and is updated to reflect methods used according to current requirements and regulations. The first 11 chapters discuss the work itself and the basic ways to do it, the machines and operation techniques, the problems that arise, the application of different types of equipment, and costs and management. The next 10 chapters focus on the machines themselves and operating techniques. Contains many b&w illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Booknews Customer Reviews