Books About Excavation, Grading, Site Clearing, Surveying, Civil Engineering
- Moving the Earth: The Workbook of Excavation
- by Herbert L. Nichols, David A. Day
New edition of the classic guide to heavy excavation projects and equipment provides the latest, most comprehensive guidance in the field. From site preparation to blasting and tunneling, pneumatic drills to the largest power shovels, it covers every step of every kind of excavating project & all the practical aspects of using the machines & vehicles involved.
- The Site Calculations Pocket Reference
- by Ed Hannan
Presents all of the formulas & calculations you need most when working on-site. Provides fast access to the information you want, when you want it. Covers earthworks and landscaping, drainage, sewers, irrigation, temperature, map & surveyor information.
- Excavation and Grading Handbook - by Nicholas E. Capachi
- Estimating Excavation
- by Deryl Burch
This book takes you step-by-step through estimating. It start from the site visit, to the calculations, and to your final presentation of the bid. This book shows you how to calculate irregular areas and regular areas. Balancing spoil and borrow. Estimating for trenching utilities.
- Landscape Architecture Construction
- by Harlow C. Landphair, Fred Klatt
Completely revised to reflect every critical change in landscape construction, especially the dramatic changes in technology that have revolutionized the field. It also offers updated guidelines and techniques for compliance with the Clean Water Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, NPDES, ISTEA, and other key federal legislation.
- Landscape Architect's Portable Handbook
- by Nicholas T. Dines, Kyle D. Brown
20% of information you need 80% of the time at your fingertips! You get instant data for every architectural landscaping project: public / private gardens, athletic facilities, highways, urban / suburban settings & more! From project administration, planning, design standards & analysis to site development, construction, materials, field techniques, & common rules of thumb, hundreds of handy tables, diagrams & schematics, checklists & field guides give you the accurate how-to’s and expertise you need.
- From Concept to Form: In Landscape Design
- by Grant W. Reid, R. K. Lochner
Perceptive resource examines both traditional and non-traditional methods of landscape design, providing the conceptual and philosophical foundations for ideas and their graphic expression.
- Site Engineering for Landscape Architects
- by Steven Strom, Kurt Nathan
User-friendly guide to site engineering terms, concepts, and procedures Like its celebrated predecessors, this updated Third Edition of the classic work in the field serves three very important functions: It supplies landscape architects in training with the technical know-how needed to transform their design ideas into sites that are physically sound and environmentally sensitive.
- A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys (2nd Edition)
- by Stephen V. Estopinal
Clearly explains the functions and procedures required in every survey (routine or otherwise), why it is done and how it is accomplished. Readers will not only gain an appreciation for a survey, plat or land description but will be able to evaluate it in its proper perspective, realize any inherent inadequacies or discrepancies that may exist and have a much better idea of when a survey is needed to solve a problem or to obtain an approval.
- Surveying (British Text, Metric Dimensions)
- by S. Raymond, Arthur Bannister, Raymond William Baker
Provides an essential text for students of building, civil & structural engineering & all courses, such as mining & geography, which contain an element of surveying. Practising professionals can also use it as a field book & reference work.
- Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles (4th Edition)
- by Curtis M. Brown, Walter G. Robillard, Donald A. Wilson
Widely acclaimed as the authoritative source on the legal aspects of surveying and boundary problems & covers land boundary law, the science of measurements, evaluation of evidence, and the traditions and customs that have defined boundaries.
- Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics - by Paul R. Wolf, Charles D. Ghilani
- Surveying: Theory and Practice - by James M. Anderson, Edward M. Mikhail
- Civil Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam
- by Michael R. Lindeburg
Reference & study guide for engineers preparing for the civil PE examination with topics: nearly 500 solved example problems demonstrating how to arrive at solutions most efficiently; and more than 80 key charts, tables, and graphs.
- Civil Engineering Hydraulics and Engineering Hydrology: An Ideal Review for the Breadth / Depth Exam
- by Professor Bruce E. Larock, Ph.D., P.E.
Provides the most complete Civil Engineering License Review specifically written for the National Civil Engineering/Professional Engineer (CE/PE) exam.
- Caterpillar Chronicle: The History of the World's Greatest Earthmovers by Eric Orlemann
- Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry - by William R. Haycraft
- Colossal Earthmovers (Enthusiast Color Series)
- by Keith Haddock
Haulers, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, scrapers, stripping shovels and much more are featured, examples from each class are depicted in a selection of job-site photos and described with detailed information about top manufacturers, dimensions, capacities, horsepower ratings, and significant developments in earthmover evolution.
- Super-Duty Earthmovers - by Eric C. Orlemann
- Euclid and Terex Earth-Moving Machines - by Eric C. Orlemann
- Backhoe Loader Handbook: Advanced Techniques for Operators - by Reinar Christian
- Demolition: The Art of Demolishing, Dismantling, Imploding, Toppling and Razing - by Helene Liss with the Loizeaux family of Controlled Demolition, Inc.
- Demolition Equipment - by Hans Halberstadt
- Estimating and Bidding for Heavy Construction - by Stuart H. Bartholomew
- Estimating Excavation - by Deryl Burch
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