Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

General Considerations ~ items of builders plant ranging from small hand held power tools to larger pieces of plant such as mech ...

Plant Costing ~ with the exception of small pieces of plant, which are usually purchased, items of plant can be bought or hired ...

Output and Cycle Times ~ all items of plant have optimum output and cycle times which can be used as a basis for estimating anti ...

Bulldozers ~ these machines consist of a track or wheel mounted power unit with a mould blade at the front which is controlled b ...

Scrapers ~ these machines consist of a scraper bowl which is lowered to cut and collect soil where site stripping and levelling ...

Graders ~ these machines are similar in concept to bulldozers in that they have a long slender adjustable mould blade, which is ...

Tractor Shovels ~ these machines are sometimes called loaders or loader shovels and primary function is to scoop up loose materi ...

Excavating Machines ~ these are one of the major items of builders plant and are used primarily to excavate and load most types ...

Face Shovels ~ the primary function of this piece of plant is to excavate above its own track or wheel level. They are available ...

Backacters ~ these machines are suitable for trench, foundation and basement excavations and are available as a universal power ...

Draglines ~ these machines are based on the universal power unit with basic crane rigging to which is attached a drag bucket. Th ...

Multi-purpose Excavators ~ these machines are usually based on the agricultural tractor with 2 or 4 wheel drive and are intended ...

Transport Vehicles ~ these can be defined as vehicles whose primary function is to convey passengers and/or materials between an ...

Dumpers ~ these are used for the horizontal transportation of materials on and off construction sites generally by means of an i ...

Fork Lift Trucks ~ these are used for the horizontal and limited vertical transportation of materials positioned on pallets or b ...

Hoists ~ these are designed for the vertical transportation of materials, passengers or materials and passengers (see page 184). ...

Passenger Hoists ~ these are designed to carry passengers although most are capable of transporting a combined load of materials ...

Rubble Chutes ~ these apply to contracts involving demolition, repair, maintenance and refurbishment. The simple concept of conn ...

Cranes ~ these are lifting devices designed to raise materials by means of rope operation and move the load horizontally within ...

Self Propelled Cranes ~ these are mobile cranes mounted on a wheeled chassis and have only one operator position from which the ...