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INTRODUCTION TO
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
Characteristics and Divisions
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TAL ENGINEER Overview of the Construction
Industry
The construction industry is broken down
by the type of construction:
Residential
Residential Construction;
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Commercial Construction;
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Industrial Construction; and

Heavy
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Heavy
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Division by Function:
Tall Buildings or Skyscrapers
Bridges
Domes and Stadiums
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Dams and Canals

Highways
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Airports
Tunnels
Fo ndations
Foundations
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Sewers
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Characteristics
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Equipment cost ten times higher than in

commercial or residential construction (25-
30% vs. 2-3%).
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Spread out in the horizontal plane: more

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space for material handling
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trailers and parking.

Owner: public. Therefore at least 50% of
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work done by GC vs. 80-100% sub

contracted in other types.
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Characteristics
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Specs are written by public owner for a

few hundred projects and do not apply to a
particular project plans govern.
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Plans and specs are written by the civil

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engineer.
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More susceptible to weather higher

overhead.
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Almost always based on Unit Price

contract
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History
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1950s: Interstate infrastructure program.

Past 25 years: evolution in the type and
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size of heavy projects:
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From rural to urban projects;

More complex and more expensive; but
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Less volume of earthwork.

Future: more infrastructure rehab projects
projects.
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