UNIT - 3

Construction equipment – economic considerations – earthwork equipment

– Trucks and handling equipment – rear dump trucks – capacities of trucks and
handling equipment – calculation of truck production – compaction equipment
– types of compaction rollers.

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Department of Civil Engineering
M V G R C E (Autonomous)

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 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS ? ? ?

 Special instruments, machineries, and plants are used for

carrying out specific activities in a building, structure, or
in a project are called Construction Equipments.
 SELECTION OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS

SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS MACHINERIES

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MANPOWER NON – AVAILAB.
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COMPLETION LESS
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PERIOD

EASY NATURE OF WORK DIFFICULT

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SELECTION OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS

 Availability of machinery or equipment.

 Size of the equipment in the project.

 Availability of operating staff and spare parts.

 It should be versatile (Serves more than one operation).

 Reputation of the manufacturer.

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MACHINERY REQUIRED FOR CIVIL CONSTRUCTIONS

1. Earth Cutting Machineries

2. Earth moving Machineries

3. Concreting Machineries

4. Compaction Machineries

5. Transport Machineries

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EARTH CUTTING AND MOVING MACHINERIES

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CONCRETING MACHINERIES

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COMPACTION MACHINERIES

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ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS

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 CONSTRUCTION MEASUREMENT UNITS

1. Volumetric Measurements ( m3 ) (m x m x m = Cubic. Metre)

Example: Earthwork, Concrete, Brickwork..etc.

2. Area measurements ( m2 ) (m x m = Square. Metre)

Example: Levelling, Plastering, Painting..etc.

3. Linear measurements (Rmt) (m = Running. Metre)

Example: Electrical and water supply Lines..etc..

4. Item measurements (Nos)

Example: Doors, Windows and Fixtures..etc.

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ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTIONS OF EQUIPMENTS

VOLUME OF WORK PRODUCTION

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UNIT RATE SELECTION AVAILABILITY
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UNIT RATE PRODUCTION

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HIRRING
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20% TO 30%
PROJECT COST

ACTIVITY FUTURE
PURCHASING
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 ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS

 Economic considerations of Construction Equipments are mainly

depends on selection and hiring or purchasing of equipments.

 Construction equipments selection mainly depends on the unit

rate of activity and its production.

 Construction equipments hiring and purchasing mainly depends

on quantity of the activity and its future requirement.

 Hiring charges should not increase 20 to 30% of the project cost,

if it cross the range better to purchase the equipment for
production.

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 UNIT - 3

Construction equipment – economic considerations – Earthwork equipment –

Trucks and handling equipment – rear dump trucks – capacities of trucks
and handling equipment – calculation of truck production – compaction
equipment – types of compaction rollers.

P.SUDHEER (Asst.Professor)
Department of Civil Engineering
M V G R C E (Autonomous)

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EARTHWORK EQUIPMENT

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 EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS ? ? ?

 The equipments or machineries are used to carrying out the

earthwork activity are called as Earth work Equipments.

 Earth work is a technique of cut and move the soil with help of
some instruments and machineries from one place to the
another place to form a desired shape or a purpose.

 For earth cutting, we generally use JCB’s and Excavators or

Diggers.

 For earth moving, (it is also known as Hauling) we generally

using Loaders, Dozers, Trucks and Dumpers.
EXCAVATORS (or) DIGGERS ? ? ?

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HYDRAULIC OPERATION OF EXCAVATORS

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WHEEL LOADERS AND DOZERS ? ? ?

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JCB (Joseph Cyril Bamford) (Back Hoes) ? ? ?

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