Instractor: MESERET H.

Construction Technology & Management Department

• Hands and teeth were the first tools
• Simple tools were eventually created
• As tools improved the amount and speed of construction work
increased.
• Modern machines are the results of improvement.
• The development of machines is to reduce cost, increase speed,
and enhance safety.
• The availability of Cyrus McCormick’s reaper in 1831 opened
a new era for the development of mechanized equipment

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 Time management
 Flexibility in planning
 Construction methods
 Less number of people to deal with

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 Anti-social
 It depreciate in value
 It has maintenance cost
 Large amount of initial cost
 It requires large area for parking and maintenance

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 The choice of construction equipment in any
engineering project is a combined responsibility of
the planning engineer, quantity surveyor and the
site engineer. It will be propose to the construction
supervisor for budget allocation.

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 Excavation(Digging of large quantities of earth)
 Moving them to distances which are sometimes fairly long

 Placement

 Compacting

 Leveling

 Dozing

 Grading

 Hauling

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 We use heavy equipments for construction of
highway projects, irrigation, buildings, power
projects etc.
 15-30% of total project cost is accounted towards
equipment and machinery.

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• As technology transferred construction equipment is
designed specifically to perform certain operations
• Construction activities require different types, sizes, and
groupings of equipment for:
 earth moving,
 excavating, and
 lifting.
 Concreting equipments
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• Residential - Light
• Commercial - Moderate
• Industrial - Heavy
• Highway - Intense
• Specialty - Intense

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