New Features

• The new forming chapter focuses on advanced modular and industrialized forming systems.
• The chapters on "compressed air" and "equipment for pumping water" have been combined because the concept of calculating friction losses is applied both to air and water in designing systems.
• Web resource information for machine data is provided at the end of every chapter of the text. In addition, web based exercises, which in some cases direct the student to specific machine information on the web, have been added to many of the chapters.
• All chapters have undergone revision, ranging from simple clarification to major modifications, depending on the need to improve organization and presentation of concepts.
• The pictures in all of the chapters have been updated to illustrate the latest equipment and methods, and more pictures of operating equipment have been used in this edition.
• Safety discussions are now presented in each of the chapters dealing with machine or formwork use.
• The world of construction equipment is truly global. As such, the authors have searched globally for the latest ideas in machine application and technology.
• The authors have updated and expanded the number of problems at the close of each chapter. They have also included several problems that compel the student to learn using a step-by-step approach: these problems specifically request the solution for each step before moving on to reach a final solution.
• Electronic supplements Tie content to ENR/Construction.com Free Access to Construction Indexes on Construction.com Student access to Dodge Most problems can be solved in Excel, tie to "Excel Zone"
• Excel is addressed as a problem solving tool