Construction Equipment and Methods: Planning, Innovation, Safety fosters information literate engineers able to approach complex engineering and managerial problems with confidence and skill. Students of this text will fully appreciate the practical aspects of being a construction engineer and manager, and the dual nature—both technical and managerial—of the responsibilities. The text helps build skills through a cohesive view of construction technology; it’s safe use to maximize productivity and how the principles of science are being applied; linking the material in this course to previous courses (such as statics or geotechnical engineering); and utilizing a pedagogy designed to promote knowledge, and skill acquisition, such as case studies and open-ended problems.
Students will be engaged by relevant subject matter, informed by the author’s hands-on research in advanced technologies, mechatronics, robotics, ergonomics and safety.
The wide variety of pedagogical tools in the text will appeal to many different learning styles, and provide teachers with more opportunities and resources to get students to reflect about what they are learning; to connect the new to their past experiences; and to understand the relevance of this knowledge to their future.
Key Features
- An engaging and cohesive view of construction technology --with a particular focus on safety-- covers ways to maximize productivity and demonstrates how the principles of science are being applied within the field.
- Designed to advance students’ information literacy skills for life-long learning (and supporting ABET criteria) by offering open-ended exercises, journal writing, and creative problem solving.
- Employs inquiry-based learning and teaching paradigms, including:
- homework with varying difficulty levels,
- “what-if” sensitivity questions,
- open-ended multiple-objective exercises,
- historical and global viewpoints, and
- real-life cases.
- Provides relevance through case-studies, chapter summaries, open-ended as well as single-answer exercises, and projects requiring application of theory to the field.
- Chapters are integrated with one or two theme problems based on realistic problems a manager will face, and they are expanded upon in successive chapters of the book.
- Presents the material with direct and apparent links to other topics that make up the body of knowledge of construction engineering management, including: history in technology, economics, finance, computers, statistics, statics, construction law, and geotechnical engineering.
- Emphasizes the importance of safety in the construction environment, particularly in Chapter 3: Creating and Deploying Massive Power Safely, and in “From the Accident File” sections throughout.
- Problems and/or worked-out problems, are embedded in real-world case situations that can occur during a construction project. Readers are guided through problem-solving exercises, and required to make assumptions and collect and analyze data. The problems conclude with a discussion of the results, adding a qualitative component and final recommendations to make to a “virtual boss.”
Contents
- Chapter 1: Human Ingenuity Builds Miracles
- Chapter 2: Costing the Operation of Equipment
- Chapter 3: Creating and Deploying Massive Power Safely
- Chapter 4: The Omnipresent Backhoes
- Chapter 5: Dozers, Scrapers, and Graders
- Chapter 6: About Trucks, Loaders and the Quarry Operation
- Chapter 7: Cranes - Gentle Giants in Construction
- Chapter 8: Creating and Securing a Deep Dig
- Chapter 9: The Many Ways to Construct Deep Foundations
- Chapter 10: Forms and Temporary Structures for Material and Laborers
- Chapter 11: How Do They Build These Magnificent Bridges?
- Glossary (on book website)
- Bibliography
- Index
About the Author
- Leonhard Bernold was born on a farm in Switzerland and immigrated to the US in 1982. After receiving his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and MS in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech, he was Professor at the University of Maryland (5 years), North Carolina State(16 years), and 3.5 years at Hanyang University in Korea. In 2011 he became Professor of Construction Engineering and Management at UNSW in Sydney Australia. His research interests include advanced technology in construction (incl. robotics), lunar construction technology, and engineering education. So far he has published close to 90 scientific journal papers. He loves to read historical books related to people, cultures, and technology.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 11, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470169869
- ISBN-13: 978-0470169865
- Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 0.8 inches
- List Price: $119.99