A new earthworks estimating methodology

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-228

  Smith, Simon D ^a   Wood, Graeme S ^b   Gould, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Commercial Management Consultants Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthmoving plant; Earthworks; Hauling; Plant cycle times; Rolling resistance

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; ROLLING RESISTANCE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTIONS; CYCLE TIME; EARTHMOVING; EARTHMOVING OPERATIONS; EARTHWORKS; HAULING; NONDETERMINISTIC SYSTEMS;

FOUNDATIONS;

EID: 0006609394     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900370843     Document Type: Article

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