Introducing the basics of infrastructure design and construction, this textbook offers an primer on civil construction. From the initial bid to a megaproject's final stages, this accessible guide to the construction manager's role on a heavy civil construction jobsite is suitable for graduate, undergraduate students and professionals.
Introducing the basics of infrastructure design and construction, this textbook offers an primer on civil construction. From the initial bid to a megaproject's final stages, this accessible guide to the construction manager's role on a heavy civil construction jobsite is suitable for graduate, undergraduate students and professionals.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
George Wang, PhD, PEng, F.ASCE, brings extensive professional experience across Australia, Canada, and the United States, with a long-standing career in both industry and academia. He currently holds the position of Gregory Poole Distinguished Professor of Construction Management at East Carolina University, where his teaching and research focus on infrastructure construction, sustainable technologies, and materials. Dr. Wang actively contributes to several technical committees, including those of ASCE, TRB, and ASTM, and is a lifetime member of ACCE. Jennifer Brandenburg, PE, is a professional engineer with over 35 years of experience in government transportation agencies and the private sector. She holds a degree in civil engineering from North Carolina State University and has overseen numerous transportation infrastructure projects. Jennifer has also held senior management positions in the transportation industry and is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Construction Management program at East Carolina University. Don Chen, PhD, LEED, has more than 30 years of experience in the engineering field. He is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, teaching courses on Highway Design and Construction, Applied Analytics and Machine Learning, and Building Information Modeling (BIM). His research focuses on pavement performance evaluation and management, emphasizing improving roadway network performance through local calibration, performance modeling, and deep learning.
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Contents Preface List of Acronyms/Abbreviations SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors Chapter 1: An Introduction Chapter 2: Review of Soils - Properties, Investigation, and Compaction Chapter 3: Highway Pavement Type, Structure, and Selection Chapter 4: Transportation Planning, Geometric Design of Road, and Drainage Chapter 5. Pavement Design Chapter 6: Hot Mix Asphalt Composing Materials Chapter 7: Superpave Hot Mix Asphalt Mix Design Chapter 8: Hot Mix Asphalt Production and Plant Operation Chapter 9: Asphalt Paving Chapter 10: Asphalt Pavement Recycling Chapter 11 Concrete Paving, Preservation and Recycling Chapter 12: Transportation Asset Management Chapter 13: Transportation Infrastructure Construction Administration Chapter 14: Constructing Connectivity: Building the Bridges, Railways, Airports, and Pipelines of Tomorrow Chapter 15: Innovative Technology Utilization in Infrastructure Construction List of Acronyms/Abbreviations SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors Appendix 1: Lab Practice Index
