Excavation Systems Planning, Design, and Safety
Will be published approx. on 16. October 2008
Book
Hardback
509 pages
978-0-07-149869-2 (ISBN)
Description
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Get Deep into the Field of Excavation-Planning, Practice, and Safety
Excavation Systems Planning, Design, and Safety is a thorough guide to ensuring your projects are completed correctly, safely, and cost effectively. Concisely written and presented in an easy-to-navigate format, this comprehensive guide arms you with the most current information available. New developments and trends, along with numerous design examples, illustrations, and important OSHA requirements and other legal issues, provide everything you'll need to excel in your field. Ideal for anyone involved in the trade, this indispensable resource brings you up to date on all the critical aspects of your job.
Includes:
Shoring Designs Standards
Best Practices in Safety Planning
Techniques for Protecting Subsurface Utilities
Soil Classification
Soil Loading on Shoring Systems
OSHA Standards
Information on Equipment
Excavation Systems Planning, Design, and Safety covers:
* Overview of Excavation Safety * Excavation Work Planning * Subsurface Installations and Outside Force Damage Protection * Soil Dynamics from an Excavation Perspective * Soil Loading for Protective System Designo Open Cut Protective Systems * Excavation Safety Systems Equipment Design and Use * Legal Issues * Understanding OSHA Excavation Safety Standardso Full Commentary on OSHA Subpart P Excavations * Glossary of Terms
Get Deep into the Field of Excavation-Planning, Practice, and Safety
Excavation Systems Planning, Design, and Safety is a thorough guide to ensuring your projects are completed correctly, safely, and cost effectively. Concisely written and presented in an easy-to-navigate format, this comprehensive guide arms you with the most current information available. New developments and trends, along with numerous design examples, illustrations, and important OSHA requirements and other legal issues, provide everything you'll need to excel in your field. Ideal for anyone involved in the trade, this indispensable resource brings you up to date on all the critical aspects of your job.
Includes:
Shoring Designs Standards
Best Practices in Safety Planning
Techniques for Protecting Subsurface Utilities
Soil Classification
Soil Loading on Shoring Systems
OSHA Standards
Information on Equipment
Excavation Systems Planning, Design, and Safety covers:
* Overview of Excavation Safety * Excavation Work Planning * Subsurface Installations and Outside Force Damage Protection * Soil Dynamics from an Excavation Perspective * Soil Loading for Protective System Designo Open Cut Protective Systems * Excavation Safety Systems Equipment Design and Use * Legal Issues * Understanding OSHA Excavation Safety Standardso Full Commentary on OSHA Subpart P Excavations * Glossary of Terms
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
0 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-149869-2 (9780071498692)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Joe M. Turner, PE. Registered Civil Engineer in several states including, California, Oregon, Washington, and Kentucky. Founder and previous owner of J.M. Turner Engineering from 1980 to Dec 1, 1995. This company specializes in construction engineering, 90% of all work was in design of excavation shoring systems for contractors. The company performs work mostly on the West coast; however they work all over the U.S. The company engineers over 1000 separate projects per year for small to large contractors supplying designs for shoring systems such as trench jack, shoring shield, pile and plate, sheet pile, etc.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to Excavation Safety and Shoring Design
Chapter 2. Engineering Structural Principles for Shoring Design
Chapter 3. Excavation Work Planning
Chapter 4. Existing Subsurface Installations and Outside Force Damage Protection
Chapter 5. Interpreting Soils Information for Excavation Planning and Shoring Design
Chapter 6. Excavation Stability and Shoring Design Loads
Chapter 7. Surcharge Loading, Base Stability, and Surface Settlement
Chapter 8. Slope Stability and Open Cut Worker Protection Systems
Chapter 9. Shoring Systems Selected from Tabulated Data
Appendix 1: OSHA Subpart P, Excavations and Commentary
Appendix 2: OSHA Appendix A, Soil Classification and Commentary
Index
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to Excavation Safety and Shoring Design
Chapter 2. Engineering Structural Principles for Shoring Design
Chapter 3. Excavation Work Planning
Chapter 4. Existing Subsurface Installations and Outside Force Damage Protection
Chapter 5. Interpreting Soils Information for Excavation Planning and Shoring Design
Chapter 6. Excavation Stability and Shoring Design Loads
Chapter 7. Surcharge Loading, Base Stability, and Surface Settlement
Chapter 8. Slope Stability and Open Cut Worker Protection Systems
Chapter 9. Shoring Systems Selected from Tabulated Data
Appendix 1: OSHA Subpart P, Excavations and Commentary
Appendix 2: OSHA Appendix A, Soil Classification and Commentary
Index