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Pipe & excavation contracting, by Dave Roberts ; revised by Dan Atcheson

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Pipe & excavation contracting, by Dave Roberts ; revised by Dan Atcheson

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pipe & excavation contracting

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by Dave Roberts ; revised by Dan Atcheson

Summary

This new, more-comprehensive edition adds coverage of the various pipe, joints and fittings now available, and is filled with photos, diagrams, charts, and examples to help you build a career as a successful pipeline contractor. It provides not only the hands-on instructions for operating the equipment and doing the trenching, pipe laying and connecting work, but the business end -- what causes so many skilled equipment operators and pipelayers to fail when they try to start their own pipeline business--Cover

Table Of Contents

Estimating, bidding, bonding -- Crew & equipment productivity -- Reading plans & surveying -- Site preparation -- Operating a backhoe -- Soil compaction -- Installing water systems -- Installing sewer & stormwater systems -- Estimating surface excavation -- Dealing with rock & groundwater -- Pipe materials

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Pipe and excavation contracting

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