Civil engineers and other professionals involved in site design and preparation for land development projects should find useful technical information, formulae and data in this edition of this sourcebook. Included are detailed accounts of the process of land development, the factors involved in site analysis and the methods of estimating costs. Also discussed is the role of earthwork in construction, as well as considerations of roadways, sanitary sewers, storm drainage and water supply. This second edition integrates ...
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Civil engineers and other professionals involved in site design and preparation for land development projects should find useful technical information, formulae and data in this edition of this sourcebook. Included are detailed accounts of the process of land development, the factors involved in site analysis and the methods of estimating costs. Also discussed is the role of earthwork in construction, as well as considerations of roadways, sanitary sewers, storm drainage and water supply. This second edition integrates computer applications throughout as the standard tool for solving the engineering problems of site design, highway design and earthwork. The book also covers various advanced technologies, including the Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer-aided design (CAD).
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