Abstract: In a major earthmoving operation involving a loader and trucks, a careful selection of equipment size can result in substantial savings both in time and cost. When planning an earthmoving operation, usually the size of the ...

Abstract: Wooden formwork design is currently based on the criteria developed for the design of wood in new condition. To develop formwork design criteria that include the effect of material reuse and formwork installation workmanship, ...

Abstract: Historical building costs are used to derive the mathematical relationship among the cost, height, and typical floor area of multistory office buildings. The method of least squares is used to select the functional form ...

Abstract: Results of an experimental investigation of the structural properties of used slab formwork stringers are presented. The samples tested were obtained from eight concrete construction sites in Chicago, Milwaukee, and ...

Abstract: The stochastic modeling of construction loads on newly poured slabs during construction of multistory concrete buildings is presented in this paper. The purpose of the study is to calculate the equivalent uniformly distributed ...

Abstract: Live loads on newly poured slabs during construction of multistory concrete buildings are investigated. These loads include the weight of workers, equipment, and materials stored on slabs varying in age from less than one ...

Abstract: The static and dynamic loads applied to hand‐set slab formworks during the pouring of a concrete slab are investigated. The spatial distribution and time history of the concrete‐placement loads and the resulting formwork ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a laboratory evaluation of the performance of 104 used adjustable-length wooden formwork shores. The shore samples were randomly collected from eight different construction sites in ...