Excavation and Grading Handbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Nick Capachi
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Category: Book
List Price: $22.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 354210
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0934041296
Dewey Decimal Number: 624.152
EAN: 9780934041294
ASIN: 0934041296
Publication Date: November 1987
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 This book should be out of print April 3, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The only book of any kind that I have ever returned. Appears to have been written in the 60's. Revision must have been just to update the copyright date. A complete waste of my time!
 good book for construction dirt crews March 21, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book will help answer questions you might have about
about survey stakes ane plan reading. I reccommended to every operator outthere.
 Great for first timers. March 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A great book for those who are new to site work on construction sites. Some things are outdated, esp. pictures, but it is a must have. Look for a survey 101 book as well.
 Good book, but not for my needs September 14, 2004
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Like one of the other reviewers I am a homeowner/handyman I was hoping to find a book on the proper way to grade, dig, etc...
This book is for the civil engineer, or project manager. It gives a good overall idea on the general concepts on how to do things related to grading/excavation. However, this book will not give you enough knowledge to do a project without additional experiences/references.
If you were a contractor who was getting ready to start a new job and needed to gain some general knowledge on a type of job you do not normally work, this book would be a good starting point.
If you are not a contractor, unless you are about to start a REALLY BIG job, with multiple pieces of large equipment, this book is of the wrong scope for you.
An excellent reference August 7, 2000
55 out of 56 found this review helpful
This is a book written for apprentice operating engineers. As such, it teaches the basics of road survey, grading, compaction, pipe laying, stakeout, drainage. It goes into detail on how to read survey stakes, mark and read witness lath, calculate differences in height, read and use a hand level, stake slopes, layout a subdivison, find the bottom elevation of pipelines, proper compaction of road base, and just about anything else a road worker could think of. This is an easy to use paperback book with many drawings which help explain the text. I can't tell you how useful this book has been to me.For those readers that are involved with excavation, survey, inspection (me), contracting, this book IS MUST HAVE.
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