Construction Methods and Equipments
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The official GTU curriculum for Construction Methods and Equipments (subject code ME02014111) as prescribed for C(EA · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 34 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02014111)Unit 1 Equipment Economics
- Equipment records
- Cost of Capital
- Elements of ownership Cost
- Operating Cost
- Replacement Decisions
- Rent and Lease Considerations
Unit 2 Planning for Earthwork Construction
- Graphical Presentation of Earthwork
- Earthwork Quantities
- Mass Diagram
- Pricing Earthwork Operations
- Compaction and Stabilization Equipment: Compaction of Soil
- Types of Compacting Equipment
- Dynamic Compaction
- Stabilizing soils with Lime
- Cement Soil Stabilization
Unit 3 Mobile Equipment Power Requirements
- Required Power
- Available power
- Usable power
- Performance Charts
Unit 4 Dozers, Scrapers, Excavators
- Performance Characteristics of Dozers
- Pushing Material
- Land Clearing
- Scraper types
- Performance Charts
- Production cycle
- Hydraulic Excavators
- Trucks and Hauling Equipment
- Finishing Equipment: Trucks
- Performance Calculations
Unit 5 Introduction to Modern Construction Methods in Construction Projects
- Choice of choosing MCM, Segmental
- In-situ construction of Bridges
- Elaborate (Case studies) (Mechanical Fabrication
- Typical Method statements), and Introduction to IT tools in construction
- Stochastic Methods for Estimating Productivity
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