Pipe and Excavation Contracting

This practical manual can help you develop the skills needed to succeed as an underground utility contractor: -- Getting the Job: Finding work you should bid, reading plans and computing quantities figuring realistic productivity rates, estimating unit costs, bidding, adding your overhead and profit, a complete sample estimate is included for your reference.-- Doing the Work: Following the surveyor's stakes, clearing the site, the best ways to remove asphalt and rock (with splitters and explosives) and handle steep slopes or high ground water. Separate chapters explain how to install all common types of water and sewer pipe.-- Using the Equipment: How to choose the right equipment and use it to best advantage.Roberts, Dave is the author of 'Pipe and Excavation Contracting' with ISBN 9780934041225 and ISBN 0934041229.