PIPE AND EXCAVATION CONTRACTING, DAVE ROBERTS, 2011

The manual “Pipe and Excavation Contracting” authored by Dave Roberts (2011 edition, published by Craftsman Book Company) offers a detailed guide for the underground‐utility contractor market, covering key topics such as modern earthmoving and trenching equipment, excavation and pipe‐laying techniques, adherence to stricter safety standards and improved materials, reading plans and computing quantities, equipment productivity rates, operational and overhead calculation (O&P), estimating and bidding jobs, as well as handling change orders, liquidated damages and bonding requirements.

Pipe & Excavation Contracting, Dave Roberts, 2011. This popular manual has been updated and improved to bring it more current with modern earthmoving and trenching equipment, refined excavation techniques, stricter safety rules, and improved materials. Here you'll find how to enter and succeed in the underground utility business. Includes hands-on instructions for operating the equipment and doing the trenching, pipe laying and connecting work and answers to what causes so many skilled equipment operators and pipelayers to fail when they try to start their own business.