Abstracts – Browse Results
Click on the titles below to expand the information about each abstract.
Viewing 15 results ...
Carr, R I (2007) A Journal Matures. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 631–4.
de la Garza, J M (2007) Sponsored Research and Its Impact on Universities, Faculty, and Journals. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 708–9.
Diekmann, J E (2007) Past perfect: historical antecedents of modern construction practices. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 652–60.
Echeverry, D, Majana, E and Acevedo, F (2007) Affordable Housing in Latin America: Improved Role of the Academic Sector in the Case of Colombia. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 684–9.
Haas, C, Waugh, L and Froese, T (2007) History and Renaissance of Construction Engineering and Management in Canada. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 678–83.
Halpin, D W (2007) Fifty Years of Progress in Construction Engineering Research. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 635–9.
Johnston, D W, Thomas Ahluwalia, N and Gwyn, M B (2007) Improving the Professional Engineering Licensure Process for Construction Engineers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 669–77.
Levitt, R E (2007) CEM Research for the Next 50 Years: Maximizing Economic, Environmental, and Societal Value of the Built Environment1. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 619–28.
Menches, C L and Abraham, D M (2007) Women in Construction—Tapping the Untapped Resource to Meet Future Demands. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 701–7.
Morris, M D (2007) Evolution of a Journal. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 629–30.
Russell, J S, Hanna, A, Bank, L C and Shapira, A (2007) Education in Construction Engineering and Management Built on Tradition: Blueprint for Tomorrow. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 661–8.
Shapira, A, Lucko, G and Schexnayder, C J (2007) Cranes for Building Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 690–700.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Construction management; Construction equipment; Cranes; History;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:9(690)
- Abstract:
Cranes have come to symbolize building construction itself. They perform indispensable services in moving materials and components vertically and horizontally. Used since antiquity, their history is interrelated with the development of new power sources that replaced man and mule, first steam and later internal combustion, diesel, and electric engines. Mobile cranes can be rapidly deployed to lift heavy loads. New models with telescoping booms and all-terrain travel capability, compact urban machines, and even hybrids with tower cranes are beginning to replace the familiar lattice boom truck cranes. Mobile cranes have dominated the North American market, but a cultural change appears to be taking place toward tower cranes for building projects. Tower cranes, common in Europe for decades, are globally gaining in popularity with surging real estate developments. Ideal for dense urban environments and coming with a small footprint, they are available in a growing diversity of sizes and configurations. Sophisticated electronic controls and operator assistance devices are enhancing their safe and productive operation. While cranes occupy a central role on midrise and high-rise building projects, they operate in conjunction with other types of supporting equipment that are an essential part of the overall equipment array on today’s industrialized construction sites.
Tucker, R L (2007) Construction Industry Institute. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 640–3.
Warszawski, A, Becker, R and Navon, R (2007) Strategic Planning for Building Research—A Process Oriented Methodology. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 710–22.
Willenbrock, J H and Thomas, H R (2007) History of Construction, Engineering, and Management in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(09), 644–51.