Turner, Joe M. <br/><br/>
Excavation systems :  planning, design, and safety / 
Joe M. Turner 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill,  c2009 
 - xvii, 509 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction to excavation safety and shoring design -- Engineering structural principles for shoring design -- Excavation work planning -- Existing subsurface installations and outside force damage protection -- Interpreting soils information for excavation planning and shoring design -- Excavation stability and shoring design loads -- Surcharge loading, base stability, and surface settlement -- Slope stability and open cut worker protection systems -- Shoring systems selected from tabulated data -- Appendix 1: OSHA subpart P, excavations and commentary -- Appendix 2: OSHA appendix A, soil classification and commentary 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0071498699 (alk. paper) 9780071498692 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Excavating machinery