New approaches to specifying performance of construction machinery

Abstract

The use of construction machinery for various construction processes must be based on the confrontation of actual conditions with the requirements for its maximum efficiency. The most important parameter for selecting construction machinery is its performance, which varies depending on its utilisation in specific conditions. Studies conducted so far show that the selection of construction machinery depends on a number of variables whose values are stochastic in nature. The present research aims at comparing the deterministic and stochastic approaches for the specification of technical and operational performance of construction machinery.