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ESTIMATING
EARTHWORK
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Estimating Earthwork Earthwork includes:
1. Excavation
2. Grading: Moving earth to change
elevation
3. Temporary shoring
4. Back fill or fill: Adding earth to raise grade
5. Compaction: Increasing density
6. Disposal
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Productivity Factors
A. Job conditions
Material type
Water level and moisture content
Job size
Length of haul
Haul road condition (accessibility and load
restrictions)
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Productivity Factors (cont.)
B. Management conditions
Equipment conditions and maintenance
practices
Skills of work force and management
Planning, supervision and coordination of
work.
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Job Efficiency Factors for
Earthmoving Operations
Job Condit ions** Excellent Good Fair Poor
Excellent 0.84 0.81 0.76 0.70
Good 0.78 0.75 0.71 0.65
Fair 0.72 0.69 0.65 0.60
Poor 0.63 0.61 0.57 0.52
Management Condit ions*
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Units of Measure
Cubic Yard (bank, loose, or
compacted) Bank (BCY): Materials in it s natural
state before disturbance
(in-place, in-sit u)
Loose (LCY): Material t hat has been
compacted or disturbed
or loaded
Compacted (CCY): Material aft er compact ion
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1.0
1.25
0.90
1.0 CUBIC YARD IN NATURAL CONDITION (IN-PLACE YARD)
1.25 CUBIC YARD AFTER DIGGING (LOOSE YARDS)
0.90 CUBIC YARD AFTER COMPACTED (COMPACTED YARDS)
In place Compacted Loose
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Volume Bank: VB
Bank cubic yards (BCY)
Density B Lb /BCY
Loose: Vl
Loose cubic yards (LCY)
Density L Lb/LCY
Compacted: Vc
Compacted cubic yards (CCY)
Density C LB/CCY
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Swell:
A soil increase in volume when it is excavated.
Swell (%) = ( - 1) x 100
Load factor =
Bank Volume = Loose volume x Load
factor
Loose density
Bank density
Bank density
Loose density
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Shrinkage:
A soil decreases in volume when it is
compacted
Shrinkage (%) = (1 - )
x 100
Shrinkage factor = 1 - Shrinkage
Compacted volume
= Bank volume x Shrinkage factor
Bank density
Compacted density
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Approximate Material Characteristics
Material
Loose
(lb/cy)
Bank
(lb/cy)
Swell
(%)
Load
Factor
Clay, dry 2,100 2,650 26 0.79
Clay, wet 2,700 3,575 32 0.76
Clay and gravel, dry 2,400 2,800 17 0.85
Clay and gravel, wet 2,600 3,100 17 0.85
Earth, dry 2,215 2,850 29 0.78
Earth, moist 2,410 3,080 28 0.78
Earth, wet 2,750 3,380 23 0.81
Gravel, wet 2,780 3,140 13 0.88
Gravel, dry 3,090 3,620 17 0.85
Sand, dry 2,600 2,920 12 0.89
Sand, wet 3,100 3,520 13 0.88
Sand and gravel, dry 2,900 3,250 12 0.89
Sand and gravel, wet 3,400 3,750 10 0.91
Exact values will vary with grain size, moisture content,
compaction, etc. Test to determine exact values for specific
soils.
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Typical Soil Volume Conversion
Factors Init ial
Soil Type Soil Condit ion Bank Loose Compacted
Clay Bank 1.00 1.27 0.90
Loose 0.79 1.00 0.71
Compacted 1.11 1.41 1.00
Common earth Bank 1.00 1.25 0.90
Loose 0.80 1.00 0.72
Compacted 1.11 1.39 1.00
Rock (blasted) Bank 1.00 1.50 1.30
Loose 0.67 1.00 0.87
Compacted 0.77 1.15 1.00
Sand Bank 1.00 1.12 0.95
Loose 0.89 1.00 0.85
Compacted 1.05 1.18 1.00
Convrted to:
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Estimating Earth work for
Trenches and Foundation
Angle of Repose 2’-0” or more
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Approximate Angle of Repose For Sloping Sides of Excavation
Original
Ground Line
So
lid R
ock, S
late
or
Cem
en
ted
Sa
nd
an
d G
rave
l
(90
Deg.)
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Calculating Earthwork
Quantities
1. End Area Method
2. Contour Line/ Grid Method
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1. End Area Method
Used in sites where length is much
greater than width
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CALCULATING EARTHWORK QUANTITIES
1. End Area Method
a. Take cross-sections at regular intervals,
typically, 100’ intervals.
b. Calculate the cross-section end areas
c. The volume of earthwork between sections
is obtained by taking the average of the end
areas at each station in square feet
multiplied by the distance between sections
in feet and dividing by 27 to obtain the
volume in cubic yards.
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Project Site Showing 100 Stations
80
82
84
86
88
A’ B’ C’ D’ E’ F’
A B C D E F
100' 100' 100' 100' 100'
500'
30
0'
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80
78
76
82
80
78
84
82
80
86
84
88
86
90
88
78.5
80.3
82.3
84.2
86.2
88.2
Sec. A’- A
Sec. B’- B
Sec. C’- C
Sec. D’- D
Sec. E’- E
Sec. F’- F
Proj
ect
Cro
ss S
ect
ions
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Cross-Section @ A- A
80
79
78
77
76
79.5
78.5
76.7
Section A’- A
Area = = 173.7 193 x 1.8
2
Area = = 53.5 107 x 1.0
2
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Cross-Section @ B- B
82
81
80
79
78
81.8
80.3
76.7
Section B’- B
Area = = 189.0 210 x 1.8
2
Area = = 67.5 90 x 1.5
2
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Table 1. Cumulative Earthwork
Quantities
Sect ion Emb (CCY) Exc. (BCY) Exc. x B/C
(CCY)
Net Exc.
(CCY)
Cum Exc
(CCY)
A-B 672 224 254 - 418 - 418
B-C 567 441 499 - 68 - 486
C-D 215 791 896 681 195
D-E 0 1031 1167 1167 1362
E-F 0 1222 1384 1384 2746
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2. Contour Line/ Grid Method
Used for parking lots and site “leveling”
Grid size from 10’x10’ to 50’x50’
the greater the terrain variance the
smaller the grid
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2. CONTOUR LINE/GRID CELL METHOD(cont.)
Step l
Determine by visual study of the site drawing if the net total
will be an import (more fill required than cut) an export (less fill
required than cut) or a blend (cut and fill about equal)
Step 2
Determine the pattern of calculation points or grid size.
Step 3
Determine elevations at each calculation location, the corners
of each grid.
Step 4
Calculate the cubic yards of cut or fill required in each grid
cell.
Step 5
Add the individual Grid Cell quantities together to arrive at the
total cut, total fill volume and the import or volume export
yardage required for the job.
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A B C D E F 87.6 88.6 89.4 90.4 91.6 93.2
G H J K L M 87.4 88.2 89.5 90.6 91.6 92.7
N O P Q R S 87.2 87.7 89.0 90.4 91.3 92.0
87.6 88.5 89.3 90.3 91.5 95.0
94.3
93.5
93.1
A B C D E F G 300’
88’ 89’ 90’ 91’ 92’ 93’ 94’
No Scale Notes: 1. Bring the entire site to elevation 90. 2. All grids are 50’x 50’ = 2500 sq. ft. 3. Present contours
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Purpose
Grade the entire site to grade 90’
Quick and Dirty
Assume one grid
Existing 90.50
Proposed 90.00
Cut 0.50
Total Cost = = 833CY 150 x 300 x 0.50
27
300'
150' Need
Fill
Need
Cut
90'
90' 91'
90.5'
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Average elevation
=
= 88.08
change = 90-88.08
= 1.92
cut =
= 177.77 CY
and so on.
If we choose the grid size to be 50’x50’
87.6+88.5+87.6+88.6
4
87.6
88.6
87.6 87.6