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Understanding Earthworks
Earthworks involves manipulating soil and rocks for different purposes. Although it is a significant aspect of preparing land for the construction of buildings, roads, and other infrastructure, it is also used for shaping land to alter its topography.
This earthworks ebook is the ideal introduction to understanding what is involved in earthworks, including preparing a site, shaping the ground surface, grading and earthmoving, earthworks calculations and soil storage and filing.
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE & NATURE OF EARTHWORKS
- Nature of Earthworks
- Earthworks Applications
CHAPTER 2 SITE PREPARATION
- Surveying and Levelling
- Site Investigation, Soil and Subsoil
- Land Clearing
CHAPTER 3 GROUND SURFACE SHAPING
- Earth Forming
- Ground Shapes
- Creating Mounds
- How To Build a Raised Garden Bed
CHAPTER 4 GRADING & EARTHMOVING
- Grading Principles and Methods
- Site Grading
- Earthmoving Tools
- Earthmoving Machinery
- Earthmoving
CHAPTER 5 EARTHWORKS CALCULATIONS
- Cut & Fill Calculations
- Drainage Considerations
CHAPTER 6 STABILISING METHODS
- Compaction
- Surface Treatments
- Drainage
- Improving Surface Drainage After Construction
- Points To Remember When Designing a Drainage System
- Drainage Effectiveness
- Rate of Excess Water Reaching Soil
CHAPTER 7 SOIL STORAGE & FILLING
- Removal, Storage and Reinstatement of Topsoil
- Filling Materials
- Working With Filled Land
- Further reading and study
- More ebooks available
- Courses available
Who is this for?
- Builders
- Construction workers
- Landscapers and gardeners
- Farmers, Land managers, miners, soil suppliers
- Students of engineering, horticulture, planning, agriculture and other related disciplines