Estimating

Practical tips and techniques to help you develop earthwork estimates and better understand the variables that affect earthwork project costs. Some of the subjects covered in this manual include: site preparation; working with contour maps; determining stripped topsoil volumes; calculating cut and fill volumes; basement and trench excavation; swell and shrinkage; rock blasting and ripping; figuring roadwork costs and using mass haul diagrams.

Includes over 100 pages of current labor, material, and equipment costs for estimating most earthmoving and site work projects, including: dozing, excavating, scraping, loading, motor grading, ripping and soil compacting.