Abstract
All civil engineering work will involve some form of earthworks. This work may be a small or a large part of the construction but, however big, some form of mechanical equipment, called ‘Plant’ will be employed to carry out the earth-moving operations. In general earthwork can be classified into four broad categories:
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Initial clearance of vegetation and trees and stripping of top soil
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Excavation to form trenches or pits, known as confined excavations
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Cuttings, known as open excavations
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Construction of embankments and filled areas
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5.5 References
G. Barnes, Soil Mechanics, 1995 Macmillan Press, ISBN 0-333-59654-4
British Standards Institute. BS 1377: Part 1 to 9: 1990: British Standard Method of test for Soils for Civil Engineering Purposes.
Department of Transport, Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works. Vol 1 and 2, 1993 published by HMSO.
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Warren, D.R. (1996). Earthworks. In: Civil Engineering Construction Design and Management. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13727-5_5
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