WHAT IS EARTH WORK - civil engineer vijay technical

Most constructions site, there is need for earth movements especially at the onstage of the establishing the site. This is most obtainable for Buildings constructions sites, Road Constructions sites, Etc.Now Let understands the meaning of Earth Works

What is Earth Work

Earthworks is a process that involves the movements of a portion of the earth’s surface from one location to another and in a new position. It also involve the establishment of a new position for earth materials like sand. Earth movements also involve the creation of a new desired shape and physical conditions for the earth material being moved. It is also called Excavation.

Earth works involve a lot of processes and because of this, i am going to classify earth works to includes the following type:

Type of earth work Or Excavations

1. Topsoil excavations

2. Earth Excavations

3. Rock Excavations

4. Muck Excavations

5. Channel excavations

6. Footing excavations

7. Burrow Excavations

8. Bridge Excavations

9. Unclassified Excavations

Because of the facts that there exist a wide variety of soil encountered on site, many jobs to be done with such soils also, You are therefore going to be exposed to various equipment and method used in earth works but before this, lets talk about the type of excavation.

1.Topsoil Excavations

This is a types of excavation that is associated with the scraping of all vegetation. This types of excavations process is mostly employed during landscaping or when there is need to supports the growth of vegetation and control erosion.

2. Channel Excavations

This is mostly commons in road construction. It is the process of re-locating a creek or streams usually because its path cuts across a right of ways

3. Muck Excavations

This is the process of the removing of materials on sites which contain an excess amounts of water and undesirable soil. This is necessarys for all materials that will not have enough strengths to sustain a structures during and after constructions.

Muck excavations can be used in embankments, Removals of water can be used in an embankment. Water removals can be achieved by spreading muck overs a large area and allowing it to dry. This facilitate the reduction of it water content before final disposal or re-use.

4. Earth Excavations

This is a types of excavations that deals with  the removal of a layer of the soil immediately under the top soils. The depth is usually not more than 4 meter.

5. Borrow Excavations

Borrow excavations is common with Road constructions and buildings constructions sometimes. It describes all the process involved in the obtaining of material for filling roads during constructions. Standards requires that a borrow pit is cleared of all pit and debris, then stripped of top soil before the desired materials is reached and finally excavated for whatever use it is intended for.

This is the definition of earth works and the type of excavation you shoulds know as a practicing civil engineer.