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Earthwork Excavation
Digging, removing and grading soil or rock to the required depth so that footings, rafts or basements can be built.
What is Earthwork Excavation?
Earthwork excavation is one of the first activities on an Indian construction site. Machines such as JCBs or Poclains, or manual labour, remove topsoil, rock and earth down to the required structural depth, so that footings, raft foundations or basements can be built.
Practical example
A residential project needs a two-level basement car park. The earthwork contractor deploys excavators and a fleet of dump trucks to dig down to 6 m below ground level. The contractor bills the developer for the total cu.m of earth excavated and carried away from the site.
In SuperWise
In SuperWise, earthwork is a BOQ item measured in cu.m, such as excavation in ordinary soil. A measurement sheet records the number, length, breadth and height of each trench or pit, approval updates progress on the BOQ item, and the approved quantity feeds the RA bill. Hours of owned machines are logged in equipment logs, and rented machines are recorded as equipment rental challans against a PO line.
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