CEE 431 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING

PROJECT 3: EXCAVATION ESTIMATE

Volume Estimates for

1. Foundation Excavation
2. Backfill
3. Fill under Slabs On Grade
4. Thickened Slabs and Thickened Edges Excavation

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 Building area and contour lines illustrated in the drawing

884

150'

883
100'

882

881

880

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 1. FOUNDATION EXCAVATION ESTIMATE

Step 1: Locate the footings and estimate the existing grade elevations of their ends using interpolation

884
150'

884.0 883.4

883

10A 10A

4A 4A
100'

50'

50'
882

881

880.6 880.2
880

Foundation Plan

Note: The elevation of the excavation at the bottom of the footings is 878 feet.

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 1. FOUNDATION EXCAVATION ESTIMATE (cont.)

Elevation at the bottom of slab

Concrete slab on grade on grade = 885 ft. (Given)
h/2
(variable) Fill
Existing grade
(from contour lines)

h (variable)
Backfill Backfill
8"
2 2

1 1 Elevation at the bottom of

8"
footing = 878 ft. (Given)

1' 2' 1'

Section 4A: Typical section of footings,

excavation, backfill, and fill

w2 =4' + (h2 / 2)x2 = 4'+h2

Formula for estimating excavation volume

h2 A2=(4+h2/2)h2

4' End 2

By the Average-End-Area method:

w1 = 4' + (h1 / 2)x2 = 4'+h1
Volume = L x (A1+A2)/2 =
[(4+h1/2)h1+(4+h2/2)h2] L/2 =
h1

A1=(4+h1/2)h1
[8(h1+h2) + (h12+h22)] L /4
4' End 1

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 1. FOUNDATION EXCAVATION ESTIMATE (cont.)

Step 2: Calculate excavation volume

Elevation at the bottom of footing: 878

By the Average-End-Area Method

2
Footing Existing grade elevation Height (ft) Width at End 1 (ft) Width at End 2 (ft) Area (ft ) Average Length Volume
2 3
location End 1 End 2 h1 h2 Bottom Top (w1) Bottom Top (w2) A1 A2 Area (ft ) (ft) (ft )
West side 880.6 884.0 2.6 6.0 4.0 6.6 4.0 10.0 13.8 42.0 27.9 100 2,789
North side 884.0 883.4 6.0 5.4 4.0 10.0 4.0 9.4 42.0 36.2 39.1 150 5,863
East side 883.4 880.2 5.4 2.2 4.0 9.4 4.0 6.2 36.2 11.2 23.7 100 2,370
South side 880.6 880.2 2.6 2.2 4.0 6.6 4.0 6.2 13.8 11.2 12.5 150 1,875
Total 12,898

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 2. BACKFILL ESTIMATE (FOR PERIMETER FOOTINGS)

Consider backfilling around the perimeter footings to reach the original grade elevations that existed before excavation.

3
Excavation volume (ft ) = 12,898 (from Excavation Estimate on page 5)

Deduct for

Footing
2
Area (ft ) = 2'x(8/12)' = 1.33
Length (ft) = 2x(100'+150') = 500
3
Footing volume (ft ) = 667

Foundation wall

Location Existing grade elevation Foundation wall ht. in backfill(ft) Average ht. Width Area Length Volume
2 3
End 1 End 2 End 1 End 2 (ft) (ft) (ft ) (ft) (ft )
West side 880.6 884.0 1.93 5.33 3.63 0.67 2.42 100 242.2
North side 884.0 883.4 5.33 4.73 5.03 0.67 3.36 150 503.3
East side 883.4 880.2 4.73 1.53 3.13 0.67 2.09 100 208.9
South side 880.6 880.2 1.93 1.53 1.73 0.67 1.16 150 173.3
Total 1,128
Note : Foundation wall height in backfill (ft) = Existing grade elevation - 878 (Elevation at the bottom of the footing) - 8" (depth of footing)

3
Backfill volume (ft ) = Excavation Volume - Footing Volume - Foundation wall Volume
3
=12,898 - 667 - 1,128 = 11,103 ft

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 3. FILL UNDER SLAB ON GRADE VOLUME ESTIMATE

Step 1: Divide the fill area into small segments.

150' - 8" = 149' 4" = 6 @ 24' 10-2/3"

1 2 3 4 5 6
100' - 8" = 99' 4" = 4 @ 24' 10"

7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24

Final elevation at bottom of slab on grade is 885 ft (given)

Note: The width and length of the fill area are calculated by deducting the width
and length of the building area by the width of foundation wall (see Section 4A
on page 4 for details).

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 3. FILL UNDER SLAB ON GRADE VOLUME ESTIMATE (Cont.)

Step 2: Estimate the elevations at the corners of each segment by interpolation

6@24'10-2/3" = 149'4"

884.0 883.7 883.6 883.6 883.6 883.5 883.4

1 2 3 4 5 6

883.0 882.9 882.9 882.9 882.9 882.8 882.6

7 8 9 10 11 12
4@24'10" = 99'4"

882.3 882.3 882.3 882.2 881.9 881.8 881.6

13 14 15 16 17 18

881.4 881.2 881.2 881.2 881.1 881.1 880.9

N
19 20 21 22 23 24

880.6 880.4 880.3 880.2 880.3 880.3 880.2

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 3. FILL UNDER SLAB ON GRADE VOLUME ESTIMATE (Cont.)

Ground elevation: From ground contour lines

Final-grade elevation: 885 (Given)
2
Area of each segment = 24.83 ft x 24.89 ft = 618 ft

Use the second equation on the second page of the handout

Section Area Elevation Height (ft) Avg. Ht. Volume

(ft2) e1 e2 e3 e4 h1 h2 h3 h4 (ft) (ft3)
1 618 884.0 883.7 883.0 882.9 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.1 1.6 988.8
2 618 883.7 883.6 882.9 882.9 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.1 1.7 1,066.1
3 618 883.6 883.6 882.9 882.9 1.4 1.4 2.1 2.1 1.8 1,081.5
4 618 883.6 883.6 882.9 882.9 1.4 1.4 2.1 2.1 1.8 1,081.5
5 618 883.6 883.5 882.9 882.8 1.4 1.5 2.1 2.2 1.8 1,112.4
6 618 883.5 883.4 882.8 882.6 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 1,189.7
7 618 883.0 882.9 882.3 882.3 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.7 2.4 1,467.8
8 618 882.9 882.9 882.3 882.3 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.7 2.4 1,483.2
9 618 882.9 882.9 882.3 882.2 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.8 2.4 1,498.7
10 618 882.9 882.9 882.2 881.9 2.1 2.1 2.8 3.1 2.5 1,560.5
11 618 882.9 882.8 881.9 881.8 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 2.7 1,637.7
12 618 882.8 882.6 881.8 881.6 2.2 2.4 3.2 3.4 2.8 1,730.5
13 618 882.3 882.3 881.4 881.2 2.7 2.7 3.6 3.8 3.2 1,977.7
14 618 882.3 882.3 881.2 881.2 2.7 2.7 3.8 3.8 3.3 2,008.6
15 618 882.3 882.2 881.2 881.2 2.7 2.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 2,024.0
16 618 882.2 881.9 881.2 881.1 2.8 3.1 3.8 3.9 3.4 2,101.3
17 618 881.9 881.8 881.1 881.1 3.1 3.2 3.9 3.9 3.5 2,178.5
18 618 881.8 881.6 881.1 880.9 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.7 2,255.8
19 618 881.4 881.2 880.6 880.4 3.6 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.1 2,533.9
20 618 881.2 881.2 880.4 880.3 3.8 3.8 4.6 4.7 4.2 2,611.1
21 618 881.2 881.2 880.3 880.2 3.8 3.8 4.7 4.8 4.3 2,642.0
22 618 881.2 881.1 880.2 880.3 3.8 3.9 4.8 4.7 4.3 2,657.5
23 618 881.1 881.1 880.3 880.3 3.9 3.9 4.7 4.7 4.3 2,657.5
24 618 881.1 880.9 880.3 880.2 3.9 4.1 4.7 4.8 4.4 2,703.8
Note : h i = 885 - e i Total 44,250

Fill volume (ft3) = 44,250

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 4. THICKENED SLABS AND THICKENED EDGES EXCAVATION ESTIMATE

6"
6" 12" 6"

Section 10A: Typical section of thickened slabs

Items Number Length Width Depth Area Volume

(ft) Top (ft) Bottom (ft) (ft) (ft2) (ft3)
N-S thickended slabs 2 50 2 1 0.5 0.75 75

Note: See Foundation Plan on page 3 for more details.

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