EARTHWORKS

Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth’s surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock by excavation, cutting or filling.
Typical earthworks include road construction, railway beds, causeways, dams, levees, canals, and berms. Other common earthworks are land grading to reconfigure the topography of a site, or to stabilize slopes. Heavy construction equipment is usually used due to the amounts of material to be moved up to millions of cubic metres. Earthwork construction was revolutionized by the development of the (Fresno) scraper and other earth-moving machines such as the loader, the dump truck, the grader, the bulldozer, the backhoe, and the dragline excavator.

TYPES

There are several types of earthworks.

• Digging/Excavation
• Trenching
• Land clearing
• Topsoil excavation
• Site classification
• Archaeological excavations
• Much excavation
• Rock excavation
• Backfilling
• Fill certification
• Compaction
• Material identification
• Material testing

GEOCONSOL SERVICES:

At GEOCONSOL, we deliver a tailored suite of the following services to accommodate project geology, complexity, diverse design solutions, and safety requirements.

• Preliminary review of the ground conditions
• Advice on additional geotechnical information required as per Project Specifications or Standards
• Advice on suitability of foundation type
• Tender design advice of foundations for buildings, bridges, retaining walls, noise walls, barriers, light poles
• Detailed design advice of foundations for buildings, bridges, retaining walls, noise walls, barriers, light poles
• Construction phase services including verification of ground conditions adopted in foundation design, insitu testing to verify ground conditions and reporting.
• Foundation design optimization
• Independent review of footings design by others
• Proof Engineering

GEOCONSOL, has certified resources to provide the above services.