Site Clearance & Bulk Earthworks
Clearance, cut and fill, haul roads and formation preparation for a phased development.
A sample entry showing the structure of a project page. Not a Daima project — and excluded from search indexing until it is real.
- Location
- Kitengela, Kajiado County
- Sector
- Private developer
- Status
- In progress
- Completed
An enabling-works package preparing a sloping plot for a phased development. The objective was to move as little material off site as possible, which meant balancing cut and fill across the plot rather than digging to a single level and carting the difference away.
Haul roads, drainage and the site entrance were built first, so that everything after them had somewhere to run on and somewhere for water to go.
Services drawn on
Project data
- Site area
- To be supplied
- Earthworks volume
- To be supplied
- Material re-used on site
- To be supplied
- Formation testing
- Layer compaction tests
- Contract duration
- To be supplied
- Contract type
- To be supplied
Dashed slots are figures deliberately left unfilled. Nothing here is estimated or invented.
What was built.
- 01Topographic survey and earthworks volume balance
- 02Clearance of vegetation and existing structures
- 03Bulk cut and fill, with material re-use on site
- 04Temporary haul roads and site entrance
- 05Formation compaction and testing
- 06Temporary drainage and silt control
How it was built.
PLATE 01Volumes were calculated from the survey before plant arrived, so that the cut and fill balanced across the site and haulage off site was minimised.
Fill was placed in layers and compacted to specification, with test results recorded at each layer rather than assumed from the machine passes.
Temporary drainage and silt traps were installed before bulk excavation, not after the first heavy rain.
On site.
PLATE 02
PLATE 03
PLATE 04
PLATE 05
PLATE 06
PLATE 07What the site presented, and what was done about it.
Challenge
A significant level difference across the plot with limited budget for material haulage.
Solution
Cut and fill volumes were balanced from the survey so that excavated material was re-used on site, which removed most of the haulage and the tipping cost with it.
Challenge
Heavy seasonal rain risked washing loose material onto the neighbouring road.
Solution
Cut-off drains and silt traps were installed ahead of bulk excavation, and exposed faces were left no larger than could be dealt with in a single wet spell.
Outcome
A prepared and tested formation ready for the first construction phase, with earthworks balanced on site.
Nearby in type or method.
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