Earthworks

All civil engineering work will involve some form of earthworks. This work may be a small or a large part of the construction but, however big, some form of mechanical equipment, called ‘Plant’ will be employed to carry out the earth-moving operations. In general earthwork can be classified into four broad categories: Initial clearance of vegetation and trees and stripping of top soilExcavation to form trenches or pits, known as confined excavationsCuttings, known as open excavationsConstruction of embankments and filled areas