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 soil Excavation to form trenches or pits, known as confined excavations Cuttings, known as open excavations Construction of embankments and filled areas