MEMO TUTORIAL 3: GRID AVERAGE METHOD Date…...
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DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE
General site clearance to remove all grass, trees girth 500 mm
and below including fence & hedge, debris over entire site & put
in spoil heaps for cart away.
20.00 25
10.00 A 15
200 m2 ½/ 40
20
20.00 B 25
10.00 15
200 m2 ½/ 40
25.00 C
5.00
125 m2
25
5
15.00 D ½/ 30
10.00 15
150 m2
675 m2
0.07 ha
Trees
3 nr 500 mm to 1m girth
1 nr 2-3m
Demolition Other Structures
Brickwall n.e. 50 m3
Length
√10² + 10² = 14.142
15.000
29.142
Sum Sum (Vol = 29.14 x 2 x 0.22 = 12.82 m3)
Pipelines
Removal 200 mm dia watermains
L1 = √25² + 15² = 29.155
64.51 m L2 = √25² + 25² = 35.355
64.51
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EARTHWORKS
Preamble
Nature of the ground is ordinary soil.
Material from excavation to be cart away to a site
4 km away.
X1 X2 X3 X4
11.3 10.31 10.31 10.5
10.5 10.5 10.58
10.5 11.7 10.7
10.64 10.5
10.6 10.5
10.5 10.6
10.9 10.65
11.1 10.8
11 10.8
10.4 10.6
11.5 10.8
11.6 10.95
11
11
11.2
11.3
11.1
11
11.4
11.6
∑ 11.3 129.55 32.51 217.58
X1 X2 X3 X4
11.3 259.1 97.53 870.32 1238.25
No. Readings = (1x1) + (2x12) + (3x3) + (4x20) = 114
Weighted Average height = 1238.25/114 = 10.86
Average depth = 10.86 - 10.00 = 0.86 m
General excavations (open face) max depth 1 - 2 m
Max. Level 11.70
Req. Lvel -10.00
675 1.70 m
0.86 Area as calculated before = 675 m2
3
580.5 m Volume = area x average depth
675/0.86 580.5 m3
Excavation Ancillaries
3
580.5 m Disposal of excavated material
END OF MEASUREMENT