Excavation & Grading Handbook Revised
Table of Contents

Introduction | Preview A Chapter | Back Cover

• 1 Understanding Road Survey Stakes, 5

• 2 Plan Reading, 18

• 3 Using a Contour Plan, 36

• 4 Grade Setting, 43

• 5 Laser Levels, 67

• 6 Shop Talk, 87

• 7 Excavating Subdivisions, 99

• 8 Excavating Commercial Sites, 114

• 9 Planning Excavation, 123

• 10 Highway Grading, 132

• 11 Widening Rural Roads, 147

• 12 Building Narrow Embankments, 158

• 13 Excavating to the Subgrade Level, 161

• 14 Drainage Channels, 171

• 15 Curb and Sidewalk Grading, 177

• 16 Unsuitable Material, 185

• 17 Construction Fabrics, 193

• 18 Compaction, 199

• 19 Trench Compaction, 211

• 20 Lime Treated Base, 218

• 21 Aggregate Base, 223

• 22 Working in Mud, 232

• 23 Working Rock, 237

• 24 Ripping and Compacting Asphalt Road, 244

• 25 Pavement Removal, 249

• 26 Asphaltic Concrete Paving, 255

• 27 Trenching, 289

• 28 Trench Shoring, 303

• 29 Laying Water Pipe, 311

• 30 Laying Sewer Pipe, 326

• 31 Laying Drain Pipe, 338

• 32 Constructing Manholes, 349

• 33 Pressure Testing Sewer Pipe, 359

• 34 Drains and Culverts, 365

• Glossary and Abbreviations, 369

• Index, 376

Introduction | Preview A Chapter | Back Cover