Civil Engineering - Estimating and Costing - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Estimating and Costing - Section 2 (Q.No. 8)
8.
A cement concrete road is 1000 m long, 8 m wide and 15 cm thick over the sub-base of 10 cm thick gravel. The box cutting in road crust is
Discussion:
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Aamir said:
8 years ago
Box cutting means to the excavation of the road so as to fit the road in the excavated portion this is done to make road level with the surrounding, now you have remembered that there is compaction of 6.25cm in gravel in the subbase so remaining total available ht will be 15+3.75cm, and then as usual l*b*h.
Takhe Lomdak said:
1 decade ago
How to calculate this problem?
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