EARTHWORK FOR
ROADS AND CANALS
Prepared By:
B.Govinda Rajulu
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Sl.
No
Chainage
/ Station
Depth /
Height
Mean Depth
/ Height (d)
Width (B) Area of
central portion
(BXd)
Area of sides
(Sd²)
Total sectional
Area
A = (Bd+Sd²)
Length
(L)
Quantity
Q = A X L
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Sl.
No
Chainage
/ Station
Depth /
Height
(d)
Width
(B)
Area of
central
portion (BXd)
Total (A1)
sectional Area
(Bd1 + Sd1²)
Total (A2)
sectional
Area
(Bd2+ Sd2²)
Mean sectional
Area
A = (A1+A2)/2
Length
(L)
Quantity
Q = A X L
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Example – 1:
A canal is in cutting and has a width of 4.00 m at bottom of the depth of cutting is 2.00 m and side slopes are
1 ½ : 1, find the area of cross section?
Solution: Given Data: - Width of canal = 4.00m; Depth of the cutting = 2.00 m; Side slopes = 1 ½ : 1 ( S: 1 / n: 1)
Area of c/s of canal = (b+nd)d(or) Bd + Sd²
(4 + 1.5*2)2(or) 4x2 + 1.5 x 2²
4+3*2 (or) 8 + 6
= 14.00 Sq.m (or) 14.00 Sq.m
Example – 2:
A) Mid sectional area method.
A) Mean sectional area method.
Solution:
Mid - Sectional Area Method:
Volume of earth work (V) = Area of Mid point X Length
Area of the Midpoint = (b+nd)xd
Where b= 10 m, n = 1.5, d = 1+2+3/3 = 2 m. Am = (10 + 1.5*2)x2 = 26 sq. m
Therefore Volume of earthwork (V) = 26 X 120m = 3120 cu m.
Chainage 0 50 100 150 200
R. L of Ground 97.00 96.50 96.00 97.50 98.00
Height of the
Bank / Cutting
3.00 3.50 4.00 2.50 2.00
Formation Level 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
R. L of Ground 97.00 96.50 96.00 97.50 98.00
Chainage 0 50 100 150 200
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₹
Chainage 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
R. L of Ground 105 105.60 105.44 105.90 105.42104.30 105.00 104.10 104.62104.00 103.30
R.L of Formation 107 Down gradient 1 in 150 Down gradient 1 in 100
Depth of
cutting
- - - - - - - - - - -
Height of bank2.001.201.160.500.781.600.601.200.380.701.10
R. L of
Formation
107 106.80106.60106.40106.20105.90105.60105.30 105 104.70 104.40
R. L of Ground 105 105.60105.44105.90105.42104.30 105 104.10104.62 104 103.30
Distance in m300330360390420450480510540570 600
Chainage 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Station /
Chainage
Length/
Distance
Height / Depth Mean Height /
Depth (d)
Sloping
Breadth of side
slope d√s²+1
Length in
between stations/
chainage
Total Area of both side
slopes (2X L X d√s²+1)
10 300 2.00 - - - -
11 330 1.20 1.60 3.58 30 214.80
12 360 1.16 1.18 2.63 30 157.80
13 390 0.50 0.83 1.85 30 111.00
14 420 0.78 0.64 1.42 30 85.80
15 450 1.60 1.19 2.65 30 159.60
16 480 0.60 1.10 2.45 30 147.60
17 510 1.20 0.90 2.00 30 120.60
18 540 0.38 0.79 1.77 30 106.20
19 570 0.70 0.54 1.20 30 72.60
20 600 1.10 0.90 2.00 30 120.60
TOTAL QUANTITY 1294.80 sq m
Item no Particulars of item QuantityUnit Rate Per Amount in
₹.
1 Earth work in Banking 3513.06Cu m345 % cu m12,120.00
2 Turfing/ pitching for Side slopes 1294.80Sq m270 % sq m3495.96
TOTAL COST in Rs. 16,000.00
₹
Chainage / Station / Distance of the point R. L. of Ground Level
420 118.60
450 119.25
480 119.40
510 118.85
540 118.50
570 117.25
600 116.80
630 117.15
660 117.20
Chainage 420 450 480 510 540 570 600 630 660
R.L. of G.L 118.60 119.25 119.40 118.85 118.50 117.25 116.80 117.15 117.20
R.L. of F.L 118.60 118.45 118.30 118.15 118.00 117.85 117.70 117.55 117.40
Height of the bank 0 - - - - 0.60 0.90 0.40 0.20
Depth of the Cutting 0 0.80 1.1 0.7 0.50 - - - -
ChainageR.L of
Ground
Distance Height /
Depth
Mean
height /
depth
Central
Area (Bd)
Area of
sides
(Sd²)
Total Sectional
Area (Bd+Sd²)
Length b/w
stations
Quantity (Bd+Sd²) X L
Banking Cutting
420 118.60 420 0 - - - - - - -
450 119.25 450 - 0.80 -0.40 4.80 0.24 5.04 30 - 151.20
480 119.40 480 -1.10 -0.95 11.40 1.35 12.75 30 - 382.50
510 118.85 510 -0.70 -0.90 10.80 1.22 12.02 30 - 360.60
540 118.50 540 -0.50 -0.60 7.20 0.54 7.74 30 - 232.20
passes 118.50 0 0 -0.25 3.00 0.09 3.09 14 - 43.26
570 117.25 570 0.60 0.30 3.60 0.18 3.78 16 60.48 -
600 116.80 600 0.90 0.75 9.00 1.23 10.23 30 306.90 -
630 117.15 630 0.40 0.65 7.80 0.85 8.65 30 259.50 -
660 117.20 660 0.20 0.30 3.60 0.18 3.70 30 113.40 -
Total Quantity 740.28
Cu m
1169.76
Cu m
Station /
Chainage
Height / DepthMean Height / Depth
(d)
Sloping Breadth of
side slope d√s²+1
Length in between
stations/ chainage
Total Area of both side slopes
(2X L X d√s²+1)
420 0.00
450 - 0.80
480 -1.1 Being Cutting - No Turfing is to be taken.
510 -0.70
540 -0.50
Passes 0.00
570 0.60 0.30 0.67 16 21.44
600 0.90 0.75 1.68 30 100.80
630 0.40 0.65 1.45 30 87.00
660 0.20 0.30 0.67 30 40.20
TOTAL QUANTITY 249.54 sq .m
Item no Description of item QuantityUnit Rate Per Amount in
₹.
1 Earth work in Cutting 1169.76Cu m13.00 Cu m 15,206.88
2 Earthwork in banking 740.28Cu m13.00 Cu m 9,623.64
3 Turfing/ pitching for Side slopes 294.54Sq m9.00 Sq m 2,650.86
Sundries 518.62
TOTAL COST in Rs. 28,000.00