Calculating The Volume of an Excavation

This video will explain the process for calculating the volume of material that will need to be carted off site when digging an excavation for a foundation on a level lot. The math is all in imperial - the process is identical in metric. If you are working in metric, be sure to convert all dimensions to meters before doing any calculations.

[@blackwall619]

Straight forward, not some arcane wizard on a calculator lesson. Thanks for a well thought out lesson.

[@Hatem_Elmofty]

Thank you, Bernard, for sharing the knowledge. Used to calculate the excavation cubes but yes, at the end of the day the hauling units are always in MTs which will be hard to track, as the tonnage always differs according to the different types of soil ...

[@MrSatty]

Thank you Mister Bernard for a detailed explanation.

[@djordjetodorovic8621]

Thanks a lot. This video was more helpfull than all school classes

[@ianda2010]

Great video explained really clearly. On project this is what can make or break budget. You can use software but software without understanding the basic principles can be very costly. Thank you for great video..

[@Zamanisthe5]

Amazing..Amazing....Amazing. way much better than my Quantity Surveying Instructor. thank you Sir. from South Africa

[@leotsukerman]

Thanks for spending an entire day making this video! Incredibly useful and easy to understand! PS. Great job on the drawings!

[@rubinmortensen]

I'm taking a class on estimating at university and they did not cover excavation very well. This was extremely helpful! I really appreciate the guidance and commend you for the time you spent making the video.

[@charltonbaker3328]

Great Explanation, Clear Concise and Professional

[@michaeliipinge3438]

This the first Video making sense since my research on the platform. Grateful

[@fredricsjoberg4917]

Super helpful video! The one last valuable thing at the end would be to know how much volume to weight that is, the cubik ft/m3 is helpful but the final key number is to know the weight of that material and then you know how many trucks you need to get the job done.
Great video, hope to see more videos like this!

[@mbtcg]

This video is perfect!!! Thank you, for taking the time to explain the process in detail.

[@hamzaabdirizak5646]

a lot better than my professor. i hope you post a lot of videos about Estimating takeoff procedures and calculations

[@jeremiahhoneycutt4043]

Extremely helpful and thorough. Thank you!

[@chuckhanson7506]

Thanks for taking the time to explain this..... So much appreciated!!!

[@kalumwewastanford3573]

Love it. Very clear to understand.

[@DaleDirt]

Thank you so much , This will be extremely important in the bidding process . Very thorough , great video .

[@genardmassop9848]

very good easy understanding

[@tabithatwilley5801]

Great video! Very helpful!

[@belenorbe6754]

This was so well explained. Thanks for taking the time to do this video was so helpful

[@redempsonblue]

Nice tutorial sir! from philippines here

[@zombiemason9866]

Thank you! much needed to see a real life sitch.

[@ConradKyei]

Found this to be very instructive. Thanks!

[@davidscott9097]

Yeah, this video is great. Thank you very much

[@hadimokhtari7839]

SO UNDERSTANDABLE THANKS

[@ehsanl1135]

Great job!

[@rahathferdose]

Wish my maths lecturer was anything like you

[@afghanFBI]

special thanks, that was just awesome

[@michaelalonzi8325]

thank you for making the video it is essential!

[@carlossolis712]

excellent video

[@thiagoviana4182]

Very, very, very good video.

[@abdulbasit-wv1yn]

Thank You so much sir

[@thangtrent584]

Thanks you sir !!!

[@harjeetkaur514]

So much information… that’s great .. 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂💐💐💐💐

[@genardmassop9848]

very good well done

[@justinperrier307]

Nice work

[@abakaryusufjoseph2273]

Loved it

[@myatsumon7330]

Thanks for your video. Could you please share your knowledge about calculating earthwork according to cut & fill area? I’m really appreciated for that!

[@brandonprice6601]

Very good

[@user-lk3iy7oj2z]

Extremely useful information in this Video and I appreciate you for making it "easy" to understand for us, I am intrigued by the calculator app that you are using, could you please tell me what is the name of that calculator app? Thank you in advance!

[@christifaupel2722]

You've simplified something that the textbooks over complicate. They would have us figure excavation with grids, figuring out volume square by square.

[@ShopperPlug]

Make a video which discuses about about soil types and frost line before making a foundation.

[@davidscott9097]

Also easier way to do the average, which I came up with when you mentioned making it a box. Is by simply adding one side for the cut instead of doing all that work, really.

[@newrevolt9064]

do you have excel template of site layout and excavation for retail with footers at ---

[@er.farooq5803]

Dear sir I am your fan really ....Please suggest me some books of civil engineering

[@jerryhintchel6109]

Thx Buddy!!!! Hintch

[@CarlosLopez-yx8ly]

Is there any Facebook groups you guys know about where I can share a job I'm doing that I think I underpriced

[@tyfast27]

Zang!!!!

[@trickmytractor7187]

Way over thinking it

[@nuttyjobstillsucks]

what book are you reading from?