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.

[Zamanisthe]

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

[ianda]

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..

[leotsukerman]

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

[blackwall]

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 ...

[hamzaabdirizak]

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

[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.

[DaleDirt]

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

[chuckhanson]

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

[michaeliipinge]

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

[charltonbaker]

Great Explanation, Clear Concise and Professional

[fredricsjoberg]

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!

[zombiemason]

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

[jeremiahhoneycutt]

Extremely helpful and thorough. Thank you!

[davidscott]

Yeah, this video is great. Thank you very much

[belenorbe]

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

[ConradKyei]

Found this to be very instructive. Thanks!

[djordjetodorovic]

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

[rahathferdose]

Wish my maths lecturer was anything like you

[christifaupel]

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