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Selecting excavation equipment
The project is nearing 90% completion on the design and will be going out to bid fairly soon. Our A/E firm had a subsurface site investigation performed, which provided SPT blow counts, standard proctor data, PI, and moisture content along the pipe alignment and other excavation areas. Our...- DFrancom
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Selecting excavation equipment
dtrisler, Thanks for the information. I was not aware that the UBC had such a table.- DFrancom
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Selecting excavation equipment
The Caterpillar Performance Handbook and the Corps of Engineers use siesmic wave velocites to help determine the type / size of excavation equipment needed to excavate a given soil. Does anyone know of other methods to help determine what equipment will be necessary to excavate "hard"...- DFrancom
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