Steps to Digging the Best Excavation Trenches

At one point or the other in your civil engineering career, the time might come to dig that trench before you move on with the construction process. In those times, what you might have learned in school might not be as useful as the step by step guide, we promise to provide you on digging the best trenches as a certified excavation contractor.

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Steps and Techniques to Drilling the Best Trenches

Excavation contractors like you make use of a lot of tools in getting their works done. Some of these tools include the bulldozer, the crane, the excavator, the dumper, the tractor and lots of other equipment. Only a few of this heavy equipment is relevant to the excavation process and you will only need a few of them to carry out your excavation.

These are the steps you will take to get your excavation trenches right:

1.  1. Planning: Excavation contractors take a great deal of time in planning the excavation procedure before they implement it. Some of the things to be done include:

•  Contacting a utility location service: Yes, you need to make that call to the utility location service. These are the guys that will tell you what is where. Where all the cables are, where all the pipes are. By calling them, you can prevent hazards when digging your trenches and make sure the process is entirely problem-free.
•  Determining your routes: What you need to do next is to outline the paths you want to dig. After this, you will place tape around it to protect the areas you want to dig.
• Analysis: Analyze the kind of soil you will be dealing with. Only after this can you proceed to the next phase of the excavation plan.

1. 2. Execution: Excavation contractors after taking the time to plan for the excavation procedure proceed to the execution phase of the plan.

This includes:

•  Getting the equipment to the excavation grounds: You will need to get all your equipment to the grounds.
•  Begin with the topsoil: You will need to use the excavator and start by scraping off the surface of the soil. Push the topsoil as far away as possible as you do
•  Proceed to the required depth: When you have peeled off the top surface, what’s next is to push deeper into the required level of the soil and complete the excavation.

    Excavation contractors understand what it takes to complete excavating trenches and now, you do too.