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bulking in soil

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:11 pm
by cabby
hi people i was wondering if any one had a calculation for the builking of soil and clay i have a 16.250x600x1.500 foundation which gives 14.625 m3 of soil but cant work out the bulking so cant work out how many skips will be needed can some one please help thanks looking forward to replys

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 6:20 pm
by LCL
cabby

the bulking factor of stiff clay is 1.4.

Hope this helps

LCL