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Field checklists, calculators, and videos. Practical help for planning the job and getting it done.

Field Checklist

Get the right information together before the work starts.

Seven things to send up front, from project plans and survey data to the file formats your machine control reads.

Run the numbers with your inputs, your fleet, and your job conditions.

Convert length, width, and depth into cubic yards and cubic feet for a rectangular pad, trench, or material layer.

Estimate slab concrete, an adjustable ordering allowance, and how much extra concrete a low subgrade consumes.

Estimate aggregate volume and US short tons using your supplier’s material density and an adjustable allowance.

Compare reusable excavation with required compacted fill to estimate import or surplus on a common compacted-volume basis.

Turn a cut volume into truck loads, hauling hours, and round trips, so you can sanity-check a haul-off line before you bid it.

Watch the Civil Mesh team in the field, or read the full transcripts.