Trench backfill, native

$8.63 / CY

EW-046 · MasterFormat 31 23 23 · CY

What’s in this rate

This unit covers Trench backfill, native, measured per cubic yard. The crew returns native trench spoil in lifts and compacts it with a jumping-jack rammer. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Select backfill, bedding, and testing stay on their own units.

Includes

  • place native spoil in ~6–8 in lifts
  • rammer compaction
  • operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
  • stated material waste and small tools

Excludes

  • pipe bedding / haunch
  • select or imported backfill material
  • compaction testing
  • surface restoration
  • tax / freight beyond the stated delivered material prices
  • after-hours, premium access, and contaminated / hazardous soil handling
  • geotechnical testing, surveying / staking, and permits

Build-up

Operator, 0.02 hr × $52.00
$1.04
Laborer, 0.08 hr × $38.00
$3.04
Material and small tools
$0.04
Equipment, hydraulic excavator ~20 t / ~1 CY bucket class, 0.02 hr per unit
$1.90
Equipment, jumping-jack rammer, 0.08 hr per unit
$1.12
Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
$7.14 / CY
Overhead 10% of direct
$0.71
Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
$0.78
Loaded rate
$8.63 / CY

Worked extension: 100 CY of commercial trench backfill, native × $8.63 = $863.00 loaded for 100 CY. Quantity is a worked extension.

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