Bulk excavation, common earth
$2.54 / CY
Bulk excavation, common earth costs about $2.54 per cubic yard installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
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What’s in this rate
This unit covers Bulk excavation, common earth, measured per cubic yard. The operator excavates common earth with an excavator and loads haul trucks. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Hauling, rock, trenching, footing excavation, and shoring stay on their own units.
Includes
- excavate common earth (per bank CY)
- load haul trucks
- spotter / grade check
- operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- haul and disposal (earthwork-haul-* / export)
- rock excavation
- shoring, sheeting, or underpinning
- dewatering
- 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, 0.01 hr × $53.00
- $0.53
- Laborer, 0.005 hr × $41.00
- $0.21
- Material and small tools
- $0.01
- Equipment, hydraulic excavator ~35 t / ~1.5–2 CY bucket class, 0.01 hr per unit
- $1.35
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $2.10 / CY
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.21
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.23
- Loaded rate
- $2.54 / CY
Worked extension: 100 CY of commercial bulk excavation, common earth × $2.54 = $254.00 loaded for 100 CY. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Rock check dam — $229.82 / EA
- Mass excavation, common earth — $3.00 / CY
- Bulk excavation, sand and loose granular soil — $2.11 / CY
- Bulk excavation, stiff clay — $3.38 / CY
- Hand excavation, spot — $80.11 / CY
- Footing excavation, continuous 24 x 30 in — $6.51 / LF
- Footing excavation, spread footing — $157.89 / EA
- Rock excavation, rippable — $9.17 / CY
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