Bulk excavation, sand and loose granular soil
$2.11 / CY
Bulk excavation, sand and loose granular soil costs about $2.11 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, sand and loose granular soil, measured per cubic yard. The operator excavates sand and loose granular soil with a large excavator and loads trucks while a laborer spots trucks. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Hauling, dewatering, and shoring stay on their own units.
Includes
- excavate sand / loose granular soil
- load trucks
- operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- haul (earthwork-haul-*)
- dewatering / running sand control
- shoring and slope protection
- sales tax; freight beyond what the build-up states
- after-hours, premium access, and contaminated / hazardous soil handling
- geotechnical testing, surveying / staking, and permits
Build-up
- Operator, 0.0083333 hr × $53.00
- $0.44
- Laborer, 0.0041667 hr × $41.00
- $0.17
- Material and small tools
- $0.01
- Equipment, hydraulic excavator ~35 t / ~1.5–2 CY bucket class, 0.0083333 hr per unit
- $1.12
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $1.74 / CY
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.17
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.20
- Loaded rate
- $2.11 / CY
Worked extension: 100 CY of commercial bulk excavation, sand and loose granular soil × $2.11 = $211.00 loaded for 100 CY. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Bulk excavation, common earth — $2.54 / CY
- Bulk excavation, stiff clay — $3.38 / CY
- Mass excavation, common earth — $3.00 / 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
- Rock excavation, hydraulic hammer — $34.56 / CY
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