Mass excavation, common earth
$3.00 / CY
Mass excavation, common earth costs about $3.00 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 Mass excavation, common earth, measured per cubic yard. The operator mass-excavates common earth with a large excavator and dozer support and loads haul trucks. The rate covers the listed material, labor, and small tools. Hauling, rock, bulk/trench/footing excavation, and shoring stay on their own units.
Includes
- mass excavate common earth (per bank CY)
- dozer support / push-up
- load haul trucks
- operator and laborer time and equipment listed in the build-up
- stated material waste and small tools
Excludes
- haul and disposal
- rock excavation
- shoring
- 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, 0.00806 hr × $53.00
- $0.43
- Laborer, 0.0025 hr × $41.00
- $0.10
- Material and small tools
- $0.01
- Equipment, hydraulic excavator ~50 t / ~3 CY bucket class, 0.00556 hr per unit
- $1.62
- Equipment, crawler dozer ~D6 class, 0.0025 hr per unit
- $0.32
- Direct rate (labor, material, equipment, and tools)
- $2.48 / CY
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $0.25
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $0.27
- Loaded rate
- $3.00 / CY
Worked extension: 100 CY of commercial mass excavation, common earth × $3.00 = $300.00 loaded for 100 CY. Quantity is a worked extension.
Related rates
- Bulk excavation, common earth — $2.54 / CY
- Trench excavation, 18 in wide x 3 ft deep — $3.30 / LF
- Bulk excavation, stiff clay — $3.38 / CY
- Hand excavation, spot — $80.11 / CY
- Bulk excavation, sand and loose granular soil — $2.11 / 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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