How to bid an excavation job without guessing
A step-by-step method for bidding excavation work — takeoff, production rates, unit costs, waste, and markups — from a contractor who bids this work every week.
Cut and fill takeoff: where shrink and swell eat your margin
Bank, loose, and compacted yards are three different numbers. Here is how to keep them straight in an earthwork takeoff so your import and haul-off quantities hold up.