What does it cost to remove soil from site?
Sam Hassall - Who consults on cost issues for the landscape sector is going to produce a cost analysis on muck-away and the removal of excavated materials from site. He will hopefully also be investigating the costs of recycling soil to re-use on site.
This will be the first in a series of documents which will be uploaded to a new landscape cost analysis group. Members will be able to download the data in the form of a .PDF Doc. There will also be an index for reference at any time.
Your input is needed.
What information would you like to be included?
Is there anything that puzzles you about muck-away costs? Perhaps it's calculating the potential volume of loose waste after excavation or how will the weight of a sandy spoil vary as opposed to a dense clay spoil?
The intention is to analyse and drill down specific aspects of soil excavation as well as costs involved with supply.
Potential example question: What would be the cost difference of removing, per tonne of waste soil from site, if a) I could use an excavator and dumper to move the soil 50 metres to a loading point for a grab-away lorry or b) if I had to dig out the soil by hand and wheel 50 metres to the collection point?
Potential example question: How do I calculate to the volume/weight and cost of removing soil from site in wet conditions whereby the soil has a high water content? How would my costs differ if than if I did exactly the same project in a drier period of the year.
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Come on, don't be shy. The information we collate will become a useful downloadable .PDF for you to keep in your office files.
As a matter of interest, this post has already made it to number three on Google out of over 54 million results.
Example question: What are the weight/volume differences for the different soil types?
Example question: What are my legal responsibilities for the removal of soil from site. Do I have to obtain and retain a waste transfer certificate, even if I re-use the soil on another landscaping site?
Example question: What are the regional variations for muck-away or importation charges?
Example question: How much soil does a conventional wheelbarrow hold?
Example question: How fast can a man push a wheelbarrow laden with soil and how does the speed vary over the duration of a full working day? What are the +/- speed differences when comparing travel uphill and downhill (perhaps shown as a graph?)
Will there be a standard form of data collection? as often when comparing rates there can be big differences in what has been allowed; protection, clear up and the circumstances that the work has been performed; access etc.
Of course lets not forget about not trashing what you have on site in the first place; compaction, contamination etc
Clive
Hi Clive
Sam will pick up on members' thoughts/suggestions/ideas and requests and model the document accordingly.
Feel free to add whatever you'd like to see.
Hi Clive
Another question may be
What does it cost to recycle the soil on site?
With the saving on removing all the waste away and importing in of new graded soil, when you could reduce the waste away to just the material you do not want and keep what you require on site, screen it with either an excavator or Avant type loader and have the option to blend in other products to produce your own material suited to your individual end use.
Peter
Reach it - Move it - Crush it
the soil is a resource not waste so this can be used over again. so there for im sure that a quote of £90 a ton of soil deliverd and a Quote of £70 to take a ton away is a joke
costs are :
tow truck : 4x4 , powerfull van etc.
2. tipper cost/ loan / servicing/ insurance/security
3. fuel+extra fuel when towing.
3.time to collect and return trailer / and fill up - empty at tip.
4. tip fees
5. waste env-agency license.
6. digging up / staff wages ..
access - time - wheelbarrow
I'd be interested in figures for bulking rates per square meter for various types of excavated soil.
This post seems to connect well with the recent post regarding skip & grab away costs, bulking factors etc.
I assume Sam Hassall has completed this exercise and wonder if the results are available to us (If I have missed it..my apologies :-(
So, has it made it into the Spons Bibles ?
ive always worked out soil for a m3 to be 1.8t and for grab trucks 7m3 seems to be the sweetspot for most materials
as for disposal either around £130 for a 8 wheeler wagon, £200 for a grab wagon and £20 for a tipper load (not including fuel or wear and tear)