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This is a process in which a building site or road is to make sure that the ground they are being built on has the appropriate slope. This is necessary to help supervise erosion control. Erosion control is the process that helps to keep plant matter, rock, soil, and other environmental features from being removed by rain or wind. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Grading Excavating


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Grading Excavating
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This is a process in which a building site or
road is to make sure that the ground they are
being built on has the appropriate slope. This
is necessary to help supervise erosion control.
Erosion control is the process that helps to keep
plant matter, rock, soil, and other environmental
features from being removed by rain or wind. To
do grading excavating, it will typically require
excavating tools, big heavy equipment, and
tractors to create an area that is well graded.
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When a construction company begins to builds
roads, they use special design techniques. These
techniques can include hardware that will help to
measure the roads slope. The company will also
use special leveling equipment.
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Grading and excavating is a skill that requires
experience and special training. To do this job
it requires measurement markers and devices to
recognize how much ground in specific areas on
the lot that need to be remove. Once the area to
be graded has been marked the equipment operator
will begin grading. The equipment operator is the
person that is trained to use the equipment that
is used to grade the lot.
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The grading excavating contractors San Diego
needs to be an operator who is qualified to run
the grader tractor. To level the dirt the
operator will use a large shovel. This shovel
can be found between the rear and front wheels of
the grading tractor. The shovel enables the
operator to shave the dirt to a certain
dimension from the surface so you will have an
area that has been graded.
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In order to drive the grading tractor you will
need special training because it is considered to
a piece of heavy equipment in the field of
construction. It can be dangerous to operate if
you have little to no experience. When the
construction company is doing grading excavating
it requires operating a grading tractor to cut
the dirt into a slope. This slope enables sewage
and water to correctly flow off the building site.
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When building a road, it requires proper grading
excavating and design. When starting a road
project it will generally start with the removal
of shrubs and trees. Once all this debris has
been removed, the road will be cut using the
grading equipment. It will also be prepared for
the hard surface material that will make up the
road.
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Before this additional material can be added to
the surface, the road has to be cut to a
specified grade. This is necessary to reduce any
possible flooding issues in the future on the
road, which can happen if it is not properly
graded by land grading companies. For
residential homes, proper grading is needed to
reduce future basement flooding and standing
water in the yard.
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Grading and Excavating Contractor GRITS
Inc682 Peutz Valley RoadAlpine, CA 91901
http//www.sandiegoexcavators.com
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