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Recent content by SteveWarfle
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Raw earthwork acct. for topsoil, pvmt. base, etc.
Brooklyn28: the other posters are right, it's a matter of whether it's all in Cut or Fill. I wrote an article for the Society of Professional Estimators that is in PDF format on our website. It's here: http://www.insitesoftware.com/newsletter/Earthwork%20101.pdf It explains some of the...- SteveWarfle
- Post #5
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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COMPARISON BETWEEN DIRT TAKEOFF PROGRAMS
My name is Steve Warfle. I am the product manager from InSite Software Inc. I too read this forum and find it very informative. We have been designing software for the excavating industry for 18 years and value our customers input. In reading your comments I have come to the conclusion you are...- SteveWarfle
- Post #4
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Is Earthwork Consulting Beneficial
Our company provides software to excavating and utility contractors. We have at least 8 or 9 companies that I know of that do take-offs for hire using our software. From having conversations with them, it seems like a lucrative business. But remember, timing is everything. It seems they have too...- SteveWarfle
- Post #9
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Earthwork Calculation
PEInc has given you very good advice. On a lot that size, the earthwork calculation should be pretty simple. I'd take a piece of graph paper, and use it to scale your project elevations at even intervals across the site. If you are using a level on that site, just pull a tape to grid points...- SteveWarfle
- Post #3
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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earthwork puzzle
pD.....I would guess that the discrepency has something to do with your boundary, and how your sections are "daylighting". You don't mention what software you are using, but it really doesn't matter. Each earthwork software package, wether CAD based or specialized varies in the way the perimeter...- SteveWarfle
- Post #3
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Step by Step Process for calculating Earthwork?
On a typical site, the topsoil is removed first and stockpiled for placement later. Figuring the depth and volme of stripping is the first step. Forgetting to factor this leads to erroneous calculations. Here's why: if you are in a cut area, the stripping removed doesn't add to the amount of...- SteveWarfle
- Post #3
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Earthwork Balance Calculations ª Subsidence
It is strange to be listed that way. Are you sure it doesn't say .10 to .15 per foot? That would correspond to the shrinkage values. As you know, shrinkage and expansion can impact a site tremendously. There is a primer on our website about it for anyone that would like more information...- SteveWarfle
- Post #2
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
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Earthwork Computer Program
The type of software you need will depend on whether you are a contractor or architect/engineer. If you are a contractor, the company I work for, InSite Software Inc., makes a very comprehensive earthwork take-off package, that can import dwg and dxf files. You can see it here...- SteveWarfle
- Post #4
- Forum: Earthwork/grading engineering
