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SPECIFICATION A EARTHWORK 1 SCOPE The work covered by this specification includes obtaining all materials and performing all operations required for common and structural excavation, and for placement of all fill, bedding, and riprap materials, within the lines and grades shown on the Drawings. The Earthwork Specification includes requirements for lines and grades, materials, clearing and stripping, foundation preparation, borrow area operations, excavation procedures, handling and placement of materials, and quality assurance and testing. 2 DEFINITIONS 2.1 EARTH MATERIALS Whenever the term earth materials is used, it shall include common fill used for the backfill of trenches and bulk fill obtained from designated borrow areas for dike and roadway construction, select fill, drain material, riprap and random drain rock. 2.2 STRIPPING Stripping is defined as complete removal of sod, topsail, organic matter and rubbish in areas to receive earth materials, borrow areas, trench excavations and other areas designated by the Engineer. The Contractor shall separate stumps and roots from stripped material within the limitations of the equipment. 2.3 NATIVE SOIL Native soil(s) shall include the soil that is excavated from pipe trenches, borrow areas, and other structural excavations that is suitable for reuse as backfill or earth materials. 2.4 COMMON FILL AND GENERAL FILL Common and general fill shall include placement of fill for pipe trenches and excavations above the level of bedding and select fill material where the excavation and backfill is not structural and will not support roadways or other surface structures. 2.5 SELECT FILL Select fill shall include placement of fill for pipe trenches and around structures above the level of bedding and foundation material, where the backfilled area will serve as a foundation for roadways or other surface structures, and in confined backfill areas that are inaccessible to mobile compaction equipment.