Question: Following site has been selected for construction; the first task is to establish a level pad on this site requiring excavation. The excavation has to

Following site has been selected for construction; the first task is to establish a level pad on this site requiring excavation. The excavation has to take place in 2 phases as the cross hatched areas of site cross sections show. Given the total area for each cross section (top one at 5000 sf and bottom one at 3500 sf, respond to the following questions (length of the site is given on the aerial view and is 630 feet):
a- What is the total cubic yard of soil removal for each phase?
b- What is the total cubic yard for soil to be removed?
c- If the factor of soil expansion is 3% for this soil, what is the total cubic yard?
d- How many truck with capacity of 30 cubic yards need to be brought in to remove the soil from the site?
e- If you only have the access to 10 trucks, how many times each truck has to come and go to complete the removal from the site?
f- If every truck round trip is estimated at $1100, what is the total cost of the entire operation? See 2 attached images in pdf format for the information

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