Engineered fill definition

Engineered fill means fill over twelve inches in depth placed in layers of soil, crushed stone or masonry waste material, free of expansive soils and organic materials, compacted and tested according to accepted engineering practices to insure that it meets the required load bearing capacity and specified compaction standards as determined by laboratory tests of soil samples from the fill material.
Engineered fill means a designed placement of specified imported soil over existing native soils on an existing parcel with inadequate soil depth to meet the minimum two (2) to three (3) feet of soil depth required beneath a dispersal system, and a minimum of two (2) to three (3) feet of separation between the bottom of a dispersal system and a water table.
Engineered fill means soil that meets the criteria in Table 3 in $30014. “Escherichia coli” means a group of bacteria used as an indicator of fecal pollution. “ETI” see “Evapotranspiration and infiltration bed.”

Examples of Engineered fill in a sentence

  • Unit Price #1 - Over Excavation, disposal off-site and replacement with Engineered fill for the amount of $25.00 per cubic yard (in-place).


More Definitions of Engineered fill

Engineered fill means soil fill, which is wetted or dried to near its optimum moisture content, placed in lifts of 12 inches or less and each lift compacted to a minimum percent compaction as specified by a geotechnical engineer.