Soft excavation definition

Soft excavation means a method and technique designed to prevent contact damage to underground facilities, including, but not limited to, hand-digging, cautious digging with nonmechanical tools, vacuum excavation methods, or use of pneumatic hand tools.
Soft excavation means a method and technique designed to prevent contact damage to underground facilities, including, but not limited to,
Soft excavation means a method and technique designed to prevent contact damage to underground facilities,

Examples of Soft excavation in a sentence

  • Soft excavation shall include all boulders with a volume of less than 0,125 m3 and a maximum dimension of 500 mm, which can still be removed by hand methods.

  • Soft excavation shall be excavation in material that can be efficiently removed and loaded with picks, shovels and other hand tools.

  • Soft excavation and intermediate excavations, as defined in clause 3.1.2.B of SABS 1200 D, have not been identified by way of separate measurement.