EARTHWORK CALCULATION WORKSHEET

Upstream

PROJECT NAME:

STRUCTURE ID #:

COUNTY:

PREPARED BY:

PROJECT ID#:

DATE:

Top Width (ft):

Embankment Elevation

Front Slope ( :1):

Settlement (%):

Embankment Subcut

EL. =

Bottom Width (ft)

Side Slope (:1)

Back Slope ( :1):

DESIGN DATA

STA.

EXISTING GROUND
ELEV.

CORE
TRENCH
DEPTH

EMBANKMENT

DIST
B/W
STA.

FILL
HEIGHT

END AREA
(SQ.FT.)

AVG END
AREA
(SQ.FT.)

EMBANKMENT TOTAL (C.Y. )

CU.
YARDS
PER FT.

SUBCUT

TOTAL
CUBIC
YARDS

SUBCUT
GRADE ELEV.

END AREA
(SQ.FT)

SUBCUT TOTAL (C.Y. )

TOTAL YDS OF COMPACTED FILL

Prepared by Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources
06/17/02 Version 5.0

AVG END
AREA (SQ.
FT)

SURFACE AREA OF EMBANKMENT (ACRES)

CORE

CU. YDS.
PER FOOT

TOTAL
CUBIC
YARDS

BTM.
CORE
ELEV.

END AREA
(SQ.FT)

AVG END
AREA
(SQ.FT.)

CU. YDS. TOTAL CUBIC

PER FOOT
YARDS

CORE TOTAL (C.Y. )

CLICK PROFILE TAB TO SEE A GRAPHIC

REPRESENTATION OF EMBANKMENT

K CALCULATION WORKSHEET

1.00
0.90

ELEVATION (FT.)

0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

STATION (FT.)

EMBANKMENT

SUBCUT

EXISTING GROUND

CORE

1.2

Instructions/tips for using BSWR Earthwork-Standard v.5.0

Spreadsheet
The spreadsheet is Protected, meaning that only certain cells can be edited. Only cells
with a white background may be edited or have info. entered into them.
Cells with a red triangle in the upper right corner have Tool Tips associated with
them. Just place the pointer in one of these cells and a box will appear with information
about what that cell does or what values should be entered into it.
The 1st station entered should be the beginning station of the planned embankment. For
example: Your profile runs from 0+00 to 9+30. Your embankment starts at 0+10. The
1st station entered must be 10. If your embankment starts at 0+00, then the 1 st station
entered must be 0, etc
The elevation of the 1st station entered must be equal to the value entered in the
Embankment Elevation field.
In order for the subcut quantity to calculate correctly, the 2 nd station entered should be
within 1 or 2 feet of the 1st station and the 2nd exiting ground elevation should be a few
tenths less than the 1st existing ground elevation. Conversely, the 2nd to last station
should be within 1 or 2 feet of the last station and the 2 nd to last existing ground
elevation should a few tenths less than the last existing ground elevation.
Example: the 1st value is station 0 with an existing ground elevation of 100 ft. The next
value should be station 1 with an existing ground elevation of 99.9. The same idea
applies to the end of the series. If the last value is station 50 with an existing ground
elevation of 100 ft., than the second to last value should be station 49 with an existing
ground elevation of 99.9 ft. This will force the spreadsheet to calculate the beginning
and ending points of the subcut in the correct spots.
Clicking the Profile tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet gives the user a graph of the
information entered. This page has been sized to print out so that the graph can be hand
trimmed and be manually placed on the BWSR standard design sheets. This eliminates
the need to hand draw the profile and should save people not using the standard sheets
on CAD a lot of time.
If anyone has problems using the spreadsheet or has any questions, please feel free to
contact:
Tom Schmidt
BWSR Engineering Technician
State of Minnesota-Board of Water & Soil Resources
One West Water Street-Suite 200
St.Paul, MN. 55107
Phone: 1-651-215-1202
E-mail: thomas.schmidt@bwsr.state.mn.us