Gravel driveway: survey
A gravel driveway: excavation, geotextile, base and surface gravel in cubic yards and tons, crown, slope and entrance culverts.
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What you measure
The template's tables and their columns, as the app shows them. Calculated columns fill in as you type.
Gravel areas
- Area
- Length
- Width
- Add or deduct
- Gravel area calculated
- Existing surfaceChoices: Soil or lawn Old gravel Old asphalt Concrete
- Dig depth
- Soil to dig calculated
- Geotextile (product)
- Area per roll
- Overlap allowance
- Geotextile rolls calculated
- Base material
- Base depth
- Base allowance
- Base calculated
- Base density
- Base stone calculated
- Surface gravel
- Surface depth
- Surface allowance
- Surface calculated
- Surface density
- Surface stone calculated
- Crown
- Crown rise at the centre calculated
- Slope
- Fall over the length calculated
- Notes
Entrance culverts
- Location
- Culvert (product)
- MaterialChoices: HDPE Corrugated steel Concrete
- Diameter
- Culvert length
- Count
- Total length calculated
- Notes
About this template
Area by area: the gravel area, the soil to dig, the geotextile rolls, a base layer and a surface layer in cubic yards and tonnes per material from your quarry's density, the crown and the slope, and the entrance culverts.
Guide and sources
One row per gravel area: the length and width, with the curves added or taken out, give the gravel area. Type the dig depth below the finished surface: the sheet gives the soil to dig. Locate the lines before digging (Info-Excavation, 811). On clay or a soft subgrade, a geotextile (CAA-Québec, FHWA): type the roll's area and an allowance for the overlaps (NRCS Wisconsin: 24 in at least without sewing), and the sheet gives the rolls per product.
Two layers, each with its material, its compacted depth and an allowance for the loose stone (ToolGrit: 15 to 25%), in cubic yards, and in tonnes once you type your quarry's density; they add up per material and round up once. Lac-Sainte-Marie's 2022 tender prints 200 mm of MG 112 on its road and at least 150 mm of MG 20 to restore a private entrance; the FHWA lays more than 4 in in separate layers. The crown (FHWA: about 1/2 in per foot, 4%) gives the rise at the centre, the slope the fall over the length.
Where the driveway crosses a ditch, one row per entrance culvert: the product, its diameter and length as the municipality sets them (Lac-Sainte-Marie: HDPE, 450 mm by 6 m) and the count. Nothing comes filled in and nothing is priced. The client's report shows the areas, the soil to dig, the geotextile, the stone in tonnes and the culverts; the depths, densities, allowances, crown and slope stay in your team's report.
Sources
- 811 (US) Trade association
- FHWA, gravel roads guide (2015) Government
- NRCS Wisconsin, geotextiles (2022) Government
- ToolGrit, aggregate ordering Rule of thumb
- Shaker Heights, driveway requirements Government
- CAA-Québec, driveway paving Trade association
- Base stone suppliers Manufacturer data
- Info-Excavation Trade association
- Lac-Sainte-Marie, road tender (2022) Government
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