How to read plans and take off bills of materials. (1917)
William A. Radford · Radford Architectural Company · leaf 195
olume to be excavated. If the surface of the building site is not level, or containsirregularities of any considerable size, the method illustratedin Fig. 163 may be employed for finding the volume to beexcavated above the level of the bottom of the cellar floor. Lay out the wall lines, and allow… … Fig. 163—Illustrating how to estimate volume of excavation onan irregular site. volume of the material to be excavated may then be foundby summing up the volumes of each of these small partsshown in Fig. 163, remembering that the volume of each smallpart is equal to the area of the top in square…
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