For a construction project, 10 ft of compacted earth fill is placed in preparation for erecting a building. At one of the building’s interior locations, a machine foundation 20 ft square will be installed at floor level to support equipment weighing 2,000 kips. What net stress increase results below the center of the machine in the original soil mass, 5 ft under the natural ground surface? Assume a unit weight of 125 pcf for the compacted fill. Assume the Boussinesq conditions apply.

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Pricing Excavation and Backfill

Backfill, in construction, is the activity of returning the soil and gravel that are removed during building construction or using them again to toughen and support the foundation of the building or any other structural component.