The soil in a borrow pit has a void ratio of 0.9. A fill-in place volume of 20,000 m3 is to be constructed with an in-place dry density of 18.84 kN/m3. If the owner of borrow area is to be compensated at Rs 1.5 per cubic metre of excavation, determine the cost of compensation. (grain specific gravity = 2.7)

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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.