6. A contractor is planning to use a backhoe to excavate for the foundation of a bank building she is constructing. The 10-foot deep foundation will be 60 feet long by 40 feet wide. To meet her construction schedule, the contractor needs to excavate the foundation in two days. She has determined the percent swell for the sandy clay soil to be 16%. What size backhoe (bucket size) should she select for this job, if job conditions are considered average and the machine operates 50 minutes per hour and eight hours per day?

6. A contractor is planning to use a backhoe to excavate for the foundation of a bank building she is constructing. The 10-foot deep foundation will be 60 feet long by 40 feet wide. To meet her construction schedule, the contractor needs to excavate the foundation in two days. She has determined the percent swell for the sandy clay soil to be 16%. What size backhoe (bucket size) should she select for this job, if job conditions are considered average and the machine operates 50 minutes per hour and eight hours per day?

Structural Analysis

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ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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