QUESTION PART A

a) Definition Cut & Fill

There are quite a lot of definitions for Cut & Fill. Generally, Cut & Fill can be
define as a process of constructing a railway, road, building and etc whereby the
amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed.
b) hat is cut section!
Generally, cut section is a section where an amount of material will put or fill into.
Cut sections of roadway or rail are characteri"ed by the roadway being lower in
ele#ation than the surrounding terrain.
c) hat is fill section!
Generally, fill section is a section where an amount of material will cut or remo#e
into. Fill sections manifest as ele#ated sections of a roadway or trac$ bed.
QUESTION PART B
Economic Conditions for Balancing Earthwork CUT & FILL
%d#antages of Cut and Fill method &based on a real construction wor$).
The construction of Seremban Port Dickson Highway
'ntroduction
(eremban ) *ort Dic$son +ighway is a highway located in ,egeri
(embilan.
't was built to shorter the distance between *ort Dic$son and (eremban and
also as an alternati#e road for the federal road.
't has a length of -. $m.
Construction
The construction of this highway has in#ol#ed cut and fill method. 't is
because it was built through hills and mountains.
The ad#antages of using this method are such as can sa#e cost. /y using this
method, the material from the 0cut area1 will be used to pour into the 0fill
area1. (o contractors do not ha#e to the material or soil from other places
and this can sa#e cost.
,e2t ad#antage is the roadway can be straight. For e2ample, if the hills or
the mountains were not being cut and the roadway built through it, for sure
the road will not be straight and it will be up and down roadway. This
situation is not good for the road users.
3ther than that, this method can also a#oid natural disasters such as
landslides. 'f the hills or mountains were cut, the ground or soil will be
flattened and a well drainage system can be built. (o this condition can
a#oid landslides to occur.
Cut and fill method ha#e their own ad#antages. The construction of
(eremban ) *ort Dic$son +ighway has pro#ed all. From the construction,
sa#ing cost, shorten distance and time, and a#oid natural disaster are among
the ma4or ad#antages.
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ADI HASSAN BIN ABDUL RAHMAN
091200022
BUILDING ENGINEERING
LECT MR UMAR
DATELINE 2 APRIL 2010