cut and fill
Americannoun
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The developer had to do lots of cut and fill.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
If it’s a new subdivision, obtain the cut and fill plan from the developer.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023
The subcontractor who did all the cut and fill ground work made a massive mistake by bulldozing trees and brush into the ravine and then covering it up with dirt.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023
The coincidence of the crack with the joint of cut and fill, points to this line as a source of danger.
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham
It will not cut and fill, nor pile up islands and bars as does the Missouri.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison
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