Faisal Town

 Project Type:

 Area: 2800 canal

 Duration: 10-15 years
 Location: Margalla Hills, Main G.T Road Taxila Bypass

 Type of Soil:

 Soil type Falls in A-5 category.

A-5 Type Soil: Silt-Clay Materials (>35% passing the 0.075 mm sieve)

 Some Part of the land contain A-6 so they dump A-5 excavated soil on the land
containing A-5 category soil.

From A5 to A7 Its Quality goes from fair to poor

 Type of Excavation:

 There are different types of excavation carrying out on this construction site for
different purposes namely,

 Trench Excavation:
For Water Sewerage with the help of Power shovel
 Bulk-pit Excavation:
There is access to site at only one side where there is
kept slope. Here it is for Building Foundation.

 Limited Area, Vertical Excavation:

Here we saw it at only one place
which is for foundation of Light house. Its depth is 45ft and Its diameter is
6ft.Volume which is excavated is 1271.7 ft^3.
  Machinery used:

 Bulldozer:
o Used in Slushy Areas
o For Rough leveling
o Dumping, ETC
 Tractor Pulled Scraper:
o For zero levelling
o Spread of material equally on sub-base and base of road
 Power shovel:
o It is one of the most useful equipment used for excavating.
o For Trench, Bulk wide area excavation and Etc.

 Wagons and Tractor trolley:

o For Hauling
 Sheep’s foot Roller:
o For Compacting of soil and material.
 Drum Roller:
o For Compacting to Remove air Voids in soil.

Cost: Still its cost is 15 Billion Pkr