Fieldwork No.

19
MASS DIAGRAM

Name : Weather :
Group No. : Place :
Designation : Time, Start :
Instructor : End :

I. Objectives

a. To determine the extent to which cut and fill are balanced in a preliminary alignment
design.

II. Instruments

1 unit - Engineers transit 1 pc - Plumb bob

1 roll - string 1 pc - 50-meter tape
10 pcs - marking pins

III. Procedure
A. Laying out the curve
1. Set-up and level the instruments to a well-defined sloping and rugged terrain where cut
and fill are visible.
2. Lay-out a 1000-meter distance from the starting point as the center line of the
proposed road. Assume a 12.0-meter width of road.
3. Establish control points along the center line and drive marking pins for every 20-meter
station as well as the left and right sides of the road.
4. Take stadia readings for all the points along the route, the difference in elevation and
the height of instrument by taking backsights to the previous elevation.
5. Take foresights to a turning point (TP) if the succeeding points are inaccessible or
obstructed. Transfer the level and repeat the procedure until points 1 + 000 and its left
and right edge are being reached.
6. Compute for the elevations of the points and draw the profile of the center points.
Compute also the volume of cut and fill.
7. Fill is determined by a negative sign while cut is positive. The fill volumes shown on the
diagram are equivalent to natural soil conditions.
8. In plotting for the mass diagram, plot the points with abscissas (x - values) as the
stations and the ordinates (y – values ) as the cumulative algebraic sums of earthwork
volume.
9. Emphasize the 100-meter free haul distance and if possible, determine the free haul
volume.
 10. Graph the final result of the mass diagram together with the profile drawing to
determine at what station is economical to borrow.
IV. Findings

V. Conclusion
VI. Sketch