THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO

Department of Construction Engineering

CENG 2311 – Construction Surveying

Homework Assignment No. 5

(Areas & Volumes Computations)

1. The reduced levels shown below were undertaken during the construction of a water pipe line
Distance (m.) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300
NGL (m.) 13.56 13.12 12.75 12.34 12.11 11.80 11.1
IL (m.)
Cut (m.)
If the pipe line diameter is 1.30 m. with a gradient of YY% downwards from the starting point and at depth
of 2.6 m below the surface. Calculate volume of earthwork
YY=Last two digits from your ID divided by 100 (e.g., ID 1180467 YY=0.67)

2. The next leveling data were taken during the construction of the one of the internal roads of
PUKKA Project at New Capital City. The ground levels were determined along centerline with
spacing 25m. The chosen slope of road at the shown part was 2.YY % downward. The road
started at design level 373.50 m at station 0+000 (distance 0).
Calculate the design levels and depth of fill at each station (every 25m).If road width is 13m and
side slopes is 1:1, find area of each cross section and then find volume of earthwork .

Stations 0+000 0+025 0+050 0+075 0+100 0+125 0+150 0+175 0+200 0+225
Distance 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225
Ground Levels 372.12 370.75 368.48 368.64 367.66 368.92 367.63 367.46 364.06 362.63
Design Levels 373.50
Depth of Fill
Area of Fill

YY=Last two digits from your ID divided by 100 (e.g., ID 1180467 YY=0.67)

Prepared by: Prof. Adel EL-Shazly

 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
Department of Construction Engineering
CENG 2311 – Construction Surveying

3. The next figure indicates the boundary of agriculture land. The coordinates of boundary points are shown
in the next Table. Find the area of agriculture land.

Point E N
A 1080.00 1150.00
B 1080.00 847.53
C 1818.68 1213.45
D 1464.92 1427.06

4. New road is designed to pass through the land. The road goes from east to west with its boundary pass
through point A. Road boundary width is 100 m (Right of Way). Find area taken by road from agriculture
land.

5. Next Figure represents grid levelling of an area taken at grid interval 20m x 20m.
- Compute volume of cut to level area to reduced level 21+YY
25.7 24.3 23.9 22.5

24.8 22.3 22.7 23.4

24.3

23.6 22.5 22.9 24.7

22.2 23.3 24.8 25.3

YY=Last two digits from your AUC- ID divided by 100 (e.g., ID 900172567 YY=0.67)

Prepared by: Prof. Adel EL-Shazly