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BSI BS 8000-1: Workmanship on Building Sites - Part 1: Code of Practice for Excavation and Filling

Publication Date: Oct 31, 1989
SDO: BSI: British Standards Institution
 DOD Adopted   ANSI Approved Approved

Recommendations on basic workmanship. Not intended to cover civil engineering applications. Common Arrangement of Work Sections (CAWS) classification D20.

Construction works
Building sites
Construction operations
Excavating
Excavations
Site clearance
Drainage
Trenches
Earthworks
Quality
Soils
Angles (geometry)

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