Land use planning
Good practice guide for handling soils
This guide was published by MAFF in April 2000. The aim of the guidance is to contribute to the ongoing improvement in restoration standards and the sustainability of minerals and waste development. The guide was prepared on behalf of MAFF by Humphrey Rowell Associates.
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- Sheet 1: Soil Stripping with Excavators and Dump Trucks (108 KB)
- Sheet 2: Building Soil Storage Mounds with Excavators and Dump Trucks (99 KB)
- Sheet 3: Excavation of Soil Storage Mounds with Excavators and Dump Trucks (246 KB)
- Sheet 4: Soil Replacement with Excavators and Dump Trucks (122 KB)
- Sheet 5: Soil Stripping with Towed Earth Scrapers (90 KB)
- Sheet 6: Building Soil Storage Mounds with Towed Earth Scrapers (71 KB)
- Sheet 7: Excavation of Soil Storage Mounds with Towed Earth Scrapers (65 KB)
- Sheet 8: Soil Replacement with Towed Earth Scrapers (109 KB)
- Sheet 9: Soil Stripping with Self-Propelled Earth Scrapers (85 KB)
- Sheet 10: Building Soil Storage Mounds with Self-Propelled Earth Scrapers (71 KB)
- Sheet 11: Excavation of Soil Storage Mounds (63 KB)
- Sheet 12: Soil Replacement with Self-Propelled Earth Scrapers (104 KB
- Sheet 13: Soil Stripping with Bulldozers and Dump Trucks (124 KB)
- Sheet 14: Building Soil Storage Mounds with Bulldozers and Dump Trucks (125 KB)
- Sheet 15: Soil Replacement with Bulldozers and Dump Trucks (123 KB)
- Sheet 16: Release & Removal of Stones and Damaging Material from Excavator Replaced Soils (40 KB)
- Sheet 17: Release & Removal of Stones and Damaging Material from Scraper & Bulldozer Replaced Soils (42 KB)
- Sheet 18: Soil Decompaction by Excavator Bucket (38 KB)
- Sheet 19: Soil Decompaction by Bulldozer Drawn Tines (199 KB)
Page last modified 13 February 2006
Page published: 27
January 2005