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  2. Embankment (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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    An embankment is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway. A road , railway line , or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain , the alternatives being either to have an ...

  3. Embankment - Wikipedia

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    Embankment dam, a dam made of mounded earth and rock; Land reclamation along river banks, usually marked by roads and walkways running along it, parallel to the river, as in: The Thames Embankment along the north side of the Thames River in London, England The Victoria Embankment contained within the Thames Embankments

  4. Earthworks (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Heavy construction equipment is usually used due to the amounts of material to be moved — up to millions of cubic metres. Earthwork construction was revolutionized by the development of the ( Fresno ) scraper and other earth-moving machines such as the loader , the dump truck , the grader , the bulldozer , the backhoe , and the dragline ...

  5. Construction management - Wikipedia

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    Construction management (CM) aims to control the quality of a project's scope, time, and cost (sometimes referred to as a project management triangle or "triple ...

  6. Flood embankment - Wikipedia

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    A flood embankment is ... This is an animation showing a flood event overwhelming neighbouring properties and the added construction of a flood embankment and flood ...

  7. Levee - Wikipedia

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    The side of a levee in Sacramento, California. A levee (/ ˈ l ɛ v i / or / ˈ l ɛ v eɪ /), [a] [1] dike (American English), dyke (British English; see spelling differences), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elevated ridge, natural or artificial, alongside the banks of a river, often intended to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river.

  8. Cut (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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    Cuts are typically used in road, rail, and canal construction to reduce a route's length and grade. Cut and fill construction uses the spoils from cuts to fill in defiles to create straight routes at steady grades cost-effectively. Cuts are used as alternatives to indirect routes, embankments, or viaducts.

  9. Revetment - Wikipedia

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    Asphalt and sandbag revetment with a geotextile filter. A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water and protect it from erosion.