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Introduction Open Cut Method

There are two types of open cut excavations used during construction: open cut slope excavations and open cut cantilevered excavations. Open cut slope excavations involve digging along foundation walls and spreading the dirt in a sloped pile from the structure. Open cut cantilevered excavations use retaining walls to allow for deeper basements, retaining groundwater and increasing construction costs. The open cut slope method works for shallow one and two story basements, while open cut cantilevered with retaining walls allows for taller structures and multi-level basements.

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Introduction Open Cut Method

There are two types of open cut excavations used during construction: open cut slope excavations and open cut cantilevered excavations. Open cut slope excavations involve digging along foundation walls and spreading the dirt in a sloped pile from the structure. Open cut cantilevered excavations use retaining walls to allow for deeper basements, retaining groundwater and increasing construction costs. The open cut slope method works for shallow one and two story basements, while open cut cantilevered with retaining walls allows for taller structures and multi-level basements.

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0 Introduction

During the early stages of construction, a jobsite will be cleared of a significant amount of earth using
the open cut excavation method. The site of the foundation for a building will be excavation area. The
basement of a structure will fit into the same excavation space. The top down building approach, in
contrast to the open cut method, starts with a vertical cut for the foundation walls and then builds
upward; the basement space is then excavated. In the open cut approach, the building is constructed
upward after the excavation of the basement.

There are two types of open cut excavations:

1. Open cut slope excavations


This technique involves digging up earth along a building’s foundation walls, which is nearly
often the most economical approach to excavate a basement. Then, the dirt form the excavation
is spread out in a slope that runs up the sides of the area, beginning at ground level far from the
structure and slopping down to the foundation’s base.
2. Open cut cantilevered excavations
Before building commences, a cantilevered excavation also involves digging up the ground.
However, the cantilevered method necessitates retaining walls, unlike the slope method.
Basements can be deeper thanks to these walls. Additionally, they retain groundwater that
frequently floods construction sites. retaining walls have the disadvantage of increasing the cost
and length of construction.

The open cut slope method works brilliantly on one-story and two-story buildings with shallow
basements. It is cost-effective and makes use of basic physics to protect your home’s foundation from
collapsing soil around it.

The installation of retaining walls allows the open cut cantilevered approach to be used for taller
structures with deeper foundations and multi-level basements. Deep open cuttings may benefit from
bracing systems, depending on how sturdy the soil is around the building. The weight of the retaining
wall is transferred to horizontal struts that are installed in front of the wall and extend from one side of
the foundation to the other by bracing-based excavation, which offloads the weight from the wall. These
horizontal struts can be used as the framing for a basement in your building if you place at the
appropriate intervals.

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