Fill Supply and Land Repair
Clean fill in, placed in layers rather than tipped
Supply and placement of clean fill, VENM, road base and other approved materials to build up, level or repair land. The material matters and so does how it goes in: fill that was tipped and spread is where a slab finds a soft spot two years later.
Carried out under demolition licence AD214737
Before anything starts
Six things have to be settled first, and not all of them are ours
Most jobs that run late run late on this list rather than on the work itself. Each line says who owns it.
- 01
What the fill is for
Who You, with your engineer
Structural fill under a slab and landscaping fill in a garden are different materials to different specifications.
- 02
Specification
Who You, through your engineer
Material type, layer thickness and compaction standard. Without it, fill is just dirt in a hole.
- 03
Volume
Who Both of us
From levels where they exist. Ordering by eye is how a job ends with a stockpile or a shortfall.
- 04
Source and documentation
Who Max
Where the material comes from and what it is certified as. VENM and clean fill carry paperwork.
- 05
Access and truck standing
Who Both of us
Which decides the delivery vehicle and the load count.
- 06
Compaction testing arrangements
Who You, through your consultant
Who tests it and at what frequency. Deliberately not the contractor placing it.
Scope
What the quote does and does not cover
Stated side by side so there is nothing to discover later. Anything in the right hand column can be added, it is simply priced separately.
Included as standard
| Item | What that means |
|---|---|
| Supply | Clean fill, VENM, road base or the specified material |
| Cartage | Delivered to site, scheduled against the placement |
| Placement | In layers to the specified thickness |
| Compaction | To the specified standard, where that is in scope |
| Trim | Finished surface trimmed to the level nominated |
| Documentation | Material source and classification records |
Quoted separately
| Item | Why it is separate |
|---|---|
| Compaction testing | Geotechnical work, by your consultant |
| Engineering specification | Designed by others |
| Removal of existing unsuitable material | A remediation or excavation scope |
| Retaining walls | Engineered and built by others |
| Drainage | Trade and engineering work |
| Topsoil and landscaping | A finishing trade rather than earthworks |
The detail
Why how it goes in matters as much as what it is
- Fill is placed, not tipped. In layers of a specified thickness, compacted between each one. A metre of material dropped in one go cannot be compacted through.
- The material has to suit the job. Road base under a driveway and clean fill under a lawn are different specifications and different prices.
- VENM carries documentation. Virgin excavated natural material is certified as uncontaminated. Fill without that paperwork is fill of unknown origin, which is a problem rather than a saving.
- Moisture matters. Material placed too wet or too dry will not reach density whatever the roller does.
- Testing is somebody else’s job. The consultant who tests the compaction should not be the contractor who placed it.
- Settlement is permanent. Fill that was not compacted properly settles under load, and the repair is through whatever was built on top of it.
What we need to quote it
- The address
- So we can look at access and what is around it
- Photographs
- One from the street and one of the work itself
- Any reports you hold
- Hazardous materials, structural, survey or levels
- Your dates
- What has to be finished by when, and what is waiting on it
We attend the site before quoting anything substantial.
If unsuitable material has to come out first
Removing it is remediation work and is classified before it moves. Filling over the top of unsuitable ground does not make it suitable.
Before you book
What people ask about this one
What is clean fill?
What is VENM?
How deep can you fill in one layer?
Do you test the compaction?
Can I use the material from my own excavation?
Get a quote
Tell us the level and the specification
What the fill is for, the specification and the levels. Those three turn a volume into a price and stop the wrong material arriving.
- Material supplied with its source and classification documented
- Placed in layers to the specified thickness and compacted
- Tested independently by your consultant, not by us
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