Land grading

Land grading

Grading in civil engineering and construction is the work of ensuring a level (or possibly sloped to specific degree) base for a construction work such as a foundation or the base course for a road or a railway.

In the case of gravel roads and earthworks for certain purposes, grading forms not just the base but the cover and surface of the finished construction.

ee also

* Grader (machine)
* Grade (slope) (civil engineering and geographical treatment)
* Slope (mathematical treatment)


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