COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

DPWH STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS ON:

FREE HAUL AND OVERHAUL
CONSTRUCTION OF FILLS AND EMBANKMENTS
SUB-GRADE PREPARATION

Submitted by:
DESHE MAE P. REBUTA
Reporter 14

Submitted to:
ENGR. GEFFREN BERNARDO
Professor

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in CE445

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING – 9686

 ITEM 107 – FREE HAUL AND OVERHAUL

Haul is the transportation of excavated material from its original position to is final location in
the work or other disposal area.

Overhaul shall consist of authorized hauling in excess of the free-haul distance.

Free haul distance is the specified distance that excavated material shall be hauled without
additional compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the Contract, the free-haul distance
shall be 600 meters.

Method of Measurement
In determining what constitutes authorized overhaul, it will be assumed that material taken
from excavation will be deposited in embankment after having been hauled the shortest
distance. The overhaul distance for material obtained and placed within the roadway limits will
be measured along the centerline of the roadway. No allowance will be made for transverse or
lateral movement to or from the centerline except materials moved to or from designated areas
outside the roadway limits; such as Case 1, Borrow Pits, disposal areas, etc. In such case,
measurement shall be along the shortest route determined by the Engineer to be feasible and
satisfactory unless otherwise provided.

If the Contractor chooses to haul material over some other route, and such other route is longer,
the computation for payment shall be based on the overhaul distance measured along the route
designated by the Engineer.
The number of cubic metre-kilometres of overhaul to be paid for shall be the number of cubic
meters of overhaul material multiplied by the overhaul distance in kilometers. The unit “cubic
meter-kilometer” is the amount of hauling required to move one cubic meter a distance of one
kilometer beyond the free-haul distance.

Haul = volume of earthwork * distance moved

Limit of Economic Haul (L.E.H.) = Freehaul Distance (F.H.D.) + Economic Overhaul

Distance (Limit) (O.H.D.)

Economic Overhaul Distance = Cost of Borrow / Cost of Overhaul

ITEM 104 – EMBANKMENT

Construction of Fills and Embankment

An Embankment refers to a volume of earthen material that is placed and compacted for the
purpose of raising the grade of a roadway (or railway) above the level of the existing
surrounding ground surface.

A Fill refers to a volume of earthen material that is placed and compacted for the purpose of
filling in a hole or depression.

Embankment or Fills are constructed of materials that usually consist of soil, but may also
include aggregate, rock, or crushed paving material.
Normally, the coarser fill materials are placed at or near the bottom or base of the embankment
in order to provide a firm foundation for the embankment and also to facilitate drainage and
prevent saturation. The top portion of an embankment usually is constructed of relatively high-
quality, well-compacted sub-grade material that is capable of supporting the overlying
pavement layers and imposed wheel loading without deflection or undesirable movement. The
fill material used throughout the remainder of the embankment must be capable of meeting
applicable specification quality requirements and be capable of being placed and compacted at
or close to its maximum achievable density. The material is spread in relatively thin layers of
150 mm (6 in) to 200 mm (8 in) and each layer is compacted by rolling over it with heavy
compaction equipment.