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backfill In construction and excavation work,to fill something with additional dirt.When building foundation walls or retaining walls,one excavates a space large enough to build the walls and provide a comfortable work space,and then backfills with additional rock and dirt afterward. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Helping the process along was the backfilling of 541,740 s/f by UBS Painewebber and 332,883 s/f by JP Morgan Chase. Under the proposed plan, the material would be recycled and used for backfilling sewer lines and on some road shoulders. The technique involves trenching some 100 feet from the river's edge, then backfilling with a mixture of cement and soil. |
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