Mass Haul Analysis

This command will determine the volume and haul distance for each group of net cut and net fill station ranges along a road.  The program calculates the optimized cut to fill movements so that the total volume-distance moved is minimized.

You will first be prompted to select the Existing Ground section file and the Design Surface section file or on End Area (.ew) file. These files will be used to determine the Mass Haul quantities. If you do not have either of these files, you can create them using the different Create Sections commands under Roads.  After you selected your section (.sct) files or (.ew) file, the following dialog will appear.


Range of Stations: The program will pick up the range of stations determined by your section files. In this field, you can modify the range of stations to process. The Settings button brings up another dialog with more station options:


Cut/Fill Starting/Ending Stations: The Cut and Fill Starting and Ending Stations are for tapering the end areas at the start and end of the section range down to zero beyond the station range.
Cut/Fill Gaps: Use the Add and Remove buttons to define a series of station ranges for cut/fill gaps where the program will not calculate any volumes.
Shrink/Swell Factors: The Shrink Factor is multiplied by the fill quantities and the Swell Factor is multiplied by the cut quantities.
Report Precision: This setting controls the number of decimal places to use in the report.
Use Report Formatter: The Report Formatter will allow you to customize the information reported by the Mass Haul Analysis.
Calculate Centroids Using Centerline: This option will find the center offset for each Cut/Fill area and use a centerline to adjust the station interval along curve segments for the end area volumes.
Use Rock Section For Rock Volumes: This option will use a third section file for reporting rock cut quantities.
Extend Shorter Sections to Longer: This option will find your longest section and match the length of all your other sections to it.
Interpolate Missing Section Stations: Toggle this on to interpolate any missing stations so that the Mass Haul report can use all the stations.
Topsoil Adjustment: This will apply a Topsoil Removal/Replacement definition from the Template Adjustments to adjust the sections.
Mass Diagram: This will create a Mass Diagram of the cut/fill balance by station. This data is stored in a profile file (.pro) format file, and you can use Draw Profile to draw it.

Mass Haul Settings
The Haul Distance ranges are for reporting the cut to fill volume movements by the different haul distance ranges. For each range of stations with a net cut volume, the report has a row for the net fill station range the cut was moved to, the amount of cut/fill, the volumes per haul distance range, the average haul distance per range and the overall haul distance average. The In Station Volume is the amount of cut and fill that occurred at the same station and doesn't have to be hauled to another station. The purpose is to evaluate how far the cut has to be moved, and the haul distance ranges can be used to separate the distances for different types of equipment.


























The External Hauls can be used to specify the stations along the road for borrow pits or dump piles. The program will use volume from these external hauls when the cut/fill of the road does not balance.


When dealing with multiple external hauls, the program will automatically minimize earth movement based on the haul distances and the available import/export (determined by "Set Volume Limit") of each haul. "Distance" sets how far a borrow pit or dump pile is from the entry station. "Road Conditions" is a multiplier against the specified distance. For example, if road conditions are twice as poor along an 2,700ft entry road as the main road, then a "Road Conditions" of 2.0 should be used. The program will then use a distance of 5,400ft (2,700x2) for that external haul when calculating optimized movement along the road.

Mass Haul Analysis

Existing Section> C:\Takeoff\Drawings\demo2-og.sct
Final    Section> C:\Takeoff\Drawings\demo2-fn.sct
                                                                                                                    Volumes per Range    Average Haul per Range
Net Cut    Net Fill                                          Total   In Sta     Haul                      0         200     Over  0         200     Over
Station    Station     Cut(CY)   Import Fill(CY)   Export   Volume   Volume   Volume      200      500      500  200      500      500 Overall Avg
0+00.000   1+00.000 
1+00.000   2+50.000   1251.729    0.000 1251.729    0.000 1251.729 1127.595  124.134  124.134    0.000    0.000 153.135 0.000 0.000 153.135

12+00.000  10+50.000
13+80.000  12+00.000   887.367    0.000  887.367    0.000  887.367  239.938  647.429  542.651  104.777    0.000  164.552 209.534 0.000 179.887

13+70.000  15+05.340
13+90.000  15+23.200    95.633    0.000   95.633    0.000   95.633   51.559   44.074   44.074    0.000    0.000  137.235 0.000 0.000 137.235

13+80.000  14+20.000
14+20.000  14+50.000   216.434    0.000  216.434    0.000  216.434   96.872  119.563  119.563    0.000    0.000   38.560 0.000 0.000 38.560

14+60.000  14+50.000
14+80.000  14+60.000    43.333    0.000   43.333    0.000   43.333   18.620   24.712   24.712    0.000    0.000   11.818 0.000 0.000 11.818

14+70.000  15+00.000
15+00.000  15+14.270    82.194    0.000   82.194    0.000   82.194   29.738   52.456   52.456    0.000    0.000   24.395 0.000 0.000 24.395

Total:                9808.744    0.000 69788.70    0.000 74189.76 66786.40 7403.360 1288.814  930.060  783.423  127.043 209.534 0.000 130.579

Pulldown Menu Location: Sections
Prerequisite: A Section Alignment File and Existing and Road Sections
Keyboard Command: masshaul