New Zealand Forest Owners Association

Documents library

1.2 Earthworks Construction – Clearing and Stripping

  1.  ›
  2. Forest Practice Guides ›
  3. Earthworks Construction ›
  4. 1.2 Earthworks Construction – Clearing and Stripping
1.2 Earthworks Construction – Clearing and Stripping

Summary

This guide covers preliminary earthworks processes of vegetation clearance and stripping. It also includes removal of trees from the road corridor and landing sites (road line salvage) and stumping.

File type:

PDF

File size:

2.27 MB

Pages:

5

cloud_download Download document

Forest Owners Association

© 2019 New Zealand Forest Owners Association

Website by RS

  • Home
  • Live documents
    • NZ Forest Road Engineering Manual: Operators Guide
      • Introduction
      • Essentials
        • Identifying and managing risk
        • Starting the job – be prepared
        • The job is not finished until it is signed-off
      • Basics
        • Roading terms
        • Basics about soil
      • Good construction
        • A well-constructed road
        • A well-constructed landing
      • Earthworks
        • Clearing and stripping
        • Cut and sidecast construction
        • Cut and bench fill construction
        • Full bench construction with end-haul
        • Earthworks compaction
        • Forming the landing
        • Forming curves and in-bends
        • Stabilising cut/fill slopes
        • Fixing weak formation
        • Final grading before metalling
      • Water control
        • Water control overview
        • Water table drains
        • Water table drainage culverts
        • Berms and cut-outs
        • Flumes
        • Silt traps
        • Silt fences
      • Culvert waterway crossings
      • Temporary bridges
      • Metalling
      • Maintenance of roads
        • General maintenance
        • Maintenance of new roads
        • Maintenance of harvesting roads
        • Maintenance of low-use roads
      • Assisting loggers and harvesting rehab
        • Installing deadmen
        • Harvesting track rehab
        • Landing rehab
      • Want to learn more?
      • Glossary
  • Forest Practice Guides
    • Glossary
    • Amalgamated Guides
    • Earthworks Construction
      • 1.1 Earthworks Construction – Planning and Design
      • 1.2 Earthworks Construction – Clearing and Stripping
      • 1.3 Earthworks Construction – Bulk Earthworks
      • 1.4 Earthworks Construction – Fill Construction and Compaction
    • Erosion and Sediment Control Measures
      • 2.1 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Water Tables
      • 2.2 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Cut-outs
      • 2.3 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Berms
      • 2.4 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Road Drainage (Stormwater) Culverts
      • 2.5 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Flumes
      • 2.6 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Sediment Traps and Soak Holes
      • 2.7 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Silt Fences
      • 2.8 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures – Sediment Retention Ponds
    • Crossings
      • 3.1 Crossings – Battery Culvert River Crossings
      • 3.2 Crossings – Drift Deck River Crossings
      • 3.3 Crossings – Ford Crossings
      • 3.4 Crossings – Single Culvert River Crossings
      • 3.5 Crossings – Single Span River Bridge Crossings
      • 3.6 Crossings – Temporary Crossings
    • Tracks
      • 4.1 Tracks – Track Construction and Use
      • 4.2 Tracks – Track Rehabilitation
    • Vegetation to Manage Erosion
      • 5.1 Vegetation to Manage Erosion – Grassing
      • 5.2 Vegetation to Manage Erosion – Hydroseeding
      • 5.3 Vegetation to Manage Erosion – Mulch
      • 5.4 Vegetation to Manage Erosion – Slash
    • Harvest Slash
      • 6.1 Harvest Slash – Managing Processing Slash on Landings
      • 6.2 Harvest Slash – Managing Cut-Over Slash on High Risk Slopes
      • 6.3 Harvest Slash – Managing Slash in and around Rivers
      • 6.4 Harvest Slash – Slash Traps