Common use of Back Filling Clause in Contracts

Back Filling. The Contractor shall back-fill completed structures in accordance with the following requirements. No back-filling shall be placed against structures until permission shall have been given, by the superintending Engineer or 14 days after the concrete has been placed. The trenches or other excavations shall be filled up with the excavated earth carefully rammed, in regular layers of not more than 230mm (9") in thickness and compacted and consolidated by the addition of necessary water to each layer.