Fill material definition

Fill material means material deposited in accordance with these specifications from any of the classes specified in order to build up an earthworks construction to formation level as shown on the Drawings or as ordered by the Project Manager. The Contractor shall obtain the fill material from a source approved by the Project Manager.
Fill material means soil, rocks, sand, waste of any kind, or any other material that displaces soil or water or reduces water retention potential.
Fill material means any pollutant which replaces portions of surface water with dry land or which changes the bottom elevation of a surface water for any purpose.

Examples of Fill material in a sentence

  • Fill material may butt up against but not cover or bury the windrow.

  • Fill material will be compacted in horizontal layers such that compaction equipment will be brought to bear on the full width and depth of the fill layer.

  • Fill material shall also be free from sulphates, salts, organic, foreign and other harmful or objectionable materials.

  • Fill material required to backfill these areas, placement and compaction thereof, provision of topsoil and its placement, and grassing will not be paid for separately but shall be incidental to the various contract items.

  • Fill material required to backfill these areas, placement and compaction thereof, provision of topsoil and its placement, and grassing and 90-day irrigation will not be paid for separately but shall be incidental to the various contract items.


More Definitions of Fill material

Fill material means non-native or disturbed materials used to bed and backfill around an underground storage tank [415 ILCS 5/57.2].
Fill material means non-native or disturbed materials
Fill material means a deposit of earth or other natural or humanman-made material placed by artificial means.
Fill material means any material deposited or placed which has the effect of raising the level of the ground surface, whether such surface is above, at, or below the water table, or to replace surface waters with dry land. Fill material includes, but is not limited to consolidated material such as concrete and brick and unconsolidated material such as sand, gravel and stone.
Fill material means any solid or semi-solid material, including rock, sand, soil, clay, plastics, construction debris, wood chips, overburden from mining or other excavation activities, and materials used to create any structure or infrastructure, that when placed, changes the grade or elevation of the receiving site.
Fill material means any material that is used to fill an aquatic area, to replace an aquatic area with dry land, or to change the bottom elevation of a wetland for any purpose and that consists of suitable material that is free from toxic contaminants in other than trace quantities. "Fill material" does not include either of the following:
Fill material means material placed on land or in water where the material has the effect of raising the elevation of the land or the bottom elevation of the water. Examples of fill material include, but are not limited to, rock, gravel, sand, soil, clay, construction debris, wood chips, and material removed from the earth or water during mining, excavation, or dredging activities.