Dredging by Cubic Yard

From Rutgers (NJ) University HERE

Here follow some of the basic considerations in comparing actual costs of dredging projects.

Survey Cubic Yard

· The main unit of measure as laid out in contracts by the Army Corps and Port Authority is the Survey Cubic Yard.
(For all practical purposes, one yard of wet mud is about one ton in weight).

· In short, it is a cubic yard of mud, sand etc. lying on the channel bottom.