Site preparation

This class includes:

• clearing of building sites
• earth moving (e.g. excavation, landfill, levelling, trench digging, blasting)

This class also includes:

• site preparation for mining, e.g.:
  • overburden removal and other development and preparation of mineral properties and sites, except oil and gas sites
• building site drainage
• drainage of agricultural or forestry land
• site preparation for archaeological excavation

This class excludes:

• drilling of production oil or gas wells, see 06.10, 06.20
• test drilling, associated with extraction of petroleum or gas, see 09.10
• test drilling and boring support services (e.g. associated with mining activities), see 09.90
• decontamination of soil, see 39.00
• water well drilling, see 42.21
• shaft sinking, see 43.50