ABBREVIATION AND ACRONYM

NOMENCLATURE		CIRCLE of RELATIVITY
E	East or Eastern or Easting | English | Enhancement Project Roadside (E-1234)	Roadway Plans
EA	Enviromental Assessment (Draft and Final)	Project Studied Document
EBL	East Bound Lane	Roadway Plans
EDM	Electronic Distance Measurement	Survey Procedures
EIS	Enviromental Impact Statement (Draft and Final)	Project Studied Document
EMB	Embankment	Earthwork Computation
El	Elevation	Roadway Profiles
END	Ending	Roadway Plans
EOP	Edge of Pavement	Roadway Plans
EOT	Edge of Travel	Roadway Plans
EPA	Enviromental Protection Agency	Project Correspondent
EQN	Equation	COGO
ESAL	Equivalent Single Axial Load	Pavement Management
EST	Estimated	Roadway Estimates
EW	Earthwork	Roadway X-Sections
EXC	Excavation	Earthwork Computation
EXIST	Existing	Base Mapping

DEFINITION

earthwork - ƒ1 The process used to compute the amount of earth material (mainly soil) needed to completed the grading of roadway project. Project earthwork can be classified as either waste or borrow. excavation - ƒ1 1. The process used to dig up earth material (mainly soil) when the proposed roadbed is below existing natural ground. 2. The process used to grade a proposed ditch below existing natural ground. Also see Common Excavation, Subgrade Excavation, Subsoil Excavation, and Drainage Ditch Excavation.