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Cubic Yard Calculator

Add measured bulk-material sections in feet/inches, yards or metres and compare cubic feet, cubic yards and cubic metres without hidden allowances.

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Bulk material cubic yards

Bulk material cubic yards

What this worksheet covers

Add rectangular bulk-material sections and retain cubic feet, cubic yards and cubic metres together.

Volume arithmetic for gravel, fill, concrete and other measured bulk materials. No layer depth, structural design, excavation safety or supplier order is selected.

Import a saved measurement

Select a source, then an existing field with the same measurement unit. Add region or station rows first when needed. Confirm physical meaning and datum; importing a number does not approve a design or replace the rest of the required measurements.

Bulk material sections

Use non-overlapping rectangular sections. Add a separate section where depth changes; depths are your selected measurements, not construction recommendations.

Bulk material sections 1

1 of 30 supported rows

Enter the measured layout and selected product information, then calculate. Exact schedules and a drawing appear here.

Keep a volume record before choosing the order unit

A stockpile order, rectangular fill and concrete box all start with three measured dimensions. Add separate sections for changes in footprint or depth. This calculator reports geometry without choosing a material or allowance.

Worked example: main fill and side section

A 12 × 9 ft main section and a 6 × 3 ft side section, each 6 in deep, contain 54 + 9 = 63 ft³. Divide once by 27 for 2⅓ yd³, equivalent to 1.783961335296 m³. The 6 in depth is illustrative.

Continue with the material you selected

Use Gravel to estimate weight from a supplier density, Concrete Slab for thickness zones and labeled concrete yields, or Paver for a selected patio system and separate base layers. Aggregate Ordering handles supplier minimums, increments and delivery. A cubic-yard result alone is not a complete order.

Why do inches need conversion?

Length and width in feet need depth in feet too: 6 in ÷ 12 = 0.5 ft. Multiplying feet by feet by inches without conversion overstates cubic feet twelvefold.

Version 1.0.0 uses unrounded intermediate arithmetic and displays up to four decimal places. Measurements can be saved locally in Planner and handed off explicitly. Supplier rounding and piece-layout rules belong in the downstream material calculator.