SiteworkMath — cubic-yard markConstruction math from people who’ve thrown the wheelbarrow.
Guides index16 guides · five clusters

Sitework guides — paired with the calculator that solves them.

Each guide is a worked walkthrough of one cluster's math plus the operator-experience layer (real flips, field traps, the opinions you only have after pouring one short). Calculator embedded inline; sources cited at the bottom.

No. 015 guides

Concrete yardage

Slab, footing, post-hole, stair, and bag-yield math sourced to ACI 332 / ASTM C94 / NRMCA + Quikrete + Sakrete data sheets. Practical-order cushion + ready-mix minimum-order warning baked in.

Concrete yardage calculator →
No. 023 guides

Topsoil

New lawn vs overseeding depth, per-square-foot conversion, bulk-delivery vs bagged trade-offs. Industry-consensus depth values + cooperative-extension prep guidance for what the sources actually back.

Topsoil calculator →
No. 034 guides

Mulch

Penn State Extension 2-4″ depth + 25% first-year settling cushion. ANSI A300 tree-protection (don't volcano-mulch). Bag-count math at 2 cu ft / 3 cu ft and the supplier-minimum trap on small orders.

Mulch calculator →
No. 042 guides

Tile

Pattern-specific waste cushions (10% straight / 15% diagonal-or-herringbone / 20% trim) translated to a working tile order. Lot-number color-drift caveat and the large-format-actually-wastes-less counter-intuition.

Tile calculator →
No. 052 guides

Deck (surface materials)

Cedar vs PT vs composite decision matrix and AWC DCA-6 joist-spacing default + the 16 ft SiteworkMath field-preference cap. Surface-only — frame design (joists / beams / posts / footings) lives outside this cluster by design.

Deck cost calculator →