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		 if you are on the geotech side you will be inspecting.  Probably inspecting lifts with a nuc gage.  By your description, it sounds like a construction management position.  You just need to work at balancing out the machines so idle time is reduced.   
 
If you are building an embankment you will place it in 6 to 12 inch lifts, and compact on every lift.  The material being compacted generally needs to be granualar and within a specific moisture.  If there is any wood (logs, roots, etc) they need to be removed, as when they rot the soil will settle. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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