Can you please help me determine how many cubic yard of concrete I need to purchase for a foundation that is 50' by 25.5 by 8' height and how many cubic yard would I need for the slab that is 50' by 25.5 by 0.5

Thanks

Philippe

 

Philippe,

You need to change the dimensions to yards. There are 3 feet in a yard so divide each of the dimensions by 3. Thus, for the slab, you have

50/3 yards by 25.5/3 yards by 0.5/3 yards.

Thus the volume is

50/3 25.5/3 .05/3 = 23.6 cubic yards.

You didn't tell us the thickness of the walls so can't do those calculations but the method is the same. For each of the 4 walls divide the dimensions in feet by 3 to convert to yards and then multiply the three dimensions to get the volume in cubic yards.

Penny