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#Check grades with appropriate equipment (transit levels, etc.).
#Check grades with appropriate equipment (transit levels, etc.).
#Stockpile materials in a designated area if it must be stored before hauling.
#Stockpile materials in a designated area if it must be stored before hauling.
#When backfill materials are ready, excavate remaining 100 mm to final grade and scouring bottom if applicable using toothed bucket.  
   
'''Key inspection points:'''
'''Key inspection points:'''
*Confirm the limit of excavation.
*Confirm the limit of excavation.
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*If appropriate, field verify infiltration rates at excavated bottom of practice using Guelph permeameter or double ring infiltrometer
*If appropriate, field verify infiltration rates at excavated bottom of practice using Guelph permeameter or double ring infiltrometer
'''Mistakes to avoid:'''
'''Mistakes to avoid:'''
*Making too many passes with heavy machinery within the LID footprint.
*making too many passes with heavy machinery within the LID footprint.
*Leaving heavy machinery within the LID’s footprint (for breaks, lunch, overnight, etc.)
*leaving heavy machinery within the LID’s footprint (for breaks, lunch, overnight, etc.)
*Using the wrong equipment
*using the wrong equipment
*Over excavating
*over excavating
*Smearing the bottom of the practice with the bucket, which can compact native soils
*smearing the bottom of the practice with the bucket, which can compact native soils
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