A cubic yard is any volume of material that is 3 feet long by 3 feet wide by three feet deep, or 3â² X 3â² X 3â². To find how many cubic yards you will need multiply the length times the width times the depth and divide by 27.
Photo courtesy of the National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument. Pedestal construction began with the pouring of 54,000,000 pounds of concreteâsaid to be the largest concrete foundation of its time. The concrete walls were designed to be up to 20 feet thick, with blocks of granite to finish the facade.
The statue, made of reinforced concrete clad in a mosaic of thousands of triangular soapstone tiles, sits on a square stone pedestal base about 26 feet (8 metres) high, which itself is situated on a deck atop the mountainâs summit.