
How Much Topsoil Do I Need? Complete Landscaping Guide
Learn how to estimate topsoil for lawns, raised beds, and landscaping. Calculate cubic yards, feet, bag counts, and 10% compaction margins with precision.
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Atlanta, GA • Senior Construction Estimator & Materials Engineer
P.E., M.S. Civil Engineering (Georgia Tech)
Elena Rostova is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) and construction cost consultant with 12+ years of field experience in civil infrastructure, commercial grading, and residential landscape engineering.
Elena leads the Engineering & Materials calculation desk at Infinix Calculators. She formulates and peer-verifies our algorithms for topsoil cubic yardage, concrete slab load volume, roof rafter pitch coverage, and ocean freight CBM volumetric weight conversions.
She is passionate about eliminating material waste on construction sites by providing contractors and DIY homeowners with mathematically precise volume, waste-factor, and bag-count estimators.

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