General Engineering
Volume and Capacity Converter
Convert soil, concrete, water, and storage volumes between metric and US customary units.
Live unit conversion
Converted value
1.3079506
yd3
1 m3 = 1.3079506 yd3
Conversion Basis
Volume conversion is central to earthwork, concrete takeoffs, tank sizing, void calculations, and water storage. Cubic units use the cube of the corresponding length factor.
target volume = source volume x source-to-cubic-meter factor / target-to-cubic-meter factor
Common Examples
- 1 m3 = 1.30795 yd3
- 1 ft3 = 28.3168 L
- 1 US gal = 3.78541 L
Engineering Use and Limitations
- Earthwork pay quantities may distinguish bank, loose, and compacted volume; a unit conversion does not apply shrink or swell.
- US liquid gallons differ from imperial gallons; this converter uses US gallons.
- Include waste, overbreak, or bulking only when the estimate requires it.
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