I believe it's taking soil from the high ground (cut) and moving it to the low ground (fill) to provide a suitable building surface.  In my area, it is also used to remove poor/substandard loam and replace with better soil.

Grading, I believe.  I'm sure the "teacher" in you will fill us in with the most appropriate answer.   

Barbara Todaro - I knew about contour grade - did not know about 'cut-n-fill'!

It means he is writing some big checks to the excavation company.

Never knew this.  

My dad has a fleet of dozers and scrapers, he does this on a large scale.

This is a major issue in environmentally-sensitive areas of our county.

I did this when I remodeled and added onto my home in '05

Funny story on my last subdvision they let me drive the front end loader, such excitement between showings that day Barbara Todaro 

thanks - this is awesome! 

Grading.  Removing dirt and bringing in fill dirt.

Thank you.

I would love to see Barbara Todaro on a D-11 movin' da dirt!

Excellent topic. It is important for the grade to conform to the engineers calculations otherwise there will be problems with drainage.

Thanks for the lesson.

grading to keep the soil urface at specficied height?

My thought is grading.  Having read your explanation ... it appears it is more than that.  Thanks for the knowledge Barbara Todaro 

Grading

They have a grading issue!

They're doing that around my town now widening the streets

It deals with grading