I am building an outdoor BBQ. I have been digging out a foundation and there is a 1" PVC pipe running under the proposed area. It supplies water to the rear irrigation system. I cannot move it as there is a patio one side, pool deck to the other and house wall on the other (triangular area). The pipe is 10" underground. There will be 4" of soil over it, plus 2" of gravel, then a 4" foundation. Will the pipe be able to stand the weight?

I recently had a basement walk-up entrance done. The contractor did a fantastic job. To make room my excavator guy removed about 35 yards of dirt that was originally piled in my backyard on top of the lawn. I've since removed it with a loader since it was waaaay too much to move out by hand however, it has left the lawn in my back yard looking like this: [URL="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lb3s2tt9plu1qi7/cHQM_Y8PMv"]MY BACKYARD[/URL] Problem is that it hasn't stopped raining long enough for the soil to dry enough so I can even run a rake through it. We haven't had more than two days without rain in weeks. I've had tracked machines back there and they just get stuck in the mud. Any ideas on how I can get this soil flat enough to lay sod? I'm almost at the point where I want to get my concrete guy back to pave the whole thing. I'm not sure what's done on new building projects or other landscaping this time of year with the days being short and chilly such that the water doesn't easily evaporate. I really don't want to leave it like this all winter...Never mind what it will be under there after the spring melt.