Hello! Im not sure where to start. We just had a 6 acre pond dug buy a contractor who is paying us to use the dirt for a highway project. They were projecting to dig 136,000 cubic yards but the final survey numbers came back at 87,000 cubic yards. They said our dirt "packed well". We dont see how they could be off almost 50,000 cy! When investigating this we realized that they didnt include the dirt they took out in the channels they dug to hold back water while digging. There are 4 very large channels...about 10ft wide by 8+ft deep that cross the length of our pond. When they did the survey our pond already had water on the floor and in these channels. They said they surveyed at the waters edge. We have asked for another survey but the contractor doesnt want to. Are we right in our thinking that they should survey the channels? Do we need a lawyer? We have been very unhappy with this project.