advice sought on transplanting yew bush
 

We are preparing to redo the terracing on the front of our house. The ground has
settled, the timbers are out of alignment, and the gravel backfill under the
porch is exposed. We need to raise the mean ground level about a foot. Most the
plants are pretty much disposable, but we have one Yew, about 6 ft wide, 3 ft
deep, and 4 ft tall that I would like to reposition once we are done. Google
turns up too many hits on the word YEW to try and find any specific guidlines
for transplanting.

Does anybody have any insight to help salvage this beauty?

Thanks,
Mike