Richmond Business Park: Southern precinct retail

corner building with bulk services and Tygerberg

valley road upgrade
Contents
Tygerberg valley road............................................................................................................................2
Subsoil drainage pipe layout..............................................................................................................2
Stormwater Manhole raise................................................................................................................4
Sidewalk construction........................................................................................................................7
Southern precinct................................................................................................................................11
Fibre pipe laying and manholes.......................................................................................................11
Sewer and stormwater manhole raise in roads...............................................................................14
Kerbs and channel combination with catchpit construction ongoing..............................................15
Subsoil drainage pipe and mole barrier...........................................................................................17
Sidewalk construction......................................................................................................................18
Southern line stormwater channel trimming..................................................................................19
Retail building construction.................................................................................................................21
Tygerberg valley road
Subsoil drainage pipe layout

Trench width is 760mm. Depth is 1m.

9t Digger loader excavating the subsoil pipe trench. Biddim sheet laid in trench following the
perforated subsoil pipe. pour Commercial stones on top of Biddim sheet and 110mm diameter or
160mm diameter pipe.
Subsoil drainage pipes are connected to the catchpits.
Stormwater Manhole raise

After exposing manholes clean areas around manhole and add concrete on top of the brickwork and
add a pre-cast concrete frame and join with cement/mortar. Add top slab on top of frame and join
with cement/mortar.

Use massey crane tractor to pick and put down heavy pre-cast concrete materials.
On top of top slab build to a max. of 3 courses to reach the road final level.
Around manhole backfill sand layer and compact. For sub-base stabilization add 5% cement and
backfill around the manhole and thoroughly compact and wet spray.
Sidewalk construction

Construction of edging to make a 2.5m sidewalk.

Labourers with spades and other hand tools cut to SSG and add milled asphalt surface
material to a layer of 100mm and compact and wet.
Southern precinct
Fibre pipe laying and manholes

Trench width is 710mm. Depth varies, maximum depth is 1m

Trench excavation by 5.5t mini excavator.

Problems encountered are underground services such as the anchor block in the trench and
irrigation pipe and water pipe.

Solutions to problem is to lay the pipes under and on top of underground existing services.
Sewer and stormwater manhole raise in roads
Kerbs and channel combination with catchpit construction ongoing

Road B
Road A
Subsoil drainage pipe and mole barrier

1m deep mole barrier laid next to the subsoil drainage pipe.

5.5t Mini Excavator cuts subsoil and mole barrier trench.

Southern line stormwater channel trimming
6 Labourers using hand tools equipment to trim, cut and compact under the supervision of a
foreman. Foreman checks the right way of working and also monitors circumstances and
conditions that could affect the health and safety of the labourers.
Hand tools are pick axes, shovels/spades and a hammer to insert steel pins.
Marking of steel pins is done by the surveyor who uses various levelling devices such as a
GPS levelling device and a staff and dumpy level.
Work method study
Insert steel pins and mark levels on pins with red tape from sub-base top surface to concrete
designated top level surface. Place/tie gutter lines on top of the red tape of the steel pins
making a rectangular dimension shape with a diagonal line inside. Use a tape marked
wooden rod with a 125mm height to check for the appropriate level required on the surface
and sloped sides of the channel.
Retail building construction
Top reinforced slab platform and columns construction ongoing

Formwork placed before reinforcement steel and concrete are in place. the formwork/
shuttering is dismantled once the concrete has set or cured with the steel reinforcement
inside the concrete.
Erect scaffold support holding wooden beams, place wood boards on top of the wooden
beams supported by the scaffolds. Place steel frame on top of wood boards and cast
concrete using the standard working procedures. Pour concrete using a teleporter crane
plant with a concrete bucket attached to it. Use concrete vibrator to transfer concrete evenly.

Remove shuttering/formwork when concrete has set and cured on top of the reinforced concrete
columns.
Engineering Exercises done at the site office

Draw unto scale longitudinal sections of Stormwater and sewer sheets. Work with invert levels,
cover levels, manhole depths, pipe diameter and distance from manhole to manhole. Chosen datum
for drawings and each manhole must have a reference from the design drawing plan.

Calculate the excavation, bedding and backfilling for the pipes and manholes on the long section
drawing.
Add calculation results in the Bill/schedule of Quantities multiplied by the rate given by the company
Burger and Wallace to obtain the total amount of costs needed for the constructional services.