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METHOD STATEMENT
1.1 SITE ESTABLISHMENT

Appropriate hoarding will be installed around the site where required by the client and along all trenches, with a
personnel site entrance gate at the front of each work area. It will be kept in a clean and tidy condition
throughout the works.
All hoardings/fencing will be regularly checked and maintained in a clean and tidy condition and signage will be
positioned so it is clearly visible to warn members of the public of any potential hazards surrounding the site.
The site offices and stores will be located centrally to the residences underway at the time. The site will be
maintained in a safe and tidy manner with the implementation of good housekeeping procedures regularly
checked by our Health and Safety Advisor on fortnightly site inspections and be set up with temporary power,
water and drainage throughout the duration of the works.

1.2 SITE LOGISTICS, DELIVERIES AND DEMOLITION

The site’s operating hours will be as per below. Special care and arrangements can be made during exams
periods if required.
Deliveries will be scheduled to minimise the impact on both campus and town traffic. Special/abnormal
deliveries will be coordinated with local traffic and campus officials.
Before any work commences on site an asbestos survey will be undertaken and if any asbestos is found this will
be removed following the guidelines as set out in the relevant legislation.
The works will be undertaken in the hours as set out below:
 Monday to Friday – 8am to 5pm

 Saturday – 8am to 1pm

 Sunday and Public Holidays – no working

Demolition material will be removed via skips situated in the parking area inside the property for the duration of
the works.

1.3 EXCAVATIONS

Care shall be taken not to dump the excavated material near the excavation area and will follow the required
safety norms.
Barricading shall be provided around excavated areas.
Excavated material shall not be dumped alongside the pit excavated. Excavated earth shall be disposed of at
designated locations as mentioned in contract. Some quantity of excavated earth shall be retained for backfilling
if specified so. Excavation pit shall be kept free from water by suitable means as and when required.
In case of mechanized excavation with excavators. Work shall be continued till about 150mm above final level.
Levelling and dressing shall be done manually with light compaction, either manually or with plate compactor,
as instructed by relevant engineer.
All persons engaged in job shall wear PPE and the equipment deployed will be checked by HSE Officer.
 1.4 OVERALL SEQUENCING OF THE WORKS

In assessing the project with all the information available to us at tender stage, we have discussed the work at
length and have arrived at the following strategy for the carrying out of the project:
We will begin the project by establishing ourselves on site. This would include demarcating our contractor’s
yard, container position and other important factors like entry and exit point for delivery trucks.
We will commence with the long lead procurement on the project immediately. Items like structural steel,
electronic and other specialised equipment can easily delay a project, and this must be ordered early.
We will start with setting out and excavations and will then, after approval from engineer, proceed with
installation of steel reinforcement to foundations where necessary.
Once reinforcement has been installed and approved, we will continue with the casting of the concrete bases and
strip footings. Following this brickwork will be coming up to the level of the underside of the surface bed. We
will then prepare for the casting of the ground floor surface bed, making sure to include all services and utilities
in/under the slab. After the slab has been cast, we will commence with brickwork to the underside of the first
story slab. Once we are at that level, we will install formwork to the underside of the slab, steel reinforcing and
all services, after which we will cast the concrete to the slab. Construction to the first storey brickwork will
continue while the slab cures and the formwork will remain in place until the engineer is satisfied with cube test
results, after which the formwork will be removed. At this point only the back-propping will remain.
When we reach the underside of the second storey slab, we will then repeat the process as mentioned above.
After the slab has been cast, we will commence with brickwork to the underside of wall plate immediately.
While the brickwork is underway, the structural timber for trusses will be in manufacturing after which, we will
be installing the new structural timber trusses and other components, followed by the new roofing, insulation
and sidewall cladding. Once we are at that level, we will commence with installation of the roof structure.
During the installation of the roofs and the rest of the works ongoing, we will also be commencing with the
external works as indicated on the attached programme. We will start by clearing and grubbing the area and
carting away the rubble produced during this process.
All external elements will then be ongoing. All timber decks, the netball field and artificial turf will also be
constructed in the latter part of the project as part of the finishing stage.
Plastering and floor screeds, wall tiling and the specialist trades like kitchen equipment will then be underway
shortly after that.
The installation of Aluminium doors and windows including glazing will then take place followed by the rest of
the finishes to the building like painting, carpentry and joinery, the hanging of doors, the installation of office
furniture and cupboards, the installation of carpet tiles etc.
It is during this time that all electronics like fire detection, access control, public address and CCTV are then
installed.
Once Atuba has rigorously inspected its work and remedied any poor workmanship found, we will notify the
Architect to come and snag the works and provide us with a snag list. This list will be completed expeditiously
and Atuba will then notify for inspection in view of practical completion.
While this process is underway, Atuba will also notify the various consultants to conduct their inspections as
well as a fire marshal’s inspection, of which these certificates will be included in the project documentation to
be handed to the PA on practical completion.

1.5 PLANT UTILISATION

 During the construction period, we will be making use of various minor and major plant items. We have made
allowance for the use of telehandlers and tower cranes intermittently, as we require them for the construction of
the 1st and 2nd storey of the building.
Atuba construction owns our own crane, telehandler and various other machines like TLB’s and an excavator.
We also outsource the supply of major and minor plant from time to time, as required.

1.6 PROJECT QUALITY MANAGEMENT

At Atuba Construction we are very serious about quality and there are various reason for it. These reasons
however, is not the focus of this section. This section of this documents seeks to provide an overview of how
we intend on achieving the expected or required quality level each time we undertake to build.
The first important factor to note is that we take a holistic view of quality management. What we mean by this is
that quality is the responsibility of each and every person within the employ of Atuba. We also believe that
quality cannot be achieved by merely ticking a few checkboxes but that quality has to be inculcated into the
mind-sets of our people and that compliance tools has to be integrated into to all our systems, processes and
procedures.
To that end, we as an organisation make use of the following methods of ensuring that we deliver the best
possible quality to our clients.
We select on the best staff and have a rigorous quality orientation programme that ensure that all of us
understand and commit to quality management.
Training within our organization is on-going and each employee must attend at least 4 training courses per
calendar year.
We make use of “quality checkpoints”. These are points during activities at which a quality checklist is
completed.
Quality is dealt with as an individual item during our bi-monthly subcontractor meetings.
In our organization, quality management is driven from the top-down. Our managing director who serves as the
project sponsor on all our projects, defines the level of commitment that is to be given to quality on the project.
Based on this, he selects the appropriate project manager, who then further selects the project team. This
becomes the driving force for the quality management systems and processes that are to be utilised.
We also prepare a separate in depth quality management plan that contains among other things, the quality
accountability matrix that provides you with the roles and responsibilities of every individual during the various
stages of the contract. In this way, no one can claim ignorance when it comes to quality management.
Other methods include lessons learned from past experience. We have in particular learned that it is better to do
it right the first time. This is where the cost of quality exercises are used in a big way.
The following figure outlines the basic quality management process in our organization

Project
Selects Project Team (ensures competence of team)

Defines level of commitment to quality

Selects Project Manager
Ensure deliverables are well defined
Prioritizes training in organizational culture
Mentor PM
Manager
Develops/selects tools to manage and control quality
Form Quality Improvement teams
Highlight potential problem areas
Expalin benfits of cost of quality exercises Use tools provided to manage quality
Establish communication channels Implement corrective action
Builds quality checkpoints into processes and schedule Communicate regularly and effectively
Organizes training courses for team Be pro-active in QM
Mentoring team Ensure first time right

Project
Project Team