METHOD STATEMENT

CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATIONS

Project : …………………………………..

Client :……………………………..

General Contractor : ………………………..

Civil Contractor : ……………………..

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 Table of Contents
1.SCOPE………………....................................................................................................................................2
2.REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................................2
3.DEFINITIONS...........................................................................................................................................2
4.RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY..........................................................................................................2
4.1. Construction Manager....................................................................................................................2
4.2. Part-Time HSE Manager ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2

4.3. Site Engineer / Supervisor……………………………………………………………………………………………………………2

5.MATERIAL and EQUIPMENT...................................................................................................................3

5.1. Material...........................................................................................................................................3
5.2. Equipment.......................................................................................................................................3
5.3 Man Power………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4
6.EXECUTION ............................................................................................................................................4
6.1. General............................................................................................................................................4
6.2. Pre-commencement Works............................................................................................................4
6.2.1 Work Permit....................................................................................................................................4
6.2.2 Traffic Management Plan................................................................................................................4
6.2.3 Equipment and Personnel...............................................................................................................5
6.2.4 Securing the Work Area..................................................................................................................5
6.3. Execution of Excavation..................................................................................................................5
6.4. Execution of Formwork...................................................................................................................6
6.5. Execution of Reinforcement Steel...................................................................................................7
6.6. Execution of Concrete Works..........................................................................................................8
7.QUALITY CONTROL...............................................................................................................................10
8. SAFETY MESURES.................................................................................................................................11
8.1. Main Hazards....................................................................................................................................11
8.2. General Safety Requirement............................................................................................................11
8.3. Specific Safety Requirement.............................................................................................................12
8.4 Safety Plan……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12
9. ATTACHMENTS.................................................................................................................................…12

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1. SCOPE
This document has been prepared for the works to be executed within the …………….. project. The object
of the method of statement is to define scope and execution of “Formwork, Rebar Works, Concrete
works “

2. REFERENCES
(Always the latest revisions of documents and drawings shall be referred to)

3. DEFINITIONS
COMPANY : ……………………………
CONTRACTOR : ………………………………

4. RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY

…………………………shall assign qualified personnel responsible for the site supervision, site planning and
site progress.

4.1. Construction Manager

Construction manager is responsible for overall management of the construction team to ensure that
safe and effective operations are conducted and properly documented.
4.2. Part-Time HSE Manager
Responsible for safety control for all construction sites under the jurisdiction of his department, inform
the site of various kinds’ safety policies, plans etc.
4.3. Site Engineer / Supervisor
The site engineer / supervisor will manage the construction team to build the structure as per approved
design, method statement and risk assessments. He will ensure that any proposed deviation from the
design is approved, recorded and incorporated in the design.
Also responsible for execution of below listed works:
Conduct toolbox talks at the job site prior to the commencement of a job or work shift.
Obtain required work permits for task and follow the conditions
Assign and inform the competent workers for execution of the works
Site organization of equipment and tools required for the job

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 Controlling of the teams working at site continuously.
Ensuring that the works executed in compliance with the safety and quality systems

5. MATERIAL and EQUIPMENT

Each machinery and equipment to be used for the undertaken civil works shall have periodically
maintenance and inspected.
All electrical tools and equipment to be inspected and color coded as per project requirements prior
commencement of work.

5.1. Material
Any new supplied materials shall be approved by Company upfront by issuing the MSDS Form provided
by the Company.
• Film Coated Plywood
• Dressed Lumber(Pine)
• Rebar spacers
• Ready Mix Concrete
• Concrete add mixtures

5.2. Equipment
Equipment stated below;
Shall provide adequate performance capacity to finish the works within the scheduled time and
also fulfill Technical quality requirements of the work they are used for.

 Survey Equipment (Total Station, Engineer’s Level) 1

 Scraper-Loader 1
 Hi-up Truck for site transportation and lifting 1
 Scaffolding & Formwork Support equipment 1 set
 Hand tools of formwork workers as required
 Compactor
 Concrete Vibrators 40 mm 1 pcs
 Electrical Circular Saw as required
 Trans mixer trucks with 8 m3/delivery 3 max

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 5.3. Man Power
 Surveyor 1
 Surveyor’s assistant 1
 Site Engineer 1
 Foremen 1
 Workers 5

6. EXECUTION
6.1. General
All drawings must be available on site for reference. All measurement instruments’ calibration
certificates must be available on site.

…….. shall inform ………………….. about schedule of activity at least 2 days before starting before the
activity.

The sequence of the work can be summarized as follows:

6.2. Pre-commencement Works

Before the start of work, the following topics must be taken into account:

6.2.1. Work Permit

Prior to start activity, work permit shall be obtained from ……………….. All existing electrical
lines, underground facilities, piping and all supplementary documents shall be attached to the
work permit.

6.2.2. Traffic Management Plan

Works shall not interrupt any vehicle traffic on any emergency access road. If to ensure any
smooth execution of the works in an area, a need for a temporary closure has been deemed
necessary a road impact notice will be provided. However, no such diversion shall take place
without prior written consent.

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6.2.3. Equipment and Personnel

All equipment shall be inspected and approved by main contractor, and all personnel shall be
inducted and trained before attempting work on site and have updated certificates.

6.2.4. Securing the Work Area

Construction area shall be surrounded by hard barricade during the execution of work.
Warning signs and lighting will be posted as required and where needed. All machinery shall be
fitted with suitable equipment for working in such conditions.

The work area boundaries will be clearly marked and will have access route to/from actual
work area where the boundary markers will be chosen specifically based on site hazards.

A stairway, ladder or ramp or other safe means of access shall be provided in to all
construction area deeper than 1.2 m. The access shall be positioned in adequate intervals of
lateral travel for employees. If possible at least two access and egress points shall be
established.

6.3. EXECUTION OF EXCAVATIONS

Excavation shall be executed in line with approved work schedule. Work permits shall be obtained and
existing site elevations shall be recorded with participation of the CLIENT prior to commencement of the
works. Since there will be a backfill process after concrete works, the material extracted from the
excavation will stockpiled 2 meters away from the edge of the pit.

Existing underground and temporary utilities to be identified and exposed by hand excavations before
start of any machine excavation.

For the purpose of dewatering within the foundation, a pit lower than the foundation elevation shall be
excavated in the foundation to collect surface water, and collected water shall be discharged to the
nearest rain water collector by means of submersible water pump.

Disturbed soil in the excavation base shall be leveled by hand to reach the required design elevation.
Exceed soil shall be taken away by excavator and excavation base shall be compacted via compactor. In

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case of excavation deeper than the desired elevation, backfilling shall not be done unless consent of
CLIENT.

To obtain the desired quality of works, below listed checks and inspections shall be done:

 X/Y/Z coordinates shall be checked upon completion of the excavation.

 Construction debris and waste shall be checked before backfilling.
 Optimum water content shall be inspected visually for compaction.
 Backfilling of foundation peripheral shall be inspected for backfilling in layers and by
compacting each layer in accordance with the technical specifications.
 Excavation area shall be surrounded by hard barricade during the execution of work.
 A stairway, ladder or ramp or other safe means of access shall be provided in to all
excavation area.
 During the excavation activities, any personnel should not be in the trench when the
machine is in use.

6.4. EXECUTION OF FORMWORK

Material:

 The main panel of the formwork will be made with 18mm laminated, film coated
plywood board. All surface sheathing will be done with this board.
 Formwork supports, studs, wales, braces shall be constructed with dressed lumber
(pine) with cross-sections (10x10 cm) and (5x10 cm).
 Form Ties approved by COMPANY will be used as specified in project.

Execution of Work:
Maintain following objectives;

 The structure dimensions indicated in the construction drawings.

 Stability of the formwork (both vertically and laterally) in the initial position during
or after concreting.

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  The formwork shall allow proper concrete placement and vibration. The formwork
shall be well tight to prevent mortar loss.
 The formwork shall withstand the pressure of the fresh concrete and dead and live
loads as well as reshoring loads.
 The formwork shall support solidly and in accurate positions, all the embedded items
placed as per construction drawings.
 In panels mostly vertical will be stiffened using timber beams fixed along the length
and width of the planks.
 Stripping of forms will be done very carefully so that no damage is caused to the
concrete.
 The socket formwork will be thoroughly lubricated so that it will be comfortable to
dislodge. After 4 hours the concrete is poured, the socket mold will be moved with
slowly four direction and light movements. This will help us to dismantle it the next
day.
 Forms for columns, walls, sides of beams and other vertical forms not supporting the
weight of concrete will be stripped after 24 hours after placing of concrete.
 The quality assurance for formwork will be followed as per approved inspection and
test plan.
6.5. EXECUTION OF REINFORCEMENT STEEL WORKS

Supply and Support of Material:

 Rebar will be provided by the contractor. …………… is responsible for placing of
prefixed Rebar cages.
 Planning and Placing of reinforcement will be executed as specified in …………………….
 Material Handling stacking will be done with Hi-up Truck.

Placing of Reinforcement:
 Minimum concrete cover for reinforcement shall be as per the drawings.
 All reinforcement shall be supported and fastened before concrete is placed and
shall be secured against displacement within permitted tolerances.
 All splices will be provided as indicated in the approved for construction drawings.

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  RFI will be issued in accordance to site inspection procedure.
 The reinforcement at obstructions or where it clashes with another reinforcement
will not be cut, bent, omitted or modified without prior approval from the Owner.
 The welding of reinforcement will not be permitted.
Fixing of Reinforcement:
 The reinforcement will be accurately fixed in the required position.
 reinforcement projecting out from work being concreted or already concreted will
not be bent out of its correct position. It will be protected from deformations or
other damages.
 The cover to reinforcement will be maintained by using either plastic spacers or
concrete blocks.
 Cantilever and top bars over supports will be held in correct position during
concreting with the help of rebar chairs placed between top and bottom bars and
approved spacers below the bottom bars.

6.6. EXECUTION OF CONCRETE WORKS

Supply and Transportation of Concrete:
• Transport of the Concrete will be executed as to “Logistic Concept” handed over
before starting the works.
• Concrete will be transported to site by Transit Mixer Trucks with an 8 m3 capacity each
• Concrete shall be delivered to site and get poured within 1.5 hrs after batching.
Deposition of Concrete:
• Concrete will not be placed in rain
• The concrete will be deposited continuously or in layers of such thickness so that
cold joints are not formed. The concrete, which has partially hardened, will not
be deposited.
• Whenever possible construction joints shall be avoided.
• After placing, the concrete will be consolidated by using mechanical or electrical
Concrete Vibrators 40 mm and 80 mm, which will be operated by competent
workmen. Use of vibrators to transport concrete within the formwork will not be
allowed.

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Curing of Concrete:
 Application Chemical curing compound approved by the COMPANY will be applied as
to instructions of the manufacturer

Testing of concrete
 A third-party laboratory as approved by the Contractor will be appointed to carry out
tests on concrete as may be applicable as per project specification.
 Site Tests (Temperature, slump, unit weight and air content) of fresh concrete shall be
measured at the point of pour, prior to placement in forms. Concrete not conforming to
the requirements of the specification shall be rejected. Test sample cylinders will be
collected in accordance with project specifications.
 Temperature of fresh concrete will be recorded in accordance with specification
requirement. Test Cylinders will be dated and numbered consecutively. Each cylinder of
each set will also be given an identifying tag (A, B, C, and D).

Safety Plan
Safety of men and materials is a high priority for Client. All safety measures will be observed
during the entire works. Detailed safety measures for every works will be elaborated in the
concerned JSA being submitted by safety department to tkis HSE department, however basic
account of the safety strategy is given below:

 All the activities will be envisaged a week in advance and job safety requirements will be
worked out by analyzing the likely hazards and resorting to preventive.
 Proper house-keeping at the end of the day is a part of the mandatory tasks assigned to
workers to avoid accidents due to littered tools and materials.
 Flagmen will be engaged to control the movement of transit mixers, cranes, pumps and
other mobile equipment.
 Weekly tool box talk will be conducted and brief safety measures required for the
ensuing days will be discussed.
 First aid facility will be available the entire period at the work site.

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7. QUALITY CONTROL

 It will be ensured that it is placed in full accordance to the issued for construction drawings
and documents.
 The reinforcement and formwork will be inspected before concreting. It will be ensured that the
surface of formworks and reinforcement bars will be free from mud, oil, retarders, grease or any
other substance which would affect adversely the steel or concrete chemically or reduce the
bond.
 Concreting will be carried out using the approved design mixes and that specified for
the structure. The concrete from approved sources only will be used for all concreting works.
 The concrete pouring will be done within the initial setting time of the cement. For the purpose of
this, the time of batching as marked on the delivery sheet will be considered.
 The concrete surfaces will be rendered appropriate finish to eliminate all voids and pits
unless specified otherwise in the drawings. Concrete surface will be finished as per specifications
within the initial setting time of concrete.
 In the the mass pouring of the foundation slab, the concreting will be done uninterrupted so that
cold joints can be avoided.
 A quality control system shall be operated conforming to related standards. Controls and checks
shall be established and documented through relevant inspection and test plan.
 Suppliers and vendor shall comply with QA requirements as specified in project specifications in
so far as it is applicable to their scope of work.
 Sub-contractors in charge of execution of construction activities shall obey the Project Quality
Plan and quality control procedures.

8. SAFETY MEASURES

8.1. Main Hazards

 Hand or limb amputation because of tools and sharp objects, surfaces
 Slipping because of unsuitable ground conditions
 Falling from heights
 Falling materials.

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  Hitting the vehicle, squeezed between two materials.

8.2. General Safety Requirement

 The minimum required personnel protective equipment to be worn during operation. (Protective
work boots, helmets, protective safety glasses, reflective vest, work gloves, anti-static clothes)
 Work permits will be obtained before start to the work.
 Ensuring that operators have appropriate class driver license (as per Local Requirements)
 Ensuring that drivers have appropriate class driver license (as per Local Requirements)
 Ensuring that construction equipment have valid insurance, license, periodical examination
 Ensuring that trucks have valid insurance, license, periodical examination (reverse alarms, beacon
light, fire extinguisher)
 Operators, drivers and flagmen etc. shall attend the relevant HSE trainings before start to work as
per Project requirement.
 At all stages of the construction, a competent person must supervise the work and the workers
given clear instructions on working safely in the excavation.
 No solitary work. A flagman must be assigned to control the movement of the machinery and
workers
 Fall prevention physical barriers will be erected around construction area. Stop blocks installed at a
safe distance from foundation pit preventing vehicles from falling into foundation pit.
 Vehicles will be kept away as far as possible using warning signs & barriers forming pedestrian
routes. Area will be illuminated at night.
 Any hazards found before or after work has started will be registered in the inspection report and
remedial action taken.

8.3. Specific Safety Requirement

 Area will be secured with 1m height hard barricade at a safe distance 1 meter away from the edge
of the foundation pit.
 Excavation slope must be 45 degrees.
 During the excavation activities, any personnel should not be in the trench when the machine is in
use.

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  A stairway, ladder or ramp or other safe means of access must be provided in all height differences
that are 1.2 m or more in depth.
 All walkways, ramps or bridges, where employees are required or permitted to cross over a void,
must be equipped with standard guardrails. If the distance between a bridge and the bottom of
the void is more than 2 m the guardrails must be constructed with handrail, mid-rail and toe-
board.

8.4. Safety Plan

Safety of men and materials is a high priority for Client. All safety measures will be observed during
the entire works.

 All the activities will be envisaged a week in advance and job safety requirements will be
worked out by analyzing the likely hazards and resorting to preventive.
 Proper housekeeping at the end of the day is a part of the mandatory tasks assigned to
workers to avoid accidents due to littered tools and materials.
 Flagmen will be engaged to control the movement of trailers, cranes, pumps and other mobile
equipment.
 Weekly tool box talk will be conducted and brief safety measures required for the ensuing days
will be discussed.

9. ATTACHMENTS

Annex 1# Risk Assessment (will be submitted soon)

Annex 2# Data Sheets of Equipment (will be provided)

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