METHOD STATEMENT FOR SUB STRUCTURE PILE AND PILE CAP TREATMENT WORKS

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DYNAMIC REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION PROJECT

CONTRACT NO. 4674/2019/3100

METHOD STATEMENT
FOR
SUBSTRUCTURE PILE AND PILE CAP TREATMENT WORKS
HIDD SITE

PCC-MS-HITACHI-CVL-020 Rev.00

00 16/11/2022 Issued for Approval ALC MK

REV DATE REASON FOR REVISION BY CHECKED / APPROVED

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................
1.1 Purpose..........................................................................................................................................................
1.2 Scope..............................................................................................................................................................
2. REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................................
3. TERMS AND DEFINITION..................................................................................................................................
4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY........................................................................................................................
5. TOOLS & EQUIPMENTS....................................................................................................................................
6. PERMIT TO WORK..............................................................................................................................................
7. SEQUENCE OF WORK SUBSTRUCTURE PILE HEAD TREATMENT ...................................................
7.1 Surface preparation......................................................................................................................................
7.2 Pile head treatment .....................................................................................................................................
8. EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS.....................................................................................................................
9. OTHER ASSOCIATED PLAN............................................................................................................................
10. HEALTH & SAFETY CONTROLS.....................................................................................................................
10.1 Tool Box Talk.....................................................................................................................................................
10.2 Emergency Arrangements...............................................................................................................................
10.3 Emergency Response Organization..............................................................................................................
10.4 Emergency Contact Numbers.........................................................................................................................
10.5 Environmental Arrangements..........................................................................................................................
10.6 Additional HSE requirements.....................................................................................................................
11. QUALITY CONTROLS....................................................................................................................................
12. MONITORING AND REVIEW.........................................................................................................................
13. APPENDIX.........................................................................................................................................................

List of Appendices
Appendix 1: Safety Risk Assessment

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1. INTRODUCTION
This document covers the procedure involved in the substructure pile and pile cap treatment
works.

1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this method statement is to provide a comprehensive step by step
guideline for substructure pile and pile cap treatment works.

1.2 Scope
Scope of this document includes preparation of surface for waterproofing membrane
application, pile and pile cap treatment for substructures. Consultant inspection will be
arranged as per the approved ITP.

2. REFERENCES
The reference documents required to carry out this Method Statement are listed in Table below.

Document Number Title

PCC-RA/SRWPWT-ABB-HSE-05 RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PILE HEAD
REV00 TREATMENT WORKS
PCC / CQP / 01 INSPECTION & TEST PLAN

3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Any Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms used in this document are defined in this section. The
Terms used in this document are listed below:

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Term Definition
Pile cap waterproofing American Society for Testing and Materials
Pile cap treatment After the pipe cap trimming completed shall
apply the 25mm average thickness grout (Fosroc
Supercast PC) , And around rebar protection
with fosroc nitoproof 230 and care shall be taken
to avoid any water penetration.

4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The table below provides specific information of the personnel directly involved with these works
and the competencies that they possess to execute them safely and effectively.

Titles Roles and Responsibilities

Responsible for all the works carried out at site and

Project Engineer must ensure all works are carried out in correct and
safe manner

Responsible for establishing and maintaining

HSE Officer
Environment, Health and Safety aspects in site

Must verify quality of the works carried out at site

QA/QC Engineer
and to make proper records of all check sheets

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In charge of the work allotted to him and must

Foreman ensure quality and safety of workers during
execution

Crew carrying out works at site and they must be

Workers
trained to carry out the works in safe manner

5. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS

The table below provides specific information of the Equipment, Tools & Instruments deployed
to carry out the work safely and effectively.

Sl. No Type
1 Measuring Tape and Auto level machine

2 Compressor

3 Gas Torch

4 Rotary machine

5 Hot works PPE

6. PERMIT TO WORK

Following permit shall be obtained prior to the start of waterproofing works,

 HOT WORK PERMIT

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7. SEQUENCE OF WORKS – SUBSTRUCTURE PILE HEAD TREATMENT

Work to be done in accordance with approved IFC drawing & project specification TS-32 & MOW Bahrain
specification at site.

7.1 Surface Preparation

 Concrete surface to be clean, smooth and shall be free from dust and foreign partials.
 The surface shall be completely cleaned from dust or any debris and made dry
(Preferably with air compressor)
 Any damages in concrete shall be rectified prior to the start of waterproofing works.
 Surface shall be prepared by sanding to remove rubbish and cement waste.
 Concrete surface must finish its curing period and there should not be any dampness in
concrete surface.
 Corner fillet shall be provided with cement mortar in order to avoid damages in
waterproofing membrane.

7.2 Waterproofing Application (Pile / Pile cap)

 Installation of membrane shall be as per manufacturers instruction and approved
waterproofing system reference 2210/11/4341 and IFC Drawing (Typical Pile & Pile Cap
connection) Rev. B.
 After the pipe cap trimming completed shall apply the 25mm average thickness
cementitious grout (Fosroc Supercast PC)
 All around rebar protection shall be provided with approved fosroc nitoproof 230 and
care shall be taken to avoid any water penetration.
 Pile head will be profiled with cementitious grout in order to receive waterproofing
membrane.

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 Apply high penetrating bituminous primer to the entire area.

 Waterproofing membrane application shall proceed upon completion of primer
application.
 Installation of membrane shall be as per manufacturers instruction. Fix 2 layers 4mm
torch on, 260gsm polyester reinforced bituminous membrane to the entire area.

 On pile cap area will provided 50mm thick cement screed 1:3 mix protection layer and
on top of pile will provide 15mm epoxy grout (approved Fosroc supercast EPT)

8. EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS
 First aider and first aid kit must be available at the work site.

 Emergency contact numbers and procedures must be aware to all personnel on site.

 Follow safety precautions while working.

9. OTHER ASSOCIATED PLAN

The following plans are to be implemented in conjunction with this method statement:

 Site Layout Plans

 Emergency Response Plans – (included in the HSE plan).

10. HEALTH & SAFETY CONTROLS

The PCC Health and Safety Manual, Health and Safety plan shall apply to all work on Site. All
Personnel and workers involved in the works shall be made familiar with these documents. Only
Personnel who have received the Site-Specific Safety Induction from the PCC HSE Department

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shall be allowed to access the Site and carry out work. Safety requirements which are
established by PCC must be instructed and complied by all personnel involved in the scope of
work. The Health and Safety Risk Assessment shall be informed and instructed to all involved
workers prior to commencing works. Contents of the Health and Safety Risk Assessment shall
be included in the Tool Box Talk.

10.1 Tool box talk

Prior to commencing daily activities or at the start of a new work shift, the Site Engineer
and/or the HSE Officer shall carry out a START briefing Talk instructing all personnel
involved in the scope of work of the potential hazards and the measures in place to mitigate
those hazards.

The Site Engineer and HSE officer shall keep records of the Tool Box Talk including
attendance sheet.

10.2 Emergency arrangements

In the event of an Emergency arising, the Emergency Response Organization should
respond in accordance to the HSE plan.

10.3 Emergency Response Organization

The names, contact numbers and responsibilities of the Key Emergency Response Team
(ERT) Members are found in below

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No Key Member Name Responsibilities

1. Binoy Ensure workers are trained in fire prevention, emergency
HSE officer evacuation and rescue
Mob # 34518846 Ensure an emergency coordinator is appointed
Ensure local emergency response plans are in place
2. Mohammed Khaleed
Project Manager Supervises emergency response and rescue operations
Mob # 36843888

10.4 Emergency Contact Numbers

Emergency Contact Numbers can be found in below:

Agency Contact Number Location

Fire and Police 999 Emergency Hotline
Department
Ambulance 998 Emergency Hotline
KIMS 1782 2123 Umm Al Hassam
Salmaniya Hospital 1728 8888 Salmaniya
Ministry of Public Health 4407 0000 Al Rumailah
4407 0270 West
Ministry of Works, 8000 8188 Bahrain
Mulcipalties Affairs and
Urban Planning
Covid-19 444 Emergency hotline
PCC HSE 34518846 Site office

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10.5 Environmental Arrangements

The Consortium’s environmental arrangements are set according to Construction
Environmental Management Plan - HSE plan. Project team shall include environmental
issues in site inductions within Safety, Health and Environmental Information. In-house HSE
induction training for all employees and newly assigned employees. The major
environmental impacts and mitigations as identified in energy works that are related to
environmental issues includes but not limited to:

 Noise and vibration (Silencer and damping, regular maintenance of tools and
equipment, provision of hearing protection, applying job rotation among the workers
etc).

 Air pollution (Enforce speed limits, regular maintenance of vehicles. Ensure driving
routes on site are as short as possible, turning off vehicles and equipment while not
in use, etc)

 Spill kits to be available at site

10.6 Additional HSE requirements

 Crew to wear visible vest. and appropriate PPEs

 Adequate supervision by supervisor and safety officer

 Sign board must be placed at required location.

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 If the work needs to be carried out with scaffolding, it must be checked and
inspected.

 Proper housekeeping carried out.

 Proper rest to be provided and adequate water for workers to be provided at site.

11. QUALITY CONTROL

All the records shall be maintained as stated in the inspection and test plan and compliance
to project quality requirements, standard specification.

12. MONITORING AND REVIEW

This method statement will be monitored through the monthly monitoring program. The initial
review of these works will be carried out within the first 2 weeks to ensure that the planned
processes are sufficient in executing the works within program and without effect to the H&S
of personnel or to the local environment. Any corrections required will be noted through the
change management process and the method statement updated.

13. APPENDIX
 Safety Risk Assessment

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