METHOD STATEMENT FOR

EXCAVATION OF TRENCHES FOR FOUL

SEWER NETWORK

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CONTENTS Page no

1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 3

2. SCOPEOFWORK ............................................................................................................ 3

3. LOCATION .................................................................................................................... 3

4. REFERENCE ................................................................................................................... 3

5. RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................................................................ 3

6. RESOURCES .................................................................................................................. 3

6.1. Manpower ............................................................................................................ 3

6.2. Tools ..................................................................................................................... 3
6.3. Materials ............................................................................................................... 4

7. DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................ 4

8. HEALTHANDSAFETY ...................................................................................................... 6

8.1. PPELIST..................................................................................................................6

9. QA/QCASPECTS............................................................................................................. 6

10. STORAGEANDHANDLING .............................................................................................. 7

11. ATTACHMENT .............................................................................................................. 7

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1. INTRODUCTION

The Method Statement is to set out the manner in which excavation of trench for
Foul Sewer Pipe laying will be carried out.

2. SCOPE OFWORK

Excavation of Trench for Foul Sewer pipe laying.

3. LOCATION

At locations as shown on the approved construction drawings Issued by xxxx.

4. REFERENCE

• xxxxx- Specification for Works –xxxxx Works.

• Standard Specification
o Module x-Earthworks
o Module xx - Sewerage Pipeline &Pipework
o Standard Drawing for Sanitary Engineering Works

5. RESPONSIBILITY

• Sr. Project Manager - xxxx

• Project Engineer - xxxx
• Safety Officer - xxxx
• QA/QC Engineer - xxxx

• RESOURCES

6.2. Manpower

• Site Engineer
• General Foreman
• Land Surveyors
• General Workers

6.3. Tools

• Excavator
• JCB
• Bobcat
• Dump Trucks
• Pick Axe
• Hand Shovel
• Compactors

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 De-watering pumps (76mm dia)
• Settlement Tanks
• Earth Work Support
• Plate Compactors

6.4. Materials

• Excavated Dredge Sand

• Sheet pile
• Scaffolding
• Geo-textile
• Granular pipe bedding
• Ladder.

6. DESCRIPTION

• Before starting the works ensure latest versions of the documents are being used at
site.

• Even though the site is a newly reclaimed where the xxx Project work limit is to be
undertaken, there are existing ground services that were already previously installed.
As work progresses on the site, the Site Engineer/ Site Supervisor is to ensure that
earlier installed services are not been disturbed by any new excavation.

• Any excavation work in xxxx Project limit, Appropriate Detecting tools and As- Built
record to be referred prior to excavation and do trial hole as per work requirement to
identify the existing services.

• Before starting the excavation work, barricade the area to be excavated, safety
signage’s will be placed and Excavation Permit & Confined Space permit will be issued.
A safety officer will always be monitoring all times the excavations site including night
works, if needed.

• Confined space permit will be submitted subject to risk assessment briefed to trained
workers. Gas monitors will be always available and be used when deep confined
spaces in deep excavations are encountered.

• The surveyor will mark and layout the trench alignment between the two manholes
and the depth of the trench from the existing ground level.

• Use of Laser will be made for trench excavation if required.

• In order to attain ground stability, the trench will be sprinkled with small amount of
water so the sand will not get collapse at the time of excavation.

• Excavator /JCB will be used to dig the trench, the width of the trench depends on dia.
& maximum trench width as specified in the IFC drawings. Final 1.2 - 2.0m deep trench
will be excavated to the required width with excavator/ JCB.

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 100 -350mm
400 -600mm
700 -1000mm

1m
GL 1m

1:2
Side Slope Slope Stepping – 1:1
Less than
2000mm
Depth

• Proper earth work support will be used where pipe to be laid in underground
water area.

• Earth support will be checked for Third party calculation if required.

• After excavating the required depth, the trench will be sprinkled with water
from an approved source and will be compacted with plate compactors.

• Joint Survey Inspection will be carried out along with the consultant before and
after laying of bedding material to check the required depth.

• After placing and compacting the bedding material up to the invert level, pipe will
be laid whose dia and type will be as per approved drawings. This may be
undertaken use of laser if required.

• The pipe will be laid as described in a separate method statement for pipe
laying.

• Joint survey inspection will be carried out along with consultant to check the

• alignment and depth of the pipe along with the invert level of the Manholes.

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• After carrying out the respective test for the pipeline and approval from the
consultant, bedding material will be laid on top and side of the pipe as
mentioned in the approved drawings and specifications.

• The trench will be backfilled with excavated dredge sand in layers with
300mm (max) each layer, and compacted with use of Plate Compactors.
Compaction test will be taken and witnessed by consultant.

• All safety signage within the construction area will be placed at the location

• When the area will be subject to groundwater, sheet piles, dewatering pumps,
steel frames, sedimentation tanks.

• Sheet piles will be used in all excavations from 2000mm and deeper.

• Sump pit will be made towards the D/S side of the flow and de-watering will be
done as and when required to keep the area in dry condition.

• A proposed location shown in a key plan will be submitted together with the
Inspection Request (IR) to XXX of where the drainage water from the
excavation will be disposed.

• Geo-textile membrane will be provided wherever pipes are laid below ground
water level as stated in the specification.

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7. HEALTH ANDSAFETY

8.1. PPE LIST

• Safety helmet
• Safety shoes
• High Visibility Vest
• Personnel to wear PPE and coveralls.
• Additional PPE such as gloves, dust masks, ear protection, safety glasses to be used.
• Gas Detectors.
• Harness &lifelines.

8. QA/QCASPECTS

• The Site Engineer / Site Supervisor are to ensure the latest approved documents, shop
drawings, method statement, material submittal etc. are being used and work will be
carried out safely.
•
• Work Inspection Requests to be raised not less than twenty-four (24) hours in
advance.
•
• Backfilling should be done in 300mm layers in all layers complying with the
specifications.
•
• Compaction Test to be carried out for formation layer and backfill layer.
•
• Bedding should be laid as mentioned in the approved drawings.

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9. STORAGE AND HANDLING OF MATERIALS

• Storage of good filling materials that could be used for backfilling areas shall be stored
at approved and designated stockpile areas. In this case all excavated material is to be
used as backfilling material. Surplus material will be stored.

10. ATTACHMENT

HSE Risk assessment

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 RISK ASSESSMENT

Potential Hazards / Conditions to be Considered

1 Use of Hand Tools X. 6 Fall from Height 11 W ork on or Over W ater 16 Fire Risk 21 High Winds 26 Young Persons

2 Use of Power tools X 22 Adverse W eather X X

3 Use of Plant Equipment X 8 Slips /Tripping 13 Confined Spaces X 18 Fumes 23 Environmental Risk 28 Other W orkers

4 Excavations X 9 Manual Handling 14 Fuel Storage Dem olition 19 Traffic 24 Training Required 29 General Public

X
10 COSHH 15 Storage /Lay Down Area 20 Ground Conditions

Who may Risk

No Task Hazard Severity Probability level Control Measures
be harmed
 Trench Excavation Machine
entrapment/
Operator &
Persons in
3 3
• • Excavation area must be providing
hard barrier with deep excavation sign
and make a permit for excavation.
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•
contact with the vicinity
Vehicle • The most suitable equipment is being
used for the work required with
regard to ground conditions and local
Operational requirements.
• Certified machine operator and
banks man to be used. Operators'
1 proof of competence checked.
• Travel and operations on a gradient
will be controlled to ensure machine
stability
• Vehicles will not be refueled whilst
engine is running. No smoking whistle-
fuelling.
• All machines are fitted with amber
flashinglights.
• Accesstothework
areatoberestrictedtoexcavation
workers only.
• Stop boards/spoil heaps etc. must be
provided to prevent vehicles running
into any nearbyexcavations.
• Work areas will be demarcated
withadequate
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barriers/ fencing/ tape and safety warning signage will be

displayed at the work boundary.
• Suitable and sufficient lighting is to be established
during any night works associated with the excavation/s.
• Prior to excavation works commencing a check should
be made for the presence of underground services with
the help of appropriate detecting tool and As-Built
records. If underground services are detected hand
digging should be undertaken within 0.5M of the services
• Permit to be obtained from XXX Xxx Health
&Safety Dep't &confined space permits.
• Where a person may fall two meters or more in the
excavation, barriers must be erected. However, it is still
good practice to establish barriers even for quite shallow
excavations where any person falling may come to harm. It
should be noted that barriers should also serve to keep
materials, plant and equipment away from the edges of any
excavation. Barriers may be removed to permit the access
of workers, plant, equipment etc. but should be replaced as
soon as possible.
• Vehicles to be restricted min 2.00m from excavation
edge

Earth excavation cont'd Same level fall into

excavation
Persons in
the vicinity
1 1
• • During darkness, the edges of the excavation should be
marked with hazard warning lights, especially where they
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•
close proximity to vehicle traffic on the site, in addition
jersey barriers/earth barriers should be used to prevent
vehicles falling into the excavation.
2 • Where vehicles are required to reverse in close proximity
to the edge of an excavation to tip materials etc. stop
blocks
and a banks man should be used to prevent the vehicle
from revising into the excavation.
• All materials to be stored 2 meters from the edge of
an excavation.

3
Working in excavation Collapse of
excavation, cave in
Operator &
persons in
3 3
• • Gas testing to be conducted before entering the confined
space area .Person must complete training Confined
space
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the vicinity entry by XXX Safety in-house training.
• The water table should be established prior to work. If the
existing water table is to be exposed by the excavation
careful consideration should be given as to how it may affect
the stability of the sides of any excavation. In such an event
sheet piling or preferably dewatering techniques should be
used to either cut off the water from the excavation area or
lower the level of the water table
• All soils from excavations must be located at least 2.00 m
from the edge of the excavation to prevent the sides of the
excavation being overloaded and collapsing - subject to
depth of excavation.
• Daily inspection of the excavation to be undertaken by an
experienced and competent person. Excavations must be
thoroughly examined even seven days or after any
substantial sandstorm or collapse/damage.
• To prevent collapse of the excavation, the sides shall be
battered (sloped) to a safe angle of repose; especially at
depths below 1.2 m. In a dry climate the sides of
excavations

If the your Management Team are unsure of the condition/type

of earth around the excavation then a specialist competent
person must be appointed from a third party

Where is it not possible to batter the sides of an excavation due to

space limitations or other factors a support system should be
used to prevent collapse of the excavation

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• Identifiedinfigure1isamethodof support known as

'double sided support'. With this method
of support, the force exerted by the earth are transmitted
from one side of the excavation to the other by wailings and
horizontal struts (the forces imposed by the earth on the
supporting materials are resisted by the earth on the
opposite side of the excavation). This type of system is pre-
designed and must be installed in accordance with
manufacturer's instructions. Any method of support must be
maintained.
• As an additional control, techniques should be used to either
cut off the water from the excavation area or lower the level
of the water table
• All soils from excavations must be located at least 2.00 m
from the edge of the excavation to prevent the sides of the
excavation being overloaded and collapsing - subject to
depth.
• Providing Ear plug and blower for ventilation.
• Work rotations system applied for work in excavation
• Continues gas test monitoring during work.

Make a scaffold Platform

for Access/ egress into
Falling scaffold
materials in
Persons in
vicinity
2 2
• • Only Trained scaffold person assign for scaffold work and
inside excavation no body allow near platform erection area.
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4 excavation and install excavation • Ladder access into the excavation and egress out of the
Ladder excavation is to be provided with scaffold platform.
• Each ladder should be tied at the top to prevent slipping and
Water sprinkled and Noise and Oxygen Persons in
compacting land deficiency due to vicinity
use of compactors

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RISK ASSESSMENT

Protrude at least one meter above the excavation.

• Ladders should be positioned where they will not be
damaged by plant or from material handling operations.
• Laddersshouldbeinstalledevery7metersalongthe
excavation
Loading / unloading of
Bedding material and
Materials hit a
person. And
Persons in
vicinity
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• ••
•
ProvidingscaffoldtagtoLadderandafterinspectsevery7 days
Close supervision providing to loading unloading work.
Person not allowed working under loading unloading area in
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pipe in to excavation. tripping hazard, excavation during loading unloading work.
Manual handling. • Provide proper sling or rope with pulley or equipment for lift
a material.
• Provide proper PPE.
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RISK ASSESSMENT

Risk Likelihood Risk Rating

Rating 3 2
Severity

1 32 3 Major injury/ Pollution/ Damage

2 Minor/ Pollution/ Damage/ Loss
injury / low Damage/ Loss
Likelihood
3 Likely
4 or more = Unacceptable Risk 2 Possible

Never Nery Unlikely

Risk Rating = S x L = R

Name of Person Given Risk Assessment Briefing: _

The above risk assessment has been briefed and fully understood.
Name: xxx Signature Name: xxx Signature