EC705 MSc.

Civil Engineering
(Construction)

ECM744 CONCSTRUCTION SITE AND

SAFETY MANAGEMENT
PROFESOR MADYA DR. AHMAD RUSLAN MOHD. RIDZUAN
M.C.S.M

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
SITE ORGANISATION
 Learning outcomes
• Be to plan and develop site organization
process [ CO2- PO4]
• Be to plan site organization with regard to
logistic, human resources, materials,
financial, operation and work schedule.
[ CO2- PO4]
 Site Organisation
• Organising is the process of establishing orderly uses
for all resources within the management system.

• A primary focus is to determine what individuals will do

in an organisation and how their effort should be best
combined.

• An effective management system should take into

account the size, nature, complexity, scope and
purpose of the project.
 Construction Team
Typical site organisation chart:

Site Manager

Senior Site
Safety Officer Q.S. Site Engineer
Supervisor

Site Supervisor Site Supervisor

Gangers Gangers

Operatives Operatives
 Site Manager
• Check on quality of work and safety at
site.
• Prepare master program and site layout.
• Monitor progress of work and cash flow.
• Finalising the statement of construction
method.
• Control progress of the whole site.
• Allocate the number of labours needed at
site for certain work and time.
 Quantity Surveyor
• Prepare progress payments, claims and
variation orders.
• Prepay payment certificate to sub-
contractors.
• Advice project manager on contractual
matters.
 Safety Officer
• Advice Project Manager on construction
safety.
• Responsible for ensuring site workers
safety and all staff/personnel at site
obliged to site safety rules.
 Site Engineer
• Supervision and co-ordination of civil and
structure work and ensure the quality of
work.

Site Supervisor
• Supervise and co-ordinate work at site.
• Liaise with consultant.
• Control document.
• Prepares daily report.
 Ganger
• Allocate their workers for different trade of
works.
• Supervise daily work.

Operatives
• Work according to the instruction given by
the person in charge.
 Site Records
• One of the main functions of the supervising team in a
construction project is to keep a good records of what
actually takes place during construction project.

• These records are kept in all construction sites in a

varies of different formats, ranging from written
documents to charts and drawings.

• Records are kept by two separate parties; contractor

and supervisor.

• Records related to Finance, Quality and Work

Progress.
 IMPORTANCES OF RECORDS
• Establishing the basis of a claim for loss
and expense.
• Defending a counter claim from a client.
• Substantiating applications for extension
of time.
• Claiming payment for extra work not
included in the contract.
• Reporting to progress meetings.
 Financial Records
• All measurements of work quantities plus
agreement of varied rates to allow proper
payments to be made to contractors.

Quality Records
• Related records document the result of
test carried out on materials used and on
the standard of workmanship.
 Work Progress Record
• Aim to identify the works carried out during the
construction phase; include particulars showing
what happen, when it happen, the resources
used and any disruption or delay.

• Maintain through the contract period for different

purposes; providing a means of monitoring and
controlling, resolving conflict and disputes.
 Progress Record
• Site diaries
• Weekly progress report
• Day work sheet
• Photographs
• As built programs/ schedules
• Minute of meetings
• etc…
 Brief content in a construction progress
report
• Site organisation chart
• Work programme
• S-Curve
• Two weeks programme
• Material delivered to site
• Workforce record
• Rainfall record
• Arch/ engineer’s instruction
• Report on progress claim and payment
• Concrete test cube report
• Summary of work done
 Site Planning & Management
Workers/Labour
• Proper management of workforce starts with
a good planning on the amount of workforce
needed to execute the task at hand.

• Includes labour, plant operator, site

supervisor and etc…

• No one should be kept idle at anytime

because it will waste money and time.
Material
• Proper planning of materials ensure every
materials is used wisely and fully to
minimise the probability of wastage.
• Eliminate double handling of materials.
Responsibilities can be divided as follows:
• Planning material delivery.
• Ordering the material.
• Checking delivery on site.
• Placing material on site.
• Processing delivery ticket and invoice.
• Controlling the use of materials.
• Producing a costing analysis.
• Paying for material
• Feedback and performance during construction.
Machineries
• Make full use of machineries.
• Improper planning will result either
insufficient machineries or wastage in
terms of working hours.
• Get the well trained and highly skill
operators.
• Maintenance.
Site Layout
 Factors Influence Site Layout
• Location – urban, rural
• Space availability – open, confined
• Amenities, infrastructure, services
• Time of year – weather
• Plant & material – special plant, material nearby
• Access – how to get there, roads
• Material storage – space availability
• Workshop, pre-fabrication area
• Accomodation – workers accomodation
• Walfare facilities – canteen, toilet, water supply
• Security – theft, trespassing
• Health & safety – fire escape, dangerous materials