Site layout considerations
Haulage roads The roads within the site have to be planned and designed by the contractor. Lengthy roads may be […]
Project managment
Site drainage
Difficulty often occurs in draining a site where large scale earthmoving is taking place. The excavations disturb the natural drainage of
Site roads
A contractor who pays insufficient attention to the right construction of site haulage roads runs the risk the road will begin
Site checks on concrete quality
until some days after the concrete has been placed. If weak concrete appears to have been placed in a structure
Sheets submitted for record purposes only
When a contractor considers some work entitles him to extra payment but the engineer does not immediately agree, the contractor may
Setting up the clerical work
It will be necessary to set up a system for the handling of correspondence, measurement of quantities and checking of contractors
Setting out verticality, tunnels and pipelines
As a building rises the vertical alignment must also be controlled. This can be done by extending building centre lines at
Setting out floor levels
Acarpenters spirit level should not be used for setting out the level of anything more than incidental work. It is not
Roles of the key participants in a construction contract
Aconstruction contract is made between two parties only the Employer and the Contractor. Their roles are defined in the contract. However,
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