Method Statement For Concrete Foundation Work
Method Statement For Concrete Foundation Work
Method Statement For Concrete Foundation Work
SOMJIT 30 May 17
BY PTT Public Company Limited
CHECKED Fourth Transmission Pipeline
PRASOBSUK 1 June 17
BY Midline Compressor Station
APPROVED Project
THUSSAKORN 1 June 17
BY
REV REVIEWED APPROVED
DATE DESCRIPTION
NO. BY BY
A1 17 Mar 16 Sun Xiuquan Zhang Shuiqing Issued for Approval (IFA)
F1 1 June 17 Sun Xiuquan Zhang Shuiqing Approve for Construction (AFC)
IBC-MS.C0-40-1304.04-4800-001 Rev. F1
TOTAL 20 PAGES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 PURPOSE...................................................................................................................4
2.0 SCOPE.........................................................................................................................4
3.0 REFERENCE...............................................................................................................4
9.0 ATTACHMENT..........................................................................................................19
1.0 PURPOSE
Station Project. Most of them are small foundation near equipment foundation, the
2.0 SCOPE
This document describes method statement for foundation required for further
piping in all area of the project including method of work, materials, Manpower,
3.0 REFERENCE:
ACI-224 Control of Cracking In Concrete structures
ACI-304 Guide for Concrete Measuring, Mixing Transporting and Placing Concrete
Backhoe 1 ea.
o Hammer 5 ea.
4.2Manpower
o Surveyor 3 persons
o Forman 2 persons
o Helper 4 persons
Project Manager
Construction
Manager
Site Engineer
5. CONSTRUCTIONFLOW CHART
Civil Supervisor Surveyor
Survey
Excavation
Compaction
Pile Cutting
Rebar
Cooling Pipe, Temperature Measurement System Installation Anchor Bolt Brace Installation
Formwork Installation
Pouring
Acceptance Inspection
6 WORK METHOD
6.1 Survey
According to general coordination, it shall reference is topographic survey .In order to determine
actual location, area and depth of excavation onsite, it shall ensure elevation of construction site
Before excavation, it must know underground objects which area will be excavated in detail, then
Earthwork Excavation: It shall apply the combination of mechanical excavation and artificial
excavation method for earthwork excavation. For large area excavation, in order to improve
construction efficiency, it shall use large machinery excavator till excavate to predetermined
position, then it shall employ artificial excavation to make the depth and width of the trench
conform to requirements of design and construction. During excavation process, there shall be
After determining the excavation depth and the area, there is a reasonable calculation of
earthwork balance. In the early period, it will transport the soil while it is excavating. After
confirmed the volume of earthwork backfilling, it shall set pile soil area at the periphery of the
Boundary
line
Excavation
Depth
Figure x: Excavate with the increase offset range of 1 meter from the Footing boundary. Excavation depth
Where lean concrete is used as a base, 50mm thick, and laid over sand after excavation.
In order to ensure quality of pile head, there shall cut the section which is higher than elevation of
top pile after concrete cushion construction completed. Sundries shall be cleaned after pile cut
completed. .
It shall chip concrete cover of outside rebar away to exposure steel strand and embed rebar.
Then inside concrete will be punched several holes alone all around of pile. Upper pile head will
be separated with left pile body by tensile force (because of strong compression strength but
weak tensile of concrete). After separated part will be cleaned by excavator or crane, steel strand
will be cut and exposure section of rebar shall be bended according to length requirement of
drawing.
Foundation construction demand large amount of rebar. Rebar storage duration shall be
described followed Standard. Rebar shall process in prefabricate yard. It shall use machinery
equipment to cut and bend rebar. Concrete cover of rebar will use mortar precast block or finish
6.5.1 Preparation
a) It shall execute charger sheet audit policy strictly. There shall be sign by rebar foreman on
b) Material quality is one of the basic conditions to ensure rebar work quality. All rebar must be
with certificate which lists all information. Rebar cannot enter to site without certificate. According
to relevant requirement, entered rebar shall be sampling inspected by batch, and accepted rebar
shall be used.
c) Constructor level shall carry out explanation system. Rebar foreman shall organize technical
explanation before setting out and colligation. It shall let worker know and construct as
Rebar on-site shall have quality certificate: There shall be mark on surface of each bundle of
rebar. It shall check mark and surface onsite, greasy dirt shall be clean up before using .Based
on relevant specification, it shall take sample to test mechanical property under witness of owner.
After retest accepted, it shall be processed. Rebar onsite shall be marked identification and
a) During cutting progress, it must be cut if there is any rebar with split or seriously elbow. If
hardness and type of rebar are quite different, it shall report to PTT immediately, it shall continue
b) Semi-finished rebar shall be applied inspection and acceptance system in whole processing. It
will process in bunch after accepted the first finished rebar. It is key point to check those kind of
rebar which are large amount, difficult to be processed and has a great effect on colligation.
d) Finished and semi-finished rebar shall be managed by special assigned person after
accepted .It shall be marked identification and placed in different area. It will give out according to
demand.
a) It need consider sufficiently about construction condition while setting out. To avoid hammering
and prying violently onsite, it need rationally arrange space between rebar and rebar, rebar and
b) Rebar process shall base on cutting list. Cutting list notes usage part, specification, species,
hook form, bending radius and other requirements. It can be colligated after chalked rebar
location line. Before pouring concrete, it shall ensure that surface of rebar is clean, without sludge
and so forth.
d) Requirements of bending
Rebar
Embedded bolt brace installation use auxiliary fixing and setting. See figure below.
Steel frame shall be made by 10 U steel. Bolt will be fixed to steel frame by nut.
It will set DN50 steel pipe as outrigger under brace. Bottom of outrigger shall be welded on
embedded steel plate of blinding concrete which will be partly thickened. There is supporting
steel pipe which one side welded on outrigger and another side fixed on adjacent embedded part
as diagonal brace to fix outrigger. Height of outrigger shall more 20cm than top of foundation.
When steel brace be prefabricated, it will set out and determine location of screw. Holes shall be
punched after ensure accuracy of screw location. Holes which size is greater 10mm than
diameter of bolt. Nut which is to adjust location of screw will be welded in direction of 0, 3, 6, 9
o’clock of each hole. Before install outrigger, there should horizontally weld brace which is 5cm
on column to place steel frame. These needs to be concerned before install steel frame: axis of
frame and bolt are overlapped; level and elevation comfort to requirement. Bolt shall be installed
and fixed with frame after steel frame installation completed, Position of anchor bolt can be
corrected by trim bolt in pouring process. Pipe of outrigger shall be grouted by concrete which is
6.7.1 Foundation form will use wood glue board, steel pipe which used to support and fix,
fastener etc.
a) Embedded part like split bolt must be installed firmly. The supporting surface of stanchion and
b) To prevent leakage of cement paste, joints of form shall be staggered and taped.
c) Surface of form should be smooth and cleaned up, the façade of form shall be vertical, and
splice of form should be tightly. It isn’t allowed using deformed form. Separate shall be brushed
d) It will set out foundation axis and boundary and splice form after checked without problem.
It will use wood glue board as form of compressor foundation. There is split bolt inside. It will use
batten and steel pipe for fixing outside. In order to make split bolt, there will weld ends of
Φ14round steel with Ф14 screw which length is 100mm. Batten and steel pipe will be fixed by
double nut and butterfly clasp. To reinforcing external part, out board of form will stand batten
vertically and interval should not greater than 200mm. There should set double steel pipe fixed by
butterfly clasp of tie bar on outboard of batten. Foundation sectional dimension is controlled by tie
bar. Outside of transverse steel pipe will set uprightly steel pipe every 1m. Upright steel pipe shall
be fixed by snap joint with transverse steel pipe to immobilize external diagonal brace, thus form
Survey construction reference control line: survey and extent central line, set control point in
periphery of foundation
Setting out by total station and 50m steel tape and marking specific location of each embed bolt.
According to marked location of embed bolt, it will tap on steel frame and screw nut initial
It should accuracy calibrate each embed screw by steel tape and trimming bolt. The exposed
part of embed screw shall be protected by taped before poured and applied by grease and
Construction precision control of embed part and screw: It shall use total station to axis location
and string iron wire, so that position of embeds part and screw will be located. According to
designed central axis , it will pour concrete after ensure correctness of embed part and screw .It
should use total station and leveling to monitor while concrete pouring ,if there is any excursion or
sinking , it shall take measures at once to correct to ensure construction precision of embed part
and screw:
Controlling of screw horizontal displacement is to weld trimming bolt on U-bar which is according
to periphery location of embed screw .To ensure accuracy location of embed screw, it shall be
It should ensure process of fixed steel frame by checking strictly. It should check and inspect
relative interval, diagonal, elevation of top surface and verticality of anchor bolt while setting out,
trepanning, embedding and installing upright steel plate, installing anchor bolt and pouring
concrete. If there is any deviation, it shall be rectified immediately. After concrete poured, it take
measures to protect anchor bolt, for example, to prevent corrosion of head of bolt, it shall be
It will use commercial concrete. Supplier of concrete shall be approved by PTT. Quality of
record; Inside of form shall be cleaned up. In case of leaking heavily, joint of form and hole
should be stuck up. Timber formwork shall be watered but water logging.
6.9.3 The general principle of concrete casting is continuous. Vibration should be inserted quickly
a) While casting, concrete cannot pour into form directly, fall distance from pump pipe to casting
surface shall not greater than 1.5m; otherwise it should take appropriate measures. It should use
delivery pump hose pouring layer by layer prevent concrete segregating. Pouring thickness shall
not over than 0.45m. Each layer should be poured longitudinally from short side. It should stop for
a while since a layer completed. Upper layer shall be poured before initial set of next layer to
When vibrating concrete, vibrate poker shall be staggered orderly, inserted quickly and pulled
In order to ensure integrity of concrete, vibrator shall be stretched into 50mm of lower layer .To
make certain about compactness of concrete, it shall re-vibrating where is embedded part and
Due to large volume of concrete, there is bleeding during pouring. It shall be constructed strictly
c) Concrete Curing: Compressor foundation shall be cured by covering plastic film and straw
mat, it need to water as well. Curing period is not less than 7 days.
d) Specimen reserving: To check concrete quality, it shall make compression test, concrete
specimen should be cylinder which made by concrete supplier onsite and cured in precast yard of
supplier. There should set at least one standard specimen and another specimen in the same
condition. There should be 3 sets of test blocks per 50m3 for continuous casting of concrete.
It will apply sluicing water method once concrete casting completed. After 12 hours of concrete
casting completed, it will pile cofferdam reservoir which height is 20cm on surface of foundation.
Due to high specific heat of water, it can delay emanating of heat and running off surface
6.11.2Sequence of removing form shall from top to bottom and remove brace and fixed fitting
then form.
6.11.4 It should be careful while removing form, fastening and pipe will be delivered out till a
6.11.5Removed form and pipe shall be placed on designed area and cleaned, maintained,
6.12.1 Raw material of concrete mixture need to be inspected, it can be used after accepted. In
order to ensure modeling temperature of concrete, it should concern temperature of each raw
material as well.
6.12.3It should enhance concrete test tube manufacture and maintenance; test tube shall be
6.12.5 Enhance maintenance. Before finish setting, it should face-closure second time and shall
be covered plastic film to prevent crack and evaporation of water on concrete surface .it should
pile up 200mm cofferdam to store water for curing alone top of foundation after finish
setting .thus, concrete has high ability to resist deform by air temperature changing and will not
6.12.6 In order to release hydration heat and control difference of temperature between concrete
foundation and outside under 25℃, it should use cooling water circular pipe which isΦ50 steel
pipe in compressor foundation. There is water to cool hydration heat of concrete down circularly
in cooling pipe. It will be impounded and cured which is 15 days on form of top of foundation
Backfill: It will start after inspected and accepted by owner. It should clean up all form, under
boarding, temporary brace, garbage and construction spoil in foundation trench. Backfill material
shall conform to requirement of design which cannot contain harmful organic materials and waste
residue. When paving filling material, it shall be continuous. Backfill shall be compacted layer by
layer. Before backfill, it shall ensure that spoil of each layer is in optimum moisture content
In order to drain temporary water logging in foundation trench, periphery of foundation trench
shall be drainage facilities such as temporary drainage ditch, dam, cofferdam, etc. For storm
water in bottom of foundation trench, it shall be drained by digging puddle or pump. Before
constructing the superstructure, the foundation trench cleaning shall conform to the requirements
of design.
7.1 It should apply technical responsibility system in construction site. Leading by engineer,
organize technical leader team by constructor, surveyor, documenter and each foreman
7.2 Drawing, PTT technical, operation and acceptance specification shall be learned.
7.3 It should audit drawing and make notes, if there is any unclear detail, it shall be
7.4 Prepare rebar setting out, bill of material and each material plan in time.
7.6 All survey and measure equipment used in this project must conform to relative
requirement.
7.7 Concrete supplier must be approved by CPP and PTT. Concrete supplier should provide
mix proportion report and material inspection report which include sand, crushed stone,
7.8 Each construction process is critical. Each foreman is taking primary responsibility for his
task, it will keep strictly rules for reward and punishment .Technicist should make technical
7.9 It shall follow construction procedure strictly to solve common problem in constructing.
7.10 Each foreman should get hold of quality issue in time during constructing period. If any
7.11 Onsite specific quality inspector should know drawing, operation specification and
acceptance specification well ; check finished process of each construction team and
correct quality problem in time then report it .Rework or rectified activity shall be
executed double check policy. It will start next process after rework conformed to
7.12 In order to ensure that construction quality is controlled efficiently; process handover
and inspection policy shall be executed strictly. Operator should self-inspect for his
process, and next processing operator will inspect for previous process. It shall be
process handover after accepted by self and mutual inspection. For key process and
concealed work, it shall apply for inspecting by CPP and PTT after accepted by specific
7.13 It shall enhance to inspect purchase order and identification of product, control process
8 HSE METHOD
When depth of foundation trench is less than 2m,it will be sloping but bracing or supporting.
However, if it is too close to adjacent building, pipeline and road, or geological condition is bad,
b) Soil shall be placed on outer stability line of side slope. To avoid collapsing, soil
c) Soil cannot obstruct safe exit and embed facilities such as fire hydrant, warning board
and so forth.
d) To keep site be neat, Soil except backfilling and leveling soil shall be transport in time
e) All mount of foundation trench excavation must be placed 2m away from foundation
trench excavation line. There must be warning sign around foundation trench and
set safe ladder in foundation trench. It shall sign safe escape route at the same
time.
a) It shall organize construction team for technical explanation and inform relevant
b) There shall be fixed measures to pretend toppling during form and brace installing.
a) Each kind of rebar equipment shall be tested and labeled before using.
b) In order to ensure safety and efficiency, it shall be in same movement when there are
many workers deliver rebar together, rebar stacking shall be separate and safe to
d) When welding rebar, it should be cared to wear safety equipment to prevent hurt
When using vibrating poker, worker shall wear rubber overshoes and gloves at the same time,
worker also should wear safety goggle to prevent cement paste splashing into eyes, it shall not
touch switch while hand is wet, and power wire cannot be broken and electric leakage. It must
clean up all concrete which scattered on construction site or delivering road while constructing.
Pipe line shall not be pulled violently to prevent hurt by pipe line.
Temporary electricity usage, It will assign person to take responsibility for building up and take
charge in electric supplying system. Construction equipment must in good condition; it shall be
make sure that each switch with a current leakage protector just can plug equipment.
9 ATTACHMENT
Table 5
Measuring temperature
3 Thermocouple Thermometer 0-100℃ Set 2 of compressor
foundation
4 Steel Pipe Φ50 M 1,000 Cooling water coil
5 Elbow Φ50 Unit 90 Cooling water coil
6 [10box iron [10 M 200 Bolt fixed mount
Fixed mount of
7 Steel Plate 10mm m2 15
embedded part
Safety supervisor shall ensure that all personnel working at site, are wearing PPE.
Safety Security health and Environment for the pile cutting shall be followed by SSHE