METHOD STSTEMENT FOR ERECTION OF COLUMN, BEAM, JOIST & NUTBOLT TIGHTNING

ERECTION OF COLUMN, BEAM,JOIST & NUT BOLT

TIGHTENING & JOIST BEAM STRENTHENING
01 Method Statement for

Rev Date- Prepared by-

Approved by Reviewed by

(ZONE IN CHARGE ) (SHE MANAGER)

Mr. Mr.

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DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

 TECHNICAL DETAILS.

 PRE INSPECTION OF PEDESTALS AND WORK LOCATION

 SAFETY INSPECTION & DEPLOYEMENT OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & TACKLES.

 DEPLOYEMENT OF MAN POWER.

 PERMIT SYSTEM.

 MOBALIZATION OF LIFTING MEMBERS.

 MOBALIZATION OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT & LIFTING TOOLS AND TACKLES AT ERECTION AREA.

 ERECTION OF COLUMNS.

 ERECTION OF MAIN BEAMS.

 ERECTION OF JOIST BEAMS.

 NUT BOLT TIGHTINING

 FIXING OF SMALL LENGTH JOIST BEAMS / CHANNELS MANUALLY BY USING BOOM LIFT.

 TECHNICAL DETAILS

 HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING: 13.5MTR.

 FIRST LEVEL: 8MTR.

 SECOND LEVEL: 13.5MTR.

 WEIGHT OF THE LIFTING JOIST BEAM: 1.5 TON MAXIMUM.

 SWL OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT (FARANA): 14 TON.

 SWL OF LIFTING BELTS: 5TON.

 WEIGHT OF THE SMALL LENGTH JOIST BEAM: 50 KGS MAX.

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1:- PRE INSPECTION OF PEDESTALS AND WORK LOCATION.

 Checking of Post Concrete Schematic of the Pedestals where our PEB Members are to be erected.
 Lateral, Longitudinal and Diagonal Dimensional Checks are conducted.
 Top of Bolt and Top of Concrete Checks are done.
 Internal Bolt dimensions of the pedestals are to be checked.
 On complying the above mentioned necessary inspections, including well compacted erection area handing over
of Civil Protocol shall be taken to start erection of PEB members.

2:- SAFETY INSPECTION & DEPLOYEMENT OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & TACKLES.

 Pre inspection shall be done for the lifting equipment, tools & tackles by the site P&M, safety representative as
per the safety check list provided and shall be recorded & inspection tags must be displayed.
 Ensure all lifting equipment, tools & tackles are deployed appropriately for the lifting activity and shall ensure all
lifting equipment and accessories are having valid TPI documents certified by the competent person.
 Experienced and trained operator shall be engaged to operate the equipments.
 Ensure operator competency, driving license & experience certificate before deploying.

3:- DEPLOYEMENT OF MAN POWER.

 All the work man, operators, fore man, supervisors shall undergo job specific training as per the approved Work
Method Statement , JSA & HIRA by site engineer & safety personnel before start of any new activity and shall be
recorded.
 Trained and experienced work man shall be engaged for the activity leading by an experienced & competent
fore man / supervisor.
 Tool box meeting shall be conducted for the entire crew explaining the job specific hazards and control
measures by site engineer & safety representative.
 All applicable job specific PPE’s shall be provided to work man.

4:- PERMIT SYSTEM.

 On Complying the above step-1, 2 & 3.

 Pre lift plan shall be prepared for the activity by the site engineer & safety officer.
 Permit shall be raised by the site engineer attaching pre lift plan and on verifying the same by client; project
manager shall issue the work permit.

NOTE: - Works should not be started without work to permit.

Lift plan shall be prepared for the weights which are above 2 TON.

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5:- MOBALIZATION OF LIFTING MEMBERS.

 Required PEB members for erection shall be shifted from lay down area to erection area as per the shifting
procedure.

6:- MOBALIZATION OF LIFTING EQUIPMENT & LIFTING TOOLS AND TACKLES AT ERECTION AREA.

 Ensuring work area is firm and well compacted lifting equipments (CRANE & BOOM LIFT’S) of required capacity
shall be positioned accordingly.
 Ensure crane out riggers are fully extended.
 Ensure wooden sleepers / chequer plates are placed under the out riggers if required and shall ensured for
evenly positioning of crane by water level or level indicator.
 Work location and swing radius shall be barricaded and restrict for unauthorised personnel entry in to the lifting
area.
 Appropriate sign board shall be displayed for awareness.
 Trained and experienced riggers shall rig the lifting member accordingly for (columns, beams, joists, rafters and
other PEB members).
 Required no of guy ropes (wire ropes) shall be installed for the lifting member by using bull dog clamps.
 Adequate no of pickings shall be provided to the lifting member to prevent failure of lifting tools and tackles.
 Once rigged, lifting member shall be verified by erection in-charge and site safety representative before lifting
the member.

7:- ERECTION OF 1st COLUMN.

 Column shall be lifted in vertical position by Crane by the guidance of the trained signal man.
 Tag lines shall be tied at the bottom of the column to guide the column (if the column length is beyond 6mtrs
with respective to heavy weight, it shall be trailed by the lower capacity lifting equipment).
 Column shall be placed on top of the pedestal according to part mark number and shall be locked it by providing
lock and check nuts.
 The column shall be tied with guy ropes (wire rope) with any rigid, permanent structure till the beam is fixed and
interlocked.
 Then the slings shall be released by the riggers from the column, crane hook by using boom lift.
 No persons under the suspended load shall be ensured.

8:- ERECTION OF 2nd COLUMN.

 The above mentioned procedure of step 6 & 7 shall be followed for the second column erection and for all other
further columns erection which are to be erected.
 After erecting the second column as per the drawing next to the first column.
 Connecting beam shall be erected.

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9:- ERECTION OF BEAM.

 Required beam shall be mobilized at location for erection as per the part mark.
 Appropriate, pre inspected and certified two no’s web slings shall be rigged accordingly for the beam to be
erected and it shall be made stable by providing D-shackles.
 No of Life line posts shall be fixed initially on the beam accordingly before erection of the beam.
 Packing shall be provided on the edges of flange to avoid the damage of slings because of sharp edges on the
flange.
 Tag lines shall be tied on either sides of the beam to guide the beam when it is lifted.
 The beam shall be lifted by lifting equipment by the guidance of signal man.
 Beam shall be erected and fixed in between two columns erected by interlocking with nut and bolts on either
sides of the beam with the columns erected by using boom lift.
 Once the beam is fixed, slings shall be removed by using boom lift.

NOTE: - The above mentioned procedure of step 7, 8 & 9 shall be followed to form a square bay as per erection
procedure/sequence and as per drawing.

10:- ERECTION OF COLUMNS & BEAMS AT 1 st LEVEL AND SO ABOVE LEVEL’S.

 The above mentioned procedure as in STEP 6 is applicable and as follows.

 Column shall be lifted in vertical position by the guidance of the signal man.
 Tag lines shall be tied at the bottom of the column to guide the column (if the column length is beyond 6mtrs
with respective to heavy weight, it shall be trailed by the lower capacity lifting equipment).
 Column shall be lifted and shall be placed on top of the bottom column and shall be locked it by providing nuts &
bolts.
 The column shall be tied with temporary guy ropes (wire rope) with any rigid structure nearby or (can tie up
even with the bottom level main beam) till fixing the connecting main beam.
 Then the rigged slings shall be released from the column by using boom lift, after fixing the connecting beam.

NOTE: - The above mentioned procedure STEP 10 shall be followed for the second column which is to be erected in 1st
level.

 After erecting the second column above the bottom level 2nd column both bottom level column and 1st level
column shall be interlocked by nut bolting as per the drawing next to the bottom level 1st column which has
been erected above the bottom level 1st column.
 Connecting beam shall be erected (as mentioned in the STEP 9 procedure).
 The beam shall be fixed in between two columns erected and shall be interlocking with nut and bolts on either
sides of the beam with the columns erected at the 1st level.
 No of Life line posts shall be fixed initially on the beam according before erection of the beam.
 This process of erection shall be followed to form a square bay as per erection procedure/sequence and as per
drawing.
 Same procedure shall be followed for all 1st level columns erection.

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11:- ERECTION OF JOIST BEAMS.

 Required joist beam shall be mobilized at location for erection as per the part mark.
 Appropriate, pre inspected and certified two no’s web slings shall be rigged accordingly for the joist beam to be
erected and it shall be made stable by providing D-shackles.
 Packing shall be provided on the edges of flange to avoid the damage of slings because of sharp edges on the
flange.
 Tag lines shall be tied on either sides of the joist beam to guide the joist beam when it is lifted.
 The joist beam shall be lifted by lifting equipment by the guidance of signal man.
 Joist Beam shall be erected and shall be fixed to the clits of the main beam at various levels by interlocking with
nut and bolts on either sides with main beams by using boom lift.
 Once the joist beam is fixed, slings shall be removed by using boom lift.

NOTE: - Joist’s erection shall be carried out once a square bay is formed in various levels of a mezzanine building.
All the works shall be carried out under proper supervision of erection in-charge and site safety representative.

12:- NUT BOLT TIGHTENING.

 Initially nut bolt tightening shall be done manually by using hand tool wrench for columns, beams, joists partially
and accordingly.
 Later on for doing alignment of the building before laying of deck sheets all the nut bolts which are partially
tightened initially at the time of erection shall be fully tightened with recommended torque tightening values by
using pneumatic torque wrench with the help of air compressor .
 On tightening the bolts of the structure, primary erection shall be completed.

13:- FIXING OF SMALL LENGTH JOIST BEAMS/ CHANNELS BY USING BOOM LIFT.

 Required no of small joist beams shall be mobilised at work location manually.

 A small length civil rod’s 2no’s(16MM) of 3 inches shall be welded at the one end of the joist beam on the top of
the flange for additional support, to rest on the joist when it is lifted in its position.
 The joist beam (50kg’s max) which is to be fixed shall be placed in the boom lift basket by manually and 180 to
190 kg including personnel and material shall be lifted by boom lift.
 Two work men shall be engaged for the activity along with the joist member in the boom lift.
 On reaching the required work location the joist shall be lifted manually & by using the pp rope which has been
secured with the joist & beam by the work man to fix at the position on placing the joist beam accordingly with
the additional civil rods supports provided.
 On placing one end in position one person shall support the other end of the joist beam and the other person
(welder) shall weld & fix the angle to the existing full length joist beam in vertical position.
 On welding the angle with the joist, the clit end of the small length joist beam shall be welded along with the
vertically pre welded angle.
 As mentioned above the other end of the small joist beam shall be welded & fixed with the angle parallely along
the full length joist beam.
 Full length welding shall be done to the clit end along the angle on either ends.
 The above mentioned procedure of steps shall be followed for fixing of all small length joist’s / channels.
NOTE: - Gas cutting & grinding work shall be performed at ground level if required as per hot work method statement as
approved.

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Materials / Tools / Tackles / Equipments to be use:

 Crane ( MT).
 TRX/FARANA ( MT).
 TRX/FARANA ( MT).
 Boom lift.
 Wire rope slings.
 Web slings.
 D-shackles.
 Chain pulley blocks.
 Welding machine.
 Electrodes.
 Life line posts.
 Life line rope (pp)
 Wire rope sling bundle.
 U –clamps/bulldog clamps.
 Hand tools (spanner/wrench).
 Wooden runners.
 Air compressor.
 Pneumatic torque wrench.
 FRLM (FILTER REGULATOR LUBRICATOR MODULAR).
 Whip latch arrestor.

Types of PPE have to be use:

 Helmets.
 Safety jackets.
 Hand gloves.
 Leather hand gloves.
 Welding face shield.
 Leather apron.
 Safety Shoes.
 Full body Harness.

Potential Hazards Involved:

 Failure of Lifting Gears.
 Snappage of lifting accessories and fall of lifted materials.
 Uneven ground condition.
 Equipment Toppling.
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 Crushing of body parts under the members/fatal.

 Collision of members with other structures.
 Fall of persons from height.
 Fall of materials from height.
 Hitting of Boom lift to the adjacent structures.
 Using uncertified tools and equipments.
 Slipping of hose pipe from the torque wrench and hitting to the person holding the torque wrench.
 Collapse of scaffold/boom lift.

Control measures:
 Toolbox talk to be given before start of work regarding specific task to be done explaining hazards involved and
explaining control measures to complete the job.
 Ensuring tools & tackles, equipments, power tools are pre inspected followed by daily inspection as per check
list daily before using and shall ensure that they are in good condition.
 Ensure and use only if all the equipments, tools and tackles, power tools etc are tagged with monthly colour
code and due dates.
 Ensure that surface is well compacted and in good condition for vehicles movement and vehicles positioning.
 Work area shall be barricaded as per approved barricading procedure to restrict unauthorized entry.
 Ensure that no work man is under suspended loads.
 Only single person should give hand signals to the crane operator.
 Ensure material handling is being done only by using guy ropes.
 Appropriate sign board to be placed at work location for awareness.
 Barricade the work area below if the work is carrying on at heights.
 Ensure life line is provided at heights and at the floor edges.
 Ensure full body harness while working at height or at the floor edges.
 Ensure only certified scaffolds are being used for the activity
 Ensure all applicable & certified ppe’s for the job.
 All hand tools shall be protected from fall.
 Use whip latch arrestors on either side of the hose to prevent accidental hit by the hose when it gets loosen due
to pressure.
 Job specific Training to the entire crew.
 Only trained and experienced work man shall be engaged for work.
 Work shall be carried out as per the Approved Method statement and JSA under proper supervision.
 Operational control procedures / standards to be followed as under:
 Toolbox talk before starting of any work
 All the check lists to be filled after inspection of ppe's, tools and tackles, vehicles.
 Job specific TBT to be carried out.

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