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3. List of BS Codes

BS 648: 1964 Schedule of weights of building materials

BS 1377: Part 2: 1990 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes -
Classification tests
BS 5268-3: 2006 Structural use of timber - Code of practice for trussed rafter roofs
BS 5268: Part 6.1: 1996 Structural use of timber. Code of practice for timber frame
walls. Dwellings not exceeding four storeys (Section 6.1)
BS 5268: Part 6.2: 2001 Structural use of timber. Code of practice for timber frame
walls. Buildings other than dwellings not exceeding four storeys.
BS 5268: Part 7.1: 1989 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Domestic floor joists
BS 5268: Part 7.2: 1989 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Joists for flat roofs
BS 5268: Part 7.3: 1989 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Ceiling joists
BS 5268: Part 7.4: 1989 Structural use of timber. Ceiling binders
BS 5268: Part 7.5: 1990 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Domestic rafters
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BS 5268: Part 7.7: 1990 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Purlins, supporting sheeting or decking
BS 5395: Part 2: 1984 Stairs, ladders and walkways - Code of practice for the design of
helical and spiral stairs
BS 5395: Part 3: 1985 Stairs, ladders and walkways - Code of practice for the design of
industrial type stairs, permanent ladders and walkways
BS 5628-1: 2005 Code of practice for use of masonry - Structural use of
unreinforced masonry
BS 5628-2: 2005 Code of practice for use of masonry - Structural use of reinforced
and prestressed masonry
BS 5628-3: 2005 Code of practice for use of masonry - Materials and
components, design and workmanship
BS 5930: 1999 Code of practice for site investigations
BS 5950: Part 1: 2000 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice for
design. Rolled and welded sections
BS 5950: Part 2: 2001 Structural use of steelwork in building - Specification for materials,
fabrication and erection. Rolled and welded sections
BS 5950: Part 3: 1990 (Section 3.1) Structural use of steelwork in building - Design in
composite construction - Code of practice for design of simple and continuous
composite beams
BS 5950: Part 7: 1992 Structural use of steelwork in building - Specification for materials
and workmanship: cold-formed thin gauge sections
BS 5950: Part 8: 2003 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice for fire
resistant design
BS 5950: Part 9: 1994 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice for
stressed skin design
BS 6229: 2003 Flat roofs with continuously supported coverings. Code of practice
BS 6399: Part 1: 1996 Loading for buildings - Code of practice for dead and imposed
loads
BS 6399: Part 2: 1997 Loading for buildings - Code of practice for wind loads
BS 6399: Part 3: 1988 Loading for buildings - Code of practice for imposed roof loads

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BS 6461: Part 1: 1984 Installation of chimneys and flues for domestic appliances
burning solid fuel (including wood and peat) - Code of practice for masonry
chimneys and flue pipes
PD 6688-1-1: 2011 Recommendations for the design of structures to BS EN 1991-1-1
BS 6717: 2001 Precast, unreinforced concrete paving blocks. Requirements and test
methods
BS 7533: Part 2: 2001 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete
pavers - Guide for the structural design of lightly trafficked pavements constructed of
precast paving blocks
BS 8002: 1994 Code of practice for earth retaining structures
BS 8004: 1986 Code of practice for foundations
BS 8102: 1990 Code of practice for protection of structures against water from the
ground
BS 8103: Part 3: 2009 Structural design of low rise buildings. Code of practice for timber
floors and roofs for housing
BS 8104: 1992 Code of practice for assessing exposure of walls to wind-driven rain
BS 8110: Part 1: 1997 Structural use of concrete - Code of practice for design and
construction
BS 8110: Part 2: 1985 Structural use of concrete - Code of practice for special
circumstances
BS 8110 Part 3: 1985 Structural use of concrete - Design charts for singly reinforced
beams, doubly reinforced beams and rectangular columns
BS 8200: 1985 Code of practice for design of non-loadbearing external vertical
enclosures of buildings

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SUBSTRUCTURE
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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Mobilization • Transportation of materials, • 20-ton • Manual • Site hoarding • Overalls
plant and machinery to site and flatbed self- handling • Restricted • Helmets
labor structuring. loading • Uneven entrance • Gum
• Hoarding off of the site. This truck surfaces • Access roads boots
shall be done by carpenters • Pick up • Installation of • Reflector
using new Iron sheets, nailed • Low bed site safety jackets
to timber posts/ eucalyptus Trailer signs • Safety
poles to the satisfaction of the • Carpentry shoes
local authorities and project Hand tools
manager. • 20 ton tipper
• The timber posts/ poles shall be trucks
well braced using (4”x2”)
timber/ Eucalyptus poles.

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Cutting trees and • Cutting down of trees shall • Excavator • Falling tree • Careful use of • Reflector
removal of tree be done using tree cutting • Tree cutter branches machinery jackets
stamps machine • Pangas • Cuts and following the • Helmets
• Removal of tree stamps shall • Pick axes bruises prescribed
be done mechanically using manufacturer’
an excavator. s user guides.

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PLANT MEASURES

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Site clearance and • Mass excavation of earth, • 1No. 0.3m3 • Caving in • Timbering to • Overalls
Mass excavation haulage and transportation of Chain • Cuts and critical parts • Helmets
to reduce levels excavated material shall be excavator bruises of the • Safety
done mechanically using • 4No. Tipper • Falls and excavation shoes
excavators and dump trucks. trucks falling loads. • Warning • Gloves
• In areas where rocks are • RTK / • Air pollution
signs • Reflector
encountered a hydraulic Dumpy level • Surveying, jackets
hammer shall be used to • Mobile careful
for surveying
equipment • Site safety
break rocks in such areas. boundaries exposure and signs
• accidents. protection of
Importation of approved • Carpenters’
soils for filling purposes hand tools • Damage to the utility
shall be done by 20ton • Hydraulic utility lines. lines
tipping trucks. hammer • Provision of
• Excavation of fill material at safety gears
the borrow pit shall be done to workers
by a back-hoe excavator • Provision of
• A banks man shall be First aid kit.
employed to direct the • Installation of
excavator operator as they warning bells
carry out the excavations • Installation of
• There shall be a guide to green mesh
direct the trucks as they screen to
move about the site. control
• Upholding excavations movement of
susceptible to collapse shall be dust to the
carried out as below surrounding.

PLANT MEASURES

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Site clearance and • Buttering excavations for

Mass excavation relatively firm soils, if the
to reduce levels space is available.
(Cont’d) • Where the space is confined
or soils are weak but
buttering excavation cannot
be used, ply wood timber
board shall be used to
support the soil as follows,
• Excavate a length of 2.5m
along the horizontal
alignment for a depth of
1.0m.
• Nail ply wood board
(2.4x1.2m pieces) to the
vertical cut using 6-inch nails
in a zig zag format with a
center to center distance of
300mm between the nails.
• After fixing the ply wood
board for the 1.0m depth
above continues excavation
for another 1.0m depth in the
same location and repeat the
plywood fixing process as
before.

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ISSUES
PLANT MEASURES
Site clearance and • The process of excavation
Mass excavation and nailing ply wood board
to reduce levels for every 1.0m depth
(Cont’d) excavated shall continue
until the required depth of
excavation is achieved.
• Strutting (shoring) of the
timbering (if necessary) shall
be done using adjustable circular
Hollow sections.
Trench and • Manual excavation shall be • Hoes • Caving in • Timbering to • Overalls
column base done manually by workers • Pick axes • Cuts and critical parts • Helmets
excavation up to a depth of about 1m • Troughs bruises of the • Safety
for the foundation trenches • Dumpy • Falls and excavation shoes
and column bases. level/RTK falling loads. • Warning • Gloves
• Trenches and bases shall be • Carpenter’s • Damage to signs • Reflector
set out by the site foreman hand tools utility lines. • Surveying, jackets
using a dumpy level / RTK • Spades careful
and or strings and pegs. exposure and
• Leveling and trimming of protection of
the bottoms and sides of the the utility
trenches and column bases lines
shall be done manually • Provision of
using hand tools e.g. hand safety gears
hoes, pick axes, mattocks etc. to worker.

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ISSUES
PLANT MEASURES
Trench and • Excavated trenches and
column base column bases shall be kept
excavation free from water using water
(Cont’d) pumps.
Backfilling • Murram shall be sourced • Tipper • Noise • Provision of • Overalls
with imported from any approved local trucks pollution safety gears • Nose
murram murram supplier after • Dumpers • Cuts and to workers screens
carrying out tests on it to • Roller / bruises • Provision of • Gloves
ensure that it meets the jumper • Exposure to First aid kit. • Helmets
required standards compactor continued Workers • Safety
• Transportation of murram • Hoes vibrations rotation on shoes
shall be done using 20ton • Spades • Psychological the roller or • Reflector
tipper trucks • Pick axes injuries jumper jackets
• Imported murram shall be • Wheel compactor.
filled and compacted in layers barrows
to a required thickness as
specified in the drawings or as
instructed by the site engineer
depending on the site
conditions.
• Murram compaction shall be
done using a jumper/roller
compactor depending on the
location, under the site
engineer’s instructions.
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ISSUES
PLANT MEASURES
Backfilling • Samples shall be taken every
with imported after the compaction process to
murram make tests.
(Cont’d) • Remedial actions shall be
taken to ensure that the
samples that failed are
rectified.
Concrete • Concrete blinding shall be as • Concrete • Chemical • Provision of • Overalls
blinding in per the structural engineer’s batching burns due to safety gears • Helmets
trenches and detailed drawings placed onto plant exposure to to workers • Safety
column bases well compacted bottoms to • Boom Truck wet concrete shoes
receive footings and column
bases • Concrete • Cuts and • Gloves
• Concrete batching shall be pump bruises • Nose
done using a computerized • 3No. Poker • Fatigue screens
system at the batching plant. vibrators • Noise • Reflector
• From the batching plant, the • 1No. Dumpy pollution jackets
concrete shall then be level/ total • Inadequate • Gumboots
transported to the required station/ safety guards
area of need using a boom theodolite on equipment
truck.
• From the boom truck concrete • Inadequate
will then be pumped to the lockout
required area where it is to be systems on
cast. machinery
• Placement shall be done
manually by the laborers • Overexertion
• Slips and falls

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ISSUES
PLANT MEASURES
Concrete • Concrete vibration shall be
blinding in mechanically done using
trenches and poker vibrators
column bases • Curing of concrete shall be
(Cont’d) done every morning,
afternoon and evening hours
using horse pipes or
perforated Jerrycans filled
with water.
• Concrete samples shall be
taken on every mix and
cured in a drum filled with
water to carry out tests on
them.
• Remedial actions shall be
taken to ensure that the
samples that fail are rectified
Reinforcement • Reinforcement shall be of • 20-ton tipper • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
to column bases Round high yield mild steel trucks bruises safety gears • Helmets
and strip ribbed bars type 2 to BS • Steel grinder • Overexertion to workers • Safety
foundations 4449:2005 ranging from 8- • Steel fixers • Slips and falls shoes
25mm in diameter as per the hand tools
• Strains,
• Leather
structural engineer’s drawings. • Electrical sprains and
hand
reinforceme Gloves
fractures
nt bending • Reflector
machine jackets.
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ISSUES
PLANT MEASURES
Reinforcement • Transportation to site shall • Electrical • Jammed or • Stirrups and
to column bases be done using trucks. reinforceme crushed other
and strip • Reinforcement steel shall be nt cutting finger/s. small
foundations inspected upon receipt of machine • Electric shock components
(Cont’d) or burns when lifted in
material at site for proper size
using the steel approved
and type grinder. containers
• Copies of factory test
• Mechanical
certificates for re-bars shall
lifting of
be kept at the site office for heavy
reference and record reinforcement
purposes. bars.
• Small pieces of samples shall
be randomly selected and
taken from each lot and size
for laboratory testing.
• The testing shall be
performed by an approved
testing laboratory
• Steel reinforcement bars
shall be straightened, bent,
and cut by an electrical
reinforcement bending and
cutting machine

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Reinforcement • Fixing on site shall be done
to column bases manually by the steel fixers
and strip • Transportation to the area of
foundations placing shall be done by hand
(Cont’d) or a 3.5-ton mobile
crane
Formwork to • Steel plate/block board forms • 20-ton tipper • Exposed nails • Avoid • Overalls
the sides of shall be fabricated and delivered truck on timber contacting • Helmets
column bases to site by a 20ton truck. • Carpentry • Respiratory sprayed • Safety
and strip • Mould oil shall be applied to the hand tools and other forms with shoes
foundations steel forms manually using a health bare skin. • Hand
cloth or sponge before erecting hazards due • Notify all Gloves
in place to saw dust workers • Nose
• The forms shall be used together and mould downwind screens
with sawn oil that spraying • Reflector
formwork in order to achieve is starting. jackets
the required shapes. • Wearing eye • Safety
• Cutting of timber to the required protection. glasses
lengths and sizes shall be done • Wearing
by the carpenters using their chemically
tools. resistant
• Formwork erection shall be gears
done manually by the
carpenters.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork to • Moulds shall be secured Using
the sides of using adjustable steel / sufficiently
column bases timber shoring props firmly strong formwork
and strip anchored on the ground
foundations
(Cont’d)
Concrete in • Concrete in footings shall be • Concrete • Chemical • Provision of • Overalls
foundation as per the structural batching burns due to safety gears • Helmets
footings and engineer’s detailed drawings to plant exposure to to workers • Safety
column bases receive plinth walls and column • Boom Truck wet concrete shoes
stubs. • Concrete • Cuts and • Gloves
• Concrete blinding shall be as pump bruises • Nose
per the structural engineer’s • 3 No. Poker • Fatigue screens
detailed drawings placed onto vibrators • Noise • Reflector
well compacted bottoms to • 1No. Dumpy pollution jackets
receive footings and column level/ total • Inadequate • Gum
bases station/ safety guards boots
• Concrete batching shall be theodolite on equipment
done using a computerized
• Inadequate
system at the batching plant.
lockout
• From the batching plant, the
systems on
concrete shall then be
machinery
transported to the required
area of need using a boom • Overexertion
truck. • Slips and falls

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ACTVITY METHOD OF EXECUTION EQUIPMENT/ SAFETY CONTROL PPE

PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete in • From the boom truck concrete
foundation will then be pumped to the
footings and required area where it is to be
column cast.
bases(Cont’d) • Placement shall be done
manually by the laborers
• Concrete vibration shall be
mechanically done using
poker vibrators
• Curing of concrete shall be
done every morning,
afternoon and evening hours
using horse pipes or
perforated Jerrycans filled
with water.
• Concrete samples shall be
taken on every mix and
cured in a drum filled with
water to carry out tests on
them.
• Remedial actions shall be
taken to ensure that the
samples that fail are rectified

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Reinforcement • Reinforcement shall be of • 1No. 20-ton • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
for stub Round high yield mild steel tipper truck bruises safety gears • Helmets
columns ribbed bars type 2 to BS • Steel grinder • Overexertion to workers • Safety
4449:2005 ranging from 8- • Steel fixers • Slips and falls • Stirrups and shoes
25mm in diameter as per the hand tools • Strains, other • Leather
structural engineer’s drawings. small hand
• Electrical sprains and
• Transportation to site shall fractures components Gloves
reinforceme
be done using 20-ton truck.
nt bending • Jammed or lifted in • Reflector
• Reinforcement steel shall be crushed approved jackets.
machine
inspected upon receipt of
• Electrical
finger/s containers • Safety
material at site for proper size • Electric shock • Mechanical glasses
reinforceme
and type. or burns when lifting of
nt cutting
• Copies of factory test using the steel heavy
machine
certificates for re-bars shall grinder. reinforcement
be kept at the site office for bars.
reference and record
purposes.
• Small pieces of samples shall
be randomly selected and
taken from each lot and size
for laboratory testing. The
testing shall be performed by
an approved testing
laboratory

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Reinforcement • Steel reinforcement bars
for stub shall be straightened, bent,
columns and cut by an electrical
(Cont’d) reinforcement bending and
cutting machine
• Fixing on site shall be done
manually by the steel fixers
• Transportation to the area of
placing shall be done by hand
or a 3.5ton mobile
crane
Formwork for • Column steel forms/block • 20-ton truck • Exposed nails • Avoid • Overalls
stub columns board forms shall be • Carpentry on timber contacting • Helmets
fabricated at the fabrication hand tools • Respiratory sprayed • Safety
yard in the required column and other forms with shoes
sizes and then delivered to health bare skin. • Hand
site by a 20-ton truck. hazards due • Use Gloves
• These shall then be offloaded to saw dust formwork • Nose
and well stacked in a safe and mould with screens
place. oil sufficient • Reflector
• Mould oil shall be applied to strength jackets
the steel forms manually • Notify all • Gumboots
workers
using a cloth or sponge • Safety
before fixing in place. downwind
glasses
that spraying
is starting.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork for • Cutting of timber to the required • Wearing eye
stub columns lengths and sizes shall be done protection.
(Cont’d) by the carpenters using their • Wearing
tools. chemically
• Formwork erection shall be done resistant
manually by the carpenters. gears
• Moulds shall be secured • Wearing a
using adjustable steel / dual-
timber shoring props firmly cartridge
anchored on the ground organic-
• The forms shall be used together vapor/ P-95
with sawn respirator
formwork in order to achieve • Wearing
the required shapes. chemically
resistant
apron when
dispensing
form oil from
the storage
drum into the
sprayer.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete for • Concrete in stub columns • Concrete • Chemical • Provision of • Overalls
stub columns shall be that as specified by batching burns due to safety gears • Helmets
the structural engineer cast plant exposure to to workers • Safety
into erected formwork of • Boom Truck wet concrete shoes
different sizes as shown in • Concrete • Cuts and • Gloves
the drawings pump bruises • Nose
• Concrete batching shall be • Poker • Fatigue screens
done using a computerized vibrators • Exposure to • Reflector
system at the batching plant. • Dumpy cement Dust jackets
• From the batching plant, the level/ total • Noise • Safety
concrete shall then be station/ pollution glasses
transported to the required theodolite • Inadequate
area of need using a boom safety guards
truck. on equipment
• From the boom truck concrete • Inadequate
will then be pumped to the lockout
required area where it is to be systems on
cast. machinery
• Placement shall be done
• Overexertion
manually by the laborers
• Concrete vibration shall be • Slips and falls
mechanically done using
poker vibrators

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete for stub • Curing of concrete shall be
columns done every morning,
(Cont’d) afternoon and evening hours
using horse pipes or
perforated Jerrycans filled
with water.
• Concrete samples shall be
taken on every mix and
cured in a drum filled with
water to carry out tests on
them.
• Remedial actions shall be
taken to ensure that the
samples that fail are rectified
Plinth walling • Precast concrete blocks of the • 0.5m3 • Hand and • Provision of • Overalls
required compressive strength concrete foot injuries safety gears • Helmets
shall be made in the yard using batch mixer • Exposure to to workers • Safety
block making machines. • Dumpers / cement Dust shoes
wheel • Buckling and • Leather
barrows falling due to hand
• Masonry poor Gloves
hand tools workmanship • Reflector
• Dermatitis jackets
• Falling debris

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Plinth walling • The blocks shall then be • Block • Sand dust • Ensuring that • Safety
(Cont’d) delivered to site by a 20-ton making • Manual all tools and glasses
truck, offloaded manually by machine handling equipment are
laborers and properly stacked • Cuts and maintained in
in the designated stacking abrasions a good
area • Struck by working
• These shall then be moved/ machinery condition
transported to the required • Exposure to Personal
areas for use by dumpers or noise protection
wheel barrows. programs put
• Working in
• Block walling shall be done in place
confined
using concrete blocks laid in
places • Following
the stretcher bonds and
• Sun exposure safe working
bonded and jointed with practices
mortar. • Training
• Hoop iron shall be laid in workers in
every three alternating safe work
courses of the walls in practices and
running length or as methods for
specified by the structural all work
engineer. activities
• Mortar shall be mixed
mechanically by a 0.5m3
concrete batch mixer with
water to achieve required
workability

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Plinth walling • Masons shall erect the walls
(Cont’d) to the approved
workmanship.
• Curing of plinth wall shall be
done as specified using
horse pipes with water.
Back filling and • Backfilling and compacting • Tipper • Noise • Provision of • Overalls
compaction shall be done on both sides of trucks pollution safety gears • Nose
the plinth walls. • Dumpers • Cuts and to workers screens
• This shall be done using the • Roller / bruises • Provision of • Gloves
excavated murram material jumper • Exposure to First aid kit. • Helmets
incase available temporarily compactor continued • Workers • Safety
stored in heaps at site or • Hoes vibrations rotation on shoes
using imported murram • Spades • Psychological the roller or • Reflector
material. • Pick axes injuries jumper jackets
• Backfill compaction shall be • Wheel compactor. • Safety
done using a jumper barrows glasses
compactor and in layers to
ensure maximum strength
and stability
• Backfill shall be transported
using wheel barrows from the
heaps to the required
locations by the laborers.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Back filling and • Samples shall be taken every
compaction after the compaction process to
(Cont’d) make tests.
• Remedial actions shall be
taken to ensure that the
samples that failed are
rectified.
Reinforcement • Reinforcement shall be of • 1No. 20-ton • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
for ground Round high yield mild steel tipper truck bruises safety gears • Helmets
beams ribbed bars type 2 to BS • Steel grinder • Overexertion to workers • Safety
4449:2005 ranging from 8- • Steel fixers • Slips and falls • Stirrups and shoes
25mm in diameter as per the hand tools • Strains, other • Leather
structural engineer’s drawings. small hand
• Electrical sprains and
• Transportation to site shall fractures components Gloves
reinforceme
be done using 20-ton truck. • Jammed or lifted in • Reflector
nt bending
• Reinforcement steel shall be crushed approved jackets.
machine
inspected upon receipt of finger/s. containers • Safety
• Electrical Electric shock • Mechanical
material at site for proper size glasses
reinforceme or burns when lifting of
and type. nt cutting using the steel heavy
• Copies of factory test machine grinder. reinforcement
certificates for re-bars shall
bars.
be kept at the site office for
reference and record
purposes.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Reinforcement • Small pieces of samples shall
for ground be randomly selected and
beams(Cont’d) taken from each lot and size
for laboratory testing. The
testing shall be performed by
an approved testing laboratory
• Steel reinforcement bars
shall be straightened, bent,
and cut by an electrical
reinforcement bending and
cutting machine
• Fixing on site shall be done
manually by the steel fixers
• Transportation to the area of
placing shall be done by hand
or a 3.5ton mobile crane

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ACTVITY METHOD OF EXECUTION EQUIPMENT/ SAFETY CONTROL PPE

PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork to • Steel plate/block board forms • 20-ton truck • Exposed nails • Avoid • Overalls
the sides of shall be fabricated and delivered • Carpentry on timber contacting • Helmets
ground beams to site by a 20-ton truck. hand tools • Respiratory sprayed • Safety
• Mould oil shall be applied to the and other forms with shoes
steel forms manually using a health bare skin. • Hand
cloth or sponge before erecting hazards due • Use Gloves
in place to saw dust formwork • Nose
• The forms shall be used together and mould with screens
with sawn oil sufficient • Reflector
formwork in order to achieve strength jackets
the required shapes. • Notify all • Safety
• Cutting of timber to the required workers glasses
lengths and sizes shall be done downwind
by the carpenters using their that spraying
tools. is starting.
• Formwork erection shall be done • Wearing eye
manually by the carpenters. protection.
• Moulds shall be secured • Wearing
using adjustable steel / chemically
timber shoring props firmly resistant
anchored on the ground boots,
overalls and
gloves.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork to • Wearing a
the sides of dual-
ground beams cartridge
(Cont’d) organic-
vapor/ P-95
respirator.
• Wearing
chemically
resistant
apron when
dispensing
form oil from
the storage
drum into the
sprayer.

Concrete for • Concrete in ground beams • Concrete • Chemical • Provision of • Overalls

ground beams shall be of the class specified batching burns due to safety gears • Helmets
by the structural engineer cast plant exposure to to workers • Safety
into erected formwork of • Boom Truck wet concrete shoes
different required sizes as • Concrete • Cuts and • Gloves
shown in the drawings. pump bruises • Nose
• Poker • Fatigue screens
vibrators • Exposure to • Reflector
cement Dust jackets

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete for • Concrete batching shall be • Dumpy • Noise • Safety
ground beams done using a computerized level/ total pollution glasses
(Cont’d) system at the batching plant. station/ • Inadequate
• From the batching plant, the theodolite safety guards
concrete shall then be on equipment
transported to the required • Inadequate
area of need using a boom lockout
truck. systems on
machinery
• From the boom truck concrete
will then be pumped to the • Overexertion
required area where it is to be • Slips and falls
cast.
• Placement shall be done
manually by the laborers
• Concrete vibration shall be
mechanically done using
poker vibrators
• Curing of concrete shall be
done every morning,
afternoon and evening hours
using horse pipes or
perforated Jerrycans filled
with water.

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Concrete for • Concrete samples shall be

ground beams taken on every mix and
(Cont’d) cured in a drum filled with
water to carry out tests on
them.
• Remedial actions shall be
taken to ensure that the
samples that fail are rectified

Hardcore • Hardcore shall be sourced • 20-ton tipper • Hand and • Warning • Overalls
filling from approved borrow pits trucks foot injuries signs • Helmets
and shall be tested and • Sledge • Exposure to • Provision of • Safety
approved as per the hammers Dust safety gears shoes
specifications. • Wheel • Manual to workers • Leather
• It shall be delivered to site barrows handling • Provision of hand
by 20-ton trucks • Cuts and First aid kit. Gloves
• Stones bigger than the abrasions • Reflector
required sizes shall be broken • Struck by jackets
to smaller acceptable size machinery • Gumboots
using sledge hammers. • Exposure to • Safety
• Hardcore shall be hand noise glasses
placed and compacted using
sledge hammers (80-100kg)

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Hardcore • Transportation shall be by •

filling(Cont’d) means of wheel barrows to
the required positions of
placement.
• The hardcore surface shall be
sand blinded and treated with
anti- termite at the
specified rate of application
Damp proof • 1000-gauge polythene • A pair of • Sharp cutting • Provision of • Overalls
membrane sheeting DPM rolls shall be scissors tools safety gears • Helmets
delivered to site and stored • Manual to workers • Safety
in a designated place. handling • Careful shoes
• The DPM shall then be • Slips and falls movements
unrolled, cut into the • Overexertion on the
required length, sizes and slippery
manually laid over the sand surface of the
blinding and hardcore DPM
surface • Care to be
• Cutting to fit slab area shall taken when
be done using a pair of cutting the
scissors or any other DPM
appropriate cutting tool

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Fabric mesh • BRC shall be of A142 with • Steel grinder • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
reinforcement 2.22kg/sm and shall be • Steel fixers bruises safety gears • Helmets
delivered to site by suppliers hand tools • Overexertion to workers • Safety
• The rolls shall be transported • Dumpers • Slips and falls • Team lifting shoes
to location of placement by a • 20-ton truck • Strains, of heavy • Leather
dumper or a 20-ton tipper truck sprains and BRC rolls to hand
or carried manually by the fractures prevent Gloves
laborers depending on the area • Jammed or injuries. • Reflector
where it is to be laid. crushed • Stirrups and jackets.
• Placing shall be done finger/s. other • Safety
manually by unrolling • Electric shock small glasses
reinforcement mesh over the or burns when components
dump proof membrane. using the steel lifted in
• Cutting reinforcement mesh grinder. approved
to fit at the slab edges shall containers
be done using a steel grinder. • Mechanical
• Over laps at joints shall be lifting of
well tied using binding wires heavy BRC
rolls.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork to • Steel plate/ block board forms • 20-ton truck • Exposed nails • Avoid • Overalls
sides of floor shall be fabricated and delivered • Carpentry on timber contacting • Helmets
bed to site by a 20-ton truck. hand tools • Respiratory sprayed • Safety
• Mould oil shall be applied to the and other forms with
shoes
bare skin.
steel forms manually using a health
• Using • Hand
cloth or sponge before erecting hazards due formwork Gloves
in place to saw dust with • Nose
• The forms shall be used together and mould sufficient screens
with sawn oil strength • Reflector
formwork in order to achieve • Notifying all jackets
the required shapes. workers • Safety
• Cutting of timber to the required downwind
glasses
that spraying
lengths and sizes shall be done
is starting.
by the carpenters using their
• Wearing eye
tools. protection.
• Formwork erection shall be done • Wearing
manually by the carpenters. chemically
• Moulds shall be secured resistant
using adjustable steel / gears
timber shoring props firmly • Wearing a
anchored on the ground dual-
cartridge
organic-
vapor/ P-95
respirator.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete to • Concrete to the floor bed shall • Concrete • Chemical • Provision of • Overalls
floor bed be of the class specified by the batching burns due to safety gears • Helmets
structural engineer cast into plant exposure to to workers • Safety
erected formwork of different • Boom Truck wet concrete shoes
required sizes as shown in the • Concrete • Cuts and • Gloves
drawings to form the specified pump bruises • Nose
thickness. • Poker • Fatigue screens
• Concrete batching shall be vibrators • Exposure to • Reflector
done using a computerized • Dumpy cement Dust jackets
system at the batching plant. level/ total • Noise • Safety
• From the batching plant, the station/ pollution glasses
concrete shall then be theodolite • Inadequate
transported to the required safety guards
area of need using a boom on equipment
truck. • Inadequate
• From the boom truck concrete lockout
will then be pumped to the systems on
machinery
required area where it is to be
cast. • Overexertion
• Placement shall be done • Slips and falls
manually by the laborers
• Concrete vibration shall be
mechanically done using
poker vibrators

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete to • Curing of concrete shall be
floor done every morning,
bed(Cont’d) afternoon and evening hours
using horse pipes or
perforated Jerrycans filled
with water

RC FRAME
Reinforcement • Reinforcement shall be of • 20-ton tipper • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
bars in Round high yield mild steel truck bruises safety gears • Helmets
columns, ribbed bars type 2 to BS • Steel grinder • Overexertion to workers • Safety
beams and 4449:2005 ranging from 8- • • Team lifting
Steel fixers • Slips and falls shoes
suspended 25mm in diameter as per the hand tools of heavy bars •
structural engineer’s drawings. • Strains,
to prevent
Leather
slabs • Steel sprains and hand
• Transportation to site shall injuries.
bending fractures Gloves
be done using trucks. • Stirrups and
machine • Jammed or • Reflector
• Reinforcement steel shall be other
• 3.5ton mobile crushed jackets.
inspected upon receipt of small
material at site for proper size crane finger/s. components • Safety
and type • Electric shock lifted in glasses
• Copies of factory test or burns approved
certificates for re-bars shall containers
be kept at the site office for • Mechanical
reference and record lifting of
purposes. heavy
reinforcement
bars.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Reinforcement • Small pieces of samples shall • Warning signs
bars in be randomly selected and shall be
columns, taken from each lot and size installed at site
beams and for laboratory testing. to alert all
suspended • The testing shall be workers about
slabs (Cont’d) performed by an approved the risks.
testing laboratory
• Steel reinforcement bars
shall be straightened, bent,
and cut by an electrical
reinforcement bending and
cutting machine
• Column cages shall be fixed
and then erected in the
column positions by the
laborers.
• Beam cages shall be fixed in
the beams positions after the
erection of their formwork.
• Fixing shall be done using
binding wires
• Fixing on site shall be done
manually by the steel fixers

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Reinforcement • The column reinforcement
bars in cages shall be plumbed to
columns, ensure the verticality of the
beams and columns and the supported
suspended by props to maintain their
slabs (Cont’d) positions.
• Lifting of the bars to the required
floor heights shall be done by a
3.5ton mobile crane or an
electric hoist installed at site
• Reinforcement shall be fixed
in accordance to the design
drawings and under the
supervision of the site
engineer or foreman.

Formwork for • Steel plate/ block board forms • 20-ton truck • Exposed nails • Avoiding • Overalls
columns, for beams and • Carpentry on timber contact of • Helmets
beams and columns shall be fabricated in hand tools • Respiratory sprayed • Safety
slabs the required sizes as per the • An electric and other forms with shoes
drawings and delivered to site hoist health bare skin. • Hand
by a 20-ton truck. hazards due • Using Gloves
• Column forms shall be erected to saw dust formwork • Nose
in column positions manually and mould with screens
and plumbed to ensure that they oil sufficient • Reflector
are vertical. • Slips and falls strength jackets

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork for • Column and beam forms shall • Collapse of • Notify all • Safety
columns, be supported to ensure that they forms due to workers glasses
beams and remain vertical using over downwind
slabs (Cont’d) appropriate and adequate props. compaction that spraying
• Steel shuttering shall be done is starting.
nailed together to form a • Wearing eye
platform. protection.
• Steel plates of 8 x 4 feet shall • Wearing
be used to form a base for chemically
suspended slabs, which shall be resistant
laid onto the platforms. boots,
• Lifting of the forms to the upper overalls and
floors shall be by means of a gloves.
tower crane or an electric hoist • Wearing a
installed at site. dual-
• Mould oil shall be applied to the cartridge
steel forms manually using a organic-
cloth or sponge before erecting vapor/ P-95
them in place respirator.
• The steel forms shall be used
together with sawn
formwork in order to achieve
the required shapes.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork for • Steel forms shall be fabricated • Wearing
columns, with automatic locking chemically
beams and arrangements or shall be locked resistant
slabs (Cont’d) using binding wires. apron when
• Cutting of timber to the required dispensing
lengths and sizes shall be done form oil from
by the carpenters using their the storage
tools. drum into the
• Formwork erection shall be done sprayer.
manually by the carpenters.
• Moulds shall be secured
using adjustable steel props
firmly anchored on the
ground
• Striking off formwork shall be
not less than two weeks for the
beams and columns and not
less than a month for the slabs
from the date of casting.
• When struck off, Forms shall
be stored in a safe and
weather protected area for
reuse on other floor levels.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Formwork for • Warped Forms shall be re-
columns, constructed to prevent
beams and buckling in the columns and
slabs (Cont’d) beams
Hollow • The maxpans shall be of the • Hoist • Exposed nails • Installation of • Overalls
suspended sizes, layout and concrete • Wheel on timber guard rails. • Helmets
slabs topping shall be as specified and barrows • Slips and falls • Provision of • Safety
detailed by the • Dumpy level • Collapse of safety gears shoes
structural drawing. • Saw blades forms due to to workers • Hand
• Maxpans shall be carried to the • Hacksaw to over • Daily Gloves
platforms using a hoist operated cut pipes compaction inspection of • Nose
by an operator. • Water level • Cuts and forms to screens
• These shall be loaded and • Grinder bruises prevent • Reflector
offloaded by laborers who shall
• 20-ton truck • Overexertion collapse. jackets
then carry them to the required •
• Strains, Approval of • Safety
locations. formwork
sprains and glasses
• The maxpans shall be laid in before its
fractures
lines on the platforms leaving
• Sun exposure loaded.
ribs in between them to receive
• Chemical
reinforcement bars of required
sizes as per the drawings. burns due to
cement
• Care shall be taken when
transporting and laying exposure
maxpans to minimize
breakage.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Hollow • Ribs left between the maxpans
suspended shall be as
slabs (Cont’d) specified by the structural
drawing and these shall be filled
with reinforcement bars both at
the top and bottoms.
• Maxpans shall be laid in such a
way that slab bands are left on
the extreme ends near the beams
and the width shall be as per the
structural drawings.
• Service pipes and conduits shall
then be laid in the ribs as per the
mechanical and electrical
drawings and this shall be done
under the supervision of the
electrical and mechanical
engineers.
• A BRC cage shall then be laid
on top of the maxpans with end
and side laps of
about 150mm tied with
binding wires.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Hollow • Concrete of a class specified by
suspended the structural engineer shall then
slabs (Cont’d) be cast into the ribs and slab
bands and form a topping of
50mm thickness as well unless
otherwise specified by the
structural engineer.
• Concrete transportation
when casting the slab shall be
by means of wheel barrows
carried by the laborers
• This shall then be vibrated using
the poker vibrators operated by
the laborers.
• The slabs shall be cured with
water supplied by a horse pipe
and this shall be done every
morning, afternoon and
evening hours for not less than
two weeks

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Hollow • Slab formwork shall be left in
suspended place until not less than 28
slabs (Cont’d) days for the slab to gain its
maximum strength.
Concrete in • Concrete in beams, columns • Concrete • Chemical • Provision of • Overalls
beams, and slabs shall be of a class as batching burns due to safety gears • Helmets
columns and specified by the structural plant exposure to to workers • Safety
slabs engineer cast into erected • Boom Truck wet concrete shoes
formwork of different • Concrete • Cuts and • Gloves
required sizes including a pump bruises • Nose
concrete cover all as per the • Poker • Fatigue screens
detailed structural drawings. vibrators • Noise • Reflector
• Concrete batching shall be • Dumpy pollution jackets
done using a computerized level/ total • Inadequate • Gum
system at the batching plant station/ safety guards boots
• Concrete transportation to the theodolite on equipment • Safety
required areas will be by use • 20-ton truck • Inadequate glasses
of concrete mixer lockout
• Where large quantities of systems on
concrete as may be found fit machinery
by the site engineer are to be
• Overexertion
cast, a concrete pump shall
be used to pump the • Slips and falls

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concrete to the required area.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete in • For relatively small quantities
beams, of concrete lifting of concrete
columns and to the required floor levels
slabs (Cont’d) shall be by use of an electric
hoist installed at site.
• The hoist shall be operated by
an operator who will be
responsible for its
maintenance and well-being.
• The hoist shall pour concrete
on a platform set up at the
required floor level.
• Transportation of concrete
from the platform to the
required placement location
shall be done by use of
wheelbarrows.
• Placement for slabs shall be
done manually by the
laborers and using wheel
barrows which shall be
driven on timber boards to

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prevent segregation.
ACTVITY METHOD OF EQUIPMENT/ SAFETY CONTROL PPE
EXECUTION PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Concrete in • Concrete casting in beams
beams, and columns shall be done
columns and using a concrete pump or
slabs (Cont’d) small pans that can easily be
lifted by the laborers.
• Concrete vibration shall be
mechanically done using
poker vibrators.
• Curing of concrete shall be
done every morning,
afternoon and evening hours
using horse pipes.
• Concrete samples shall be
taken on every mix and
cured in a drum filled with
water to carry out tests on
them.

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WALLING
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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Walling • Precast concrete blocks of the • 0.5m3 • Hand and • Provision of • Overalls
required compressive strength concrete foot injuries safety gears • Helmets
shall be made in the yard using batch mixer • Exposure to to workers • Safety
block making machines. • Dumpers / Dust • Ensure that all shoes
• The blocks shall then be • Buckling and tools and
wheel • Leather
delivered to site by a 20-ton barrows falling due to equipment are hand
truck, offloaded manually poor maintained in
• Masonry Gloves
laborers and properly workmanship a good
hand tools • Reflector
stacked in the designated • Dermatitis working
stacking area • Block jackets
• Falling debris condition
• These shall then be making
• Sand dust • Personal • Safety
transported to the required machine belts
• Manual protection
areas for use by dumpers • Electric hoist programs put
handling
• Carrying the blocks to the • 20-ton truck
• Cuts and in place
required floors shall be done • Following
abrasions
using an electric hoist
installed at site in the • Struck by safe working
machinery practices
appropriate positions.
• Exposure to • Train workers
• These shall be loaded and on safe work
offloaded from the hoist by noise
• Working in practices and
laborers. methods for
• Transportation of blocks to confined
the required positions shall places
• Falling of

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be done by the laborers workers from all work

using wheel barrows. heights activities
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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Walling • The walls shall be set out by • Erection of
(Cont’d) the site engineer together barriers at the
with the masons and in extreme ends
accordance with the drawings of floors to
as designed by the architect. prevent falling
• Block walling shall be done of workers
using concrete blocks laid in
the stretcher bonds, bonded
and jointed in cement and
mortar in a mix ratio as per
the specification.
• Whoop iron shall be laid in
every three alternating
courses of the walls in
running length.
• Mortar shall be mixed
mechanically by a 0.5m3
concrete batch mixer with
water to achieve the required
workability.
• Mortar shall be carried to the
required floors using a hoist

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operated by an operator.
ACTVITY METHOD OF EQUIPMENT/ SAFETY CONTROL PPE
EXECUTION PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Walling • This will then be poured on a
(Cont’d) platform at the required
floor.
• Mortar transportation from the
platform to the required
location shall be by means of
the wheelbarrows.
• Masons shall erect the walls
to the approved
workmanship.
• Each mason shall be working
with a porter to provide him
with the required materials at
any point in time.
• Scaffolds shall be erected by
the masons to enable them
build at heights and this shall
be approved by the site
engineer to minimize on the
occurrence of accidents
• The walls shall be finished
fairly on both sides to the

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site engineer’s satisfaction.

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Walling • Walls shall be cured every day
(Cont’d) for not less than a week to
ensure proper bonding of the
of the blocks with mortar
• Curing of walls shall be done
using a water horse
• Parapet walls shall be
finished with a precast
concrete weathered coping
of size as specified by the
drawings thick along the
running length.

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STRUCTURAL STEEL
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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Framed structural • Framed structural steel • Mobile crane • Hand and • Provision of • Overalls
steel members shall be of different • Hoist foot injuries safety gears • Helmets
sizes as specified in the bill of • Welding • Exposure to to workers • Safety
quantities
tools sunshine • Personal shoes
• These shall be cut at the yard
in the required sizes before • 20-ton truck • Manual protection • Leather
delivery to site. handling programs put hand
• They shall then be transported • Cuts and in place Gloves
to site using 20- tone tipper bruises • Follow safe • Reflector
trucks. • Struck by working jackets
• These shall then be offloaded machinery practices • Safety
using a mobile crane on • Falling of • Erection of glasses
delivery at site. workers from barriers at the

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• Structural steel members heights extreme ends

shall be carried and erected of scaffolds
in their respective positions • Provision of
using the mobile cranes. ladders for
• They shall then be bonded
accessing
by welding, bolting and
riveting accordingly as per heights.
the structural drawing. • Mechanical
• Bolts shall be of the required lifting of
sizes and lengths to suit the heavy
specifications provided in the materials
bill of quantities and • Provision of
shall be fixed by specialist first aid kit
steel sub-contractors.
ROOFING
ACTVITY METHOD OF EXECUTION EQUIPMENT/ SAFETY CONTROL PPE
PLANT ISSUES MEASURES

Steel Roof • The roof structure shall be of • Mobile crane • Hand and • Provision of • Overalls
structure framed structural steel • Hoist foot injuries safety gears • Helmets
sections. • Pair of • Exposure to to workers • Safety
• Samples of fittings, brackets, scissors to sunshine • Personal shoes
fasteners, anchors, and cut the • Manual protection • Leather
different types of metal roofing handling programs put hand
members including plates, sheets • Cuts and in place Gloves
bars, pipes, tubes, and any • Carpenter’s abrasions • Following • Reflector
other types of material to be hand tools • Struck by safe working jackets
used in the project shall be • Welding machinery practices • 20-ton
submitted to the Employer’s tools • Falling of • Training truck

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Project Manager/Consultants • 20-ton truck workers from workers on

prior to start of fabrication heights safe work
works at site or off-site in the • Exposure to practices and
workshops strong winds methods for
• The fabricated sections shall all work
be painted with a coat of activities
etching primer before • Erection of
delivery to site. barriers at the
• They shall be carried to the extreme ends
required heights using a of scaffolds to
mobile crane or a hoist located prevent falling
in suitable positions. of
workers
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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Steel Roof • The trusses shall then be fixed • Provision of
structure in their positions and bolted ladders for
(Cont’d) onto the top plates located at accessing
the specified centers using heights.
bolts and slope as per the • Mechanical
detailed structural drawings.
lifting of
• The top plates shall be
heavy
anchored into the ring beams
materials
using J-bolts and this shall be
done during casting of ring • Provision of
beams. first aid kit

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• Trusses shall be supported by

sufficient supports and
plumbed to ensure that they
are vertical.
• Anti-sag bars shall be welded
between the trusses to
prevent sagging and to
provide extra support to the
roof structure

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PLANT ISSUES MEASURES
Steel Roof • Z-purlins of the specified
structure size and weight per meter
(Cont’d) shall then be hoisted and
welded / bolted on top of
the trusses at equal spacing
of as per the detailed
structural engineer’s
drawings.
• Pre-coated super five made of
75mm panel thickness and
o.5mm pre-painted facing
material shall then be
hoisted, laid over the Z-

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purlins and fixed using bolts

or required sizes as per the
structural engineer’s detailed
drawings
• The spaces between wall plate
and the roof covering together
with the gable ends shall be
filled with block
work to the site engineer’s
supervision and approval.

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Steel Roof • In case of a parapet wall at a
structure given height from the ring
(Cont’d) beam level, they shall be
erected using concrete blocks
bonded in cement sand
mortar mix as specified in
stretcher bonds.
• These shall be finished fair
on both sides with cement
sand render of the required
mix as per the drawings
• The blocks and mortar shall
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be carried to that height

using a hoist.
• The masons shall erect
scaffolds and use them as a
platform to construct the
parapet walls.
• Precast concrete weathered
copings of the specified size
shall then be built on top of the
parapet walls in running
lengths to protect them from
inclement weather.

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Steel Roof • Formwork for a concrete
structure gutter shall be erected using
(Cont’d) timber forms or steel forms
fabricated from workshops
and delivered to site.
• Reinforcements shall then be
fixed in the forms by the steel
fixers.
• These shall be carried to the
gutter height by a hoist or
mobile crane.

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RAIN WATER DISPORSAL

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Rain water • PVC down pipes and gutters • Hoist • Manual • Scaffolds • Helmets
disposal size 110, 160 mm diameter • 20-ton truck handling used should • Overalls
shall be delivered to site • Scaffolding • Working at be properly • Gloves
using a 20-ton truck • Roofers’ heights secured • Body
• Hoisting to roof level shall hand tools • Slips and falls • Provision of harness
be done by a Mechanical • Drilling • Exposure to safety gears • Reflector
Hoist. machine sunshine to workers jackets
• Fixing rain water goods to • Cuts and • Approval of • Safety
the roof shall be by use of bruises the scaffolds shoes
brackets fixed to fascia by the • Safety
boards and walls. engineer belts to
before protect
climbing workers
them • Safety
glasses

FINISHES
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Plastering and • This shall be done using • Wood float • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
Rendering cement sand mortar of • Metal float abrasions safety gears • Helmets
different mixes as specified • Plumbline • Accidents to workers • Safety
in the architectural drawings. • Wheel from • Specialist shoes
• Mortar shall be mixed using barrows machinery subcontractor • Gloves
• (s), where
a batch mixer of 0.3m3 • Hoist Slip and falls • Reflector
necessary shall
capacity operated by an • Steel trowel of workers
be employed jackets
operator. • Mixer from heights to perform
• Batching shall be done using • Angle line • Chemical certain tasks
• Spirit level burns due to
batch boxes to obtain the • Hoist exposure to • Erection of
required mix ratios for the wet mortar guard barriers
various locations. • Exposure to on the
• Transportation of mortar shall cement Dust scaffolds to
be done using wheel barrows prevent
along the floors and using a workers from
hoist to move it to heights falling off.
above the ground level. • Training of
• Scaffolds shall be erected to workers on
safe work
enable the workers plaster/
practices and
render on heights beyond
methods for
their reach.
all work
activities.
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Plastering and • Mortar shall be carried in • Accessing the

Rendering mortar pans by the porters to scaffolds
(Cont’d) enable working on heights. upon approval
• The walls shall be hacked to from the
form keys that will enable engineer.
bonding of mortar with • Lifting heavy
them. materials
• Water shall be poured to using
walls to remove all the dust machinery.
before the plaster / render is • Provision of
applied. ladders to
• Mortar dots shall then be put
on walls randomly to form access heights
gauges which will be above the
plumbed to ensure verticality ground.
of the finish. • Personal
• The plaster / render shall then protection
be applied between the mortar programs put
dots, cut and plumbed to in place
ensure that the finish is
vertical.
• Water shall then be poured
gently onto the surface of the
cut plaster and then wood / metal

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Plastering and • The walls shall then be cured

Rendering for not less than a week by
(Cont’d) pouring water to them to
ensure that plaster / render
gains maximum strength.
• Plastering and rendering
shall be done under the
supervision of the site
engineer.
Floor screeding • This shall be done using • Tile cutting • Abrasions • Provision of • Overalls
and Tiling cement sand mortar backing machine • Slips and falls safety gears • Helmets
of different mixes as • Wheel • Chemical to workers • Safety
specified in the architectural barrows burns due to • Specialist shoes
drawings with different tile • Hoist exposure to subcontractor • Gloves
types in different sizes. • Steel trowel wet cement (s), where • Reflector
• Tiles shall be purchased • Mixer mortar necessary shall jackets
from trusted suppliers in • Angle line • Exposure to be employed • Nose
different sizes and • Spirit level cement Dust to perform screen
transported to site with • Manual tiling works.
trucks. handling
• These shall then be offloaded • Overexertion
carefully and stored in a safe • Noise
place to protect them from pollution
breaking. • Exposure to
dust
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Floor screeding • In preparation for use, tiles • Health issues • Training

and Tiling shall first be soaked in water due to dust. workers on
(Cont’d) for some time to allow them safe work
absorb water. practices and
• Mortar shall be mixed using methods for
a batch mixer of 0.3m3
all work
capacity operated by an
activities.
operator.
• Batching shall be done using • Lifting heavy
batch boxes to obtain the materials
required mix ratios for the using
various locations. machinery.
• Transportation of mortar
shall be done using wheel • Personal
barrows along the floors and protection
using a hoist to move it to programs put
heights above the ground in place
level.
• Water shall be poured on the
floor and cleaned to ensure
sufficient bonding of mortar
with the floor bed.
• A barking of a certain
thickness as specified in the
drawings shall then be
applied on the floor.
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Floor screeding • An approved adhesive shall

and Tiling be applied at the back of the
(Cont’d) tiles.
• Tiles shall then be laid onto
the barking in a required
pattern.
• Corner and round edge strips
shall then be placed at the
corners and edges of the tiles.
• Water shall be poured on the
tiles after they have been laid

to cure them.
• Tiling shall be done under
the supervision of the site
engineer.
Terrazzo • This shall be done using • Wood float • Cuts and • Provision of • Overalls
cement sand mortar of • Metal float abrasions safety gears • Helmets
different mixes as specified • Wheel • Slip and falls to workers • Safety
in the architectural drawings barrows • Dust due to • Employing a shoes
mixed with marble chippings • Hoist grinding specialist • Gloves
in different sizes. • Steel trowel • Chemical subcontractor • Reflector
• Batching shall be done using • Angle line burns due to jackets
batch boxes to obtain the • Spirit level exposure to
required mix ratios. • Grinder wet mortar
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Terrazzo • Transportation of the mix • Exposure to • Training

(Cont’d) shall be done using wheel cement Dust workers on
barrows along the floors and • Noise safe work
using a hoist to move it to pollution practices and
heights above the ground during methods for
level. all work
grinding.
• Water shall be poured on the
• Electric activities.
floor and cleaned thoroughly to
shocks • Lifting
ensure proper bonding.
during materials
• A mortar backing shall be
mixed, transported, placed grinding. using
and spread on the floor with machinery to

a required thickness. higher floors.

• This shall then be wood • Personal
floated to give it a rough protection
finish. programs put
• The barking shall be left to in place
cures for some days.
• Sand, ordinary Portland
cement, white cement and
marble chippings shall be
mixed in varying
proportions as specified by
the architects

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Terrazzo • Dividing strips shall be placed

(Cont’d) in different positions at
appropriate centres as per the
drawings.
• Terrazzo shall then be
transported, placed, and
spread on top of the cured
barking with a uniform
thickness.
• It shall be left to cure for
some days so as to obtain a
sufficient strength.
• This shall then be ground
using a grinder to give it a
smooth finish after it has
gained its strength.
• Terrazzo shall be done under
the supervision of the site
engineer.

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Plasterboard • Ceiling materials shall be • Carpenter’s • Hand injuries • Provision of • Overalls

ceiling brought to site by a 20-ton hand tools • Exposure to safety gears • Helmets
truck, off loaded manually • Tape Dust to workers • Safety
and stored in a weather measure • Falling • Ensure that all shoes
proof place • Spirit level objects tools and • Leather
• The ceiling frame work shall • “A” • Sand dust equipment are hand
then be assembled and Frame • Manual maintained in Gloves
anchored to the roof members ladders handling a good • Reflector
including it being fixed to the • Drilling • Cuts and working jackets
wall to a ceiling height as machine abrasions condition
specified in the architectural • Exposure to • Follow safe
detailed drawings using working
heat in the
drilling roof
machine • Working in practices
• The plaster boards shall then be confined • Approval of
fixed onto the framework under places the scaffolds
the supervision of the site • Exposed nails before
engineer climbing
them
• Provision of
ladders for
accessing
ceiling places
• Installation of
warning
signs
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Painting and • Filler shall first be applied on • Metal float • Slip and falls • Provision of • Overalls
Decorations the walls to fill the • Roller • Exposure to safety gears • Helmets
depressions left due to brushes dust due to to workers • Safety
workmanship when applying • Mixing cans sanding • Employing a shoes
plaster / render. • •
• Stirring rod Health specialist Gloves
• Paint shall be poured in the
• Short hand allergies due subcontractor • Reflector
mixing cans, mixed with
brushes to the paint • Training jackets
water and thinner as per the
manufacturer’s instructions. • Sanding smell workers on • Nose
paper • Manual safe work screens
• Paint shall then be applied in
three coats using rollers and • Thinner handling practices and
methods for
short brushes.
• The first coat shall be an all work
activities.
undercoat of silk vinyl and • Personal
weather guard for internal and protection
external surfaces respectively. programs put
• Each time a coat is applied in place
on the surface, it shall be
given sufficient time to dry
and then another coat shall
be applied.
• The floor surfaces shall be
covered with papers or a
polythene to prevent paint
drops from falling onto the
surface.

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Painting and • The papers / polythene shall

Decorations then be removed after
(Cont’d) painting any room.
• Care shall be taken to ensure
that paint drops do not fall on
the surfaces where it is being
applied.

WINDOWS AND DOORS

Windows and • All doors and windows shall • Carpentry • Manual • Barricading • Helmets
Doors be fabricated from a and joinery lifting and high areas • Thick
specified type and material tools handling
and per approved drawings. • Power saws • Cuts and • Provision of cotton
• Samples of materials used in and drills. bruises safety gears hand
fabrication of doors and • 20-ton • Electric shock to workers Gloves
windows shall be submitted trucks. from the • Employing a • Face mask
to the Employer’s Project • Welding electric power specialist • Overalls
Manager/Consultant for tools tools subcontractor • Reflector
approval. • Silicon gun • Working at • Offload and jackets
• Wooden frames/shutters heights inspect
shall be fabricated at • Slips and falls • Stand
approved supplier • Heat and sun windows and
workshops for carpentry exposure doors straight
works and do not
stack them

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Windows and • Aluminum doors and • Exposure to • Avoid using

Doors(Cont’d) windows shall be fabricated cleaning harsh
at approved supplier chemicals chemicals to
workshops such as HCL clean
• Finishes shall be as approved windows
by the Employer’s Project
Manager/ Consultants
• Samples of ironmongery,
coating material and
finishing material shall be
submitted for approval.
• Special care shall be taken to
maintain the acoustic nature
of doors and their sound
transmission properties.
• Wooden frames shall be
installed first for the wooden
doors.
• Wooden shutters shall then
follow later after the frame
installation
• This shall be done by the
carpenter’s sub contracted.
• Steel doors and windows
shall first be installed
without glass and all the
damaged works made good.
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Windows and • All wooden frames, shutters,

Doors (Cont’d) steel doors and windows shall
then be painted with
approved paints and
varnishes as per the architects
detailed drawings
• Aluminum doors and windows
shall be installed by a specialist
subcontractor
and these shall be complete with
all necessary iron
monger and glass to the
satisfaction of the
engineer/architect. The
window is placed in position,
• When fixing Aluminum
windows, a rubber lining shall
be fixed all-round the edges
of the opening between the
window and the jambs.
• The window frame shall be
screwed to the window
jambs using an electric/
power screw drill.

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Windows and • Silicon sealant shall then be

Doors(Cont’d) applied using a silicon gun
to the edges of the window
to secure the window in
position.
• Excess silicon shall be cut
out using a special knife to
make the window edges
neat.
Glass and • Glass samples shall be • Screw driver • Manual • Barricading • Helmets
glazing submitted for approval and • Drill lifting and high areas • Thick
shall comply with specified • Glass cutting handling • Provision of cotton
strength, safety, and impact machine • Cuts and safety gears hand
performance requirements. • Steel float bruises to workers Gloves
• Glass shall be delivered to • Working at • Employing a • Face mask
site by a 20-ton truck, heights specialist • Overalls
carefully supported and • Slips and falls subcontractor • Reflector
cushioned to prevent it from • Breakage • Offload and jackets
breaking. • Exposure to inspect
• This shall be carefully cleaning • Stand
offloaded manually by the chemicals windows and
laborers and carried to the doors straight
storage room. and do not
• Glass shall be stored in a safe stack them
restricted room to protect it
from breakage.
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Glass and • Inspections shall be performed Avoid using

glazing at different stages as the work harsh chemicals
(Cont’d) proceeds. to clean
• The entire fabrication shall be windows
carried out under supervision
of the consultant to control the
quality of finished products.
• Aluminum glass shall be

installed by the subcontractor

for Aluminum works and this
shall comply with the
standards required.
• Glazing in steel doors and
windows shall be done by a
subcontractor and to the
satisfaction of the site
engineer.
• Glass installation in steel
windows shall be done using
approved linseed putty.

JOINERY AND FITTINGS

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Joinery and • Measurements shall be done • Carpentry / • Working at • Provision of • hand

Fittings on site by a specialist using Joinery hand heights safety gears gloves
drawings tools • Dust from to workers • helmets
• Fittings supplied by the • Power drilling • Higher areas • overalls
contractor shall then be Drilling • Cuts and should be • body
fabricated in the workshops machines bruises accessed using harness
and delivered to site by a 20- (2No) • Manual scaffold • face mask
ton truck • ‘A’ frame system
handling

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• Offloading shall be by the ladders • Electric shock • Group lifting

crane on the truck and this • 20-ton truck • Slips and falls of the heavy
shall be done carefully. mounted fittings.
• Fittings supplied by with a crane
nominated suppliers shall be
transported to site by the
supplier.
• For fittings to be fixed to
walls, drilling into the walls
for bolts shall be done by the
joiner/fitter specialists using
power hand drilling machines.
• Fittings shall be fixed in
position using an
appropriate method of
fixing.

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
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Electrical • Works shall be carried out • ‘A’ • Manual • Warning • Hand

installation by a specialist to the frame handling signs to be Gloves
satisfaction of the electrical Ladders • Working at used • Overalls
engineer. • Electrical heights • Provision of • Helmets
• Procurement of all imported hand tools • Electric shock safety gears • Safety
items shall be done in • Steel • Falls and • Barricading shoes.
advance to ensure timely scaffolds slips of areas of • Body
delivery. • Chisel operation.
• Electricians shall mark walls • Wheel • Access to harness
using chalk and chase using barrows higher • Reflector
hand tools (hand chisels, • Builder’s external areas jackets
chiseling hammer etc.) as per tools is by scaffold
drawings and shall carry out system.
all the electrical works as • Materials and
below; tools are
• Running conduits through the hoisted using
walls, slabs/ ceilings and hoists
provision of sleeves. • Use of the
• Fixing the electrical main
distribution
components (i.e. MK boxes,
board to
consumer units, distribution
switch off the
boards etc.)
power supply
during
installation.
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Electrical • Repair of all chased/drilled

installation walls shall be done by
(Cont’d)
applying two coats of plaster,
the second coat applied after
an allowance of seven days of
applying the first one.
• The builder’s works shall be

done by a plaster masons.

• Completion of the
conduiting and looping in
the ceilings.
• Run electrical wire through
the conduits by pulling
using draw wires.
• Installation of the Earthing
equipment.

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Electrical • Installation of Electrical

installation fittings (switches, sockets,
(Cont’d)
lights, fire detection and
alarm devices etc.) and
equipment (stand by
generators, power
distribution boards, voice
and data installations etc.)
completed with all the necessary
connections.
• External lighting installations
shall be done in accordance to
the specifications
• Installation of all the
required lightening
protection equipment.
• Installation of fire detection
devices.
• Carrying out final checks
and tests.
• Put all necessary warning
signs.

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Electrical • Repair arising defects as per

installation the snag list.
(Cont’d)
• Commission for use, hand
over manuals and
documents to client.
• Training of maintenance
staff on operation and
maintenance of the
equipment.
• Produce “as installed”
Drawings to client for future
use.
• Guarantees and warrantees
for installed products/items
shall be submitted during
handover.

MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS
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Mechanical • Works shall be carried out • ‘’A’’ • Manual • Warning • Hand

installation by a specialist to the frame handling signs to be gloves.
satisfaction of the ladder. • Working at used. • Overalls
mechanical consultant. • Mechanical heights • Proper PPE to • Helmets
• Procurement of all imported hand tools be used. • Safety
items shall be done well in • Steel • Barricading shoes.
advance to ensure timely scaffolds. Areas of • Body
receipt. operation. harness.
• Plumbers shall carry out all • Access to • Reflector
the mechanical works as higher jackets
below; external areas • Gumboots
• Mark using chalk and chase is by
the walls using hand tools scaffolding
(hand chisels, chiseling system.
hammer etc.) as per • Materials and
drawings. tools are
• Installation of pipes and hoisted using
provision of sleeves for later mechanical
connections. hoists.
• All pipes to run through slabs
shall be installed during the
preparation for slab concrete
(i.e. before
casting of the slab concrete is
done.)
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Mechanical • Repair of all chased/ drilled

installation walls shall be done by
(Cont’d) applying two coats of plaster,
the second coat applied after
an allowance of seven days of
applying the first coat.
• Completion of pipe

connections (hot and cold

water supply system).
• Installation of fittings (sinks,
urinal bowls/ slabs, Water
closets etc.) and other
mechanical equipment such as
pumps, hot water tanks, fire
horse reel system etc.
• Connection of pipes to
fittings and equipment e.g.
to pump
• Carry out final checks and
tests.
• Put all necessary warning
signs.

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Mechanical • Training of maintenance

installation staff on operation and
(Cont’d) maintenance of the
equipment
• Commission for use, hand
over manuals and
documents to clients.
• Production of a ‘’as installed
“drawings to client for
future use.

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Site clearance • Cutting down of small girth • Hand tools • Manual • Installation of • Helmets
tress, clearing of bushes and • Dump handling warning signs • Gloves
shrubs shall be done trucks • Falling Trees • Providing • Gum
manually by laborers using • Chains saw • Sun exposure workers with boots
hand tools safety • Overalls
• If so required a chain saw equipment • Reflector
shall be used to cut down jackets
trees of big girth Laborers • Cutting trees • Safety
to be done by glasses
specialists
Earth works (mass • Mass excavation of earth, • 0.5m3 • Collapse of • Providing • Leather
excavation and haulage and transportation of Backhoe excavations workers with gloves
murram filling) excavated material shall be chain • Heavy safety • Helmets
done mechanically using excavator vehicles equipment • Gum
excavators and dump trucks. • 20Ton turning and • Erection of boots
• Importation of approved Tipper carrying hoarding at • safety
soils for filling purposes Trucks earth site shoes
shall be done by 20ton • Dust • Warning • overalls
tipping trucks. inhalation signs • Nose
• Excavation of fill material at • Breakage of • Battering masks
the borrow pit shall be done existing excavation • Reflector
by a back hoe excavator services • Isolation of jackets
existing
services
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Earth works (mass • A banks man shall be

excavation and employed to direct the
murram excavator operator as they
filling) (Cont’d) carry out the excavations
• There shall be a guide to
direct the trucks as they
move about the site.
• Upholding excavations
susceptible to collapse shall be
carried out as below:
• Buttering excavations for
relatively firm soils, if the
space is available.
• Where the space is confined
or soils are weak but
buttering excavation cannot
be used, ply wood timber
board (9mm thick) shall be
used to support the soil as
follows,
• Excavate a length of 2.5m
along the horizontal
alignment for a depth of
1.0m.

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Earth works (mass • Nail ply wood board

excavation and (2.4x1.2m pieces) to the
murram vertical cut using 6-inch nails
filling) (Cont’d) in a zig zag format with a
center to center distance of
300mm between the nails.
• After fixing the ply wood
board for the 1.0m depth
above continues excavation for
another 1.0m depth in the same
location and repeat the ply
wood fixing process as before.
• The process of excavation
and nailing ply wood board
for every 1.0m depth
excavated shall continue
until the required depth of
excavation is achieved.
• Strutting (shoring) of the
timbering (if necessary) shall
be done using adjustable
circular Hollow sections.

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Storm water • Excavations for the drainage • 0.3m3 self- • Manual • Provision of • Overalls
drainage channels, sumps and loading handling safety gears • Helmets
manholes shall be carried out concrete • Sharp ends of to workers • Safety
manually using hand tools mixer steel • Team lifting shoes
• Compaction of excavated • Porker • Slips and falls of heavy bars • Leather
drainage trenches’ bottoms vibrator • Chemical to prevent hand
shall be by a plate compactor • Dumper / burns due to injuries. Gloves
wheel exposure to • Stirrups and • Reflector
or jumper compactor. barrows wet concrete other jackets.
• Concrete for drainage bases, • 20 ton tipper • Falling small
man holes and sumps shall be Truck objects components
provided by mixed on site • Plate • Cuts and lifted in
using 0.3m3 capacity concrete compactor / bruises approved
mixer jumper containers
• Transportation of the concrete compactor • Mechanical
to place of pouring shall be • Masonry lifting of
done by dumpers or wheel tools heavy
barrows • Carpentry reinforcement
• Placing shall be direct from tools bars.
the dumper / wheel barrows • Warning signs
into the excavated pits or shall be
manually by laborers using installed at site
shovels and other relevant to alert all
tools workers
about the
risks.
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Storm water • Stones for the open drains

drainage shall be delivered on site by a
(Cont’d) 20-ton truck. Offloading
shall be by tipping.
• Transportation to place of
building shall be by
dumpers / wheel barrows
• Masons shall build the wall
of the open drains by casting
concrete as the base and
building blockwork which
shall be finished with plaster
and screed internally
• Concrete for the reinforced
concrete base in the drains
shall be mixed on-site using
a 0.3m3 capacity concrete
mixer
• timber shall be used for form
work to the base of the open
drains
• Steel reinforcement mesh for
the drain shall be cut and bent
to shape at site, carried and
delivered to the required area
manually by the
laborers.
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Storm water • Placing of the reinforcement

drainage mesh in position shall be
(Cont’d) done by steel fixers
• Gratings for the covered
drains shall be fabricated at
the workshop and delivered
to site by an 8ton truck.
• Offloading shall be manual
by laborers
• Trenches for culverts shall be
excavated using a backhoe
• These shall the be compacted
using a jumper compactor in
their bases
• A concrete base shall be cast
of about 100mm thickness
with site missed concrete.
• Concrete shall be transported
manually to the culvert
trenches using the wheel
barrows
• Placement and compaction
using vibrators shall be done
manually by the laborers and
the base shall be cast with a
slope to allow flow of
storm water.
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Roads and parking • After excavation to • Grader • Dust and • Warning • Gloves
formation level is done, the • 0.5m3 Back noise signs to be • Helmets
sub grade shall be hoe • Vibrations placed • Overalls
compacted using a 14ton excavator • Manual identifying • Safety
roller compactor • 20ton tipper handling kind of shoes
• Gravel for the road base trucks • Cuts and activity • Face mask
shall be delivered to site by • Hand tools bruises • Provision of • Ear muffs
20 ton tipper trucks • Water • Exposure to safety gears • Goggles.
• Lime bags for stabilization browser lime dust to workers • Nose
shall be delivered to site by • Chip • Moving plant • Use of screens
an 8ton tipper truck. spreader / machinery flagmen to
• Lime stabilization of the • 14-ton roller direct the
gravel base shall be done compactor movement of
mechanically using a grader workers on
which will mix the gravel site
and lime.
• The stabilized gravel base
shall then be compacted by a
14 ton roller compactor
• Mechanical Application of
bituminous primer to receive
surface dressing using a
boiler or manual application
using perforated metallic
cans
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Roads and parking • Surface dressing shall be

(Cont’d) done mechanically using a
Pulvi mixer
Cabroworks • The paving blocks shall be • Hand tools • Manual • Warning • Gloves
delivered to site by 8ton • 20-ton tipper handling signs to be • Helmets
trucks, manually offloaded trucks • Noise place • Overalls
and properly stacked at a • 14ton roller • Cuts and identifying • Safety
designated material stacking compactor bruises kind of shoes
area.
• Moving activity • Face mask
• Transportation on site from •
plant/machine Provision of • Ear muffs
material stacking area to
• Sun exposure safety • Goggles.
location of building shall be
by a dumper / wheel barrows • Abrasions equipment
• Placing of the hardcore
(hand packed hardcore) and
sand blinding shall be done
manually
• Mechanical compaction of the
hardcore shall be by a 14 ton
roller compactor
• Sand blinding shall be laid
on top of the hardcore to
receive the paving cabro
blocks.
• Manual laying of cabro
blocks by masons

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Cabroworks • Joints between the blocks

(Cont’d) shall be filled with sand and
brushed.
• Kerbs shall be erected at the
ends of the cabro yards.
• These shall be built on top of
a concrete bed with a
haunching on the sides to
make the kerbs firm.
Road marking • Skilled personnel in road • Road • Moving • Use of proper • Overalls
marking shall manually apply marking construction signage • Hand
the road markings using the tools and traffic • Gazzeting the gloves
appropriate tools and equipment • Exposure to work area • Safety
equipment (e.g. paint brushes • Delivery paints • Provision of shoes
to apply marking on the kerbs truck • Health safety gears • Helmets
stones) allergies due to the • Reflector
to the paint workers. jackets
smell
• Sun exposure

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Paved areas • Paving slabs will be • Excavation • Manual • Warning • Gloves

delivered to site by an 8 ton hand tools handling signs put in • Helmets
truck • Masonry • Cuts and position • Safety
• Manual Excavation shall be hand tools bruises • Provision of shoes
done to level the area in • 14ton roller • Exposure to safety gears • Overalls
accordance to set levels. compactor lime dust to workers • Nose
• Levels shall be set using a (1No) • Moving masks
dumpy level. • 20 ton tipper construction
• Compaction of excavated trucks (2No) traffic
area shall be done using a • Wheel • Manual
14ton/0.5ton roller barrows handling
compactor • Dumpers • Sun exposure
• A stabilized gravel base shall • Concrete • Vibrations
be done by mixing lime and mixer from the
gravel manually and compactor
compacted using a 14ton
roller compactor.
• A 20mm sand bed will spread
over the stabilized surface
manually onto which Paving
slabs will be laid
• Kerb stones shall be laid
manually by masons in
cement: sand mortar on
concrete beds

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Paved areas • Concrete for the
(Cont’d) bedding and
haunching shall
be provided by
On-site mixing
using a 0.7 m3
capacity mixer
(batch type)