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Construction Methodology

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CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY

I. INTRODUCTION
Services supplied by the Company
Equipment, tools and materials supplied by the Contractor
Work to be performed by the Contractor

II. PROCEDURE
1. Construction:
A. Materials handling and Distribution
B. Site Preparation

2. Building Structure:
A. Reinforcement
B. Formworks
 Floor slab
 Walls

 Columns

3. Concrete Works:
A. Walls and columns
B. Floor slab
C. Masonry and Plastering

4. Waterproofing Works

5. Metal door/jamb or hardware

6. Controls
A. Setting up controls
B. Scheduling, cost and document control

7. Testing of material

8. Demobilization

III. SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE

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I. INTRODUCTION

Services supplied by the Company

 Engineering and design of the structure

 Delivery of all construction materials to the site

 Site technical assistance

Basic equipment, tools and materials supplied by the Contractor

 Cargo truck
 Dump truck
 Backhoe
 Plate compactor
 Bagger mixer
 Concrete vibrator
 Bar bender/cutter
 Welding machine

Work to be performed by the Contractor

 Site preparation
 Building construction and finishing

MOBILIZATION

Simultaneous with the transport of equipment during mobilization is the setting up of temporary
facilities, securing and preparation of site for execution of the works. Areas identified as ideal
location for storage of materials and as staging area will be properly secured and set-up. Part of
these works will be provisions for temporary drainage system, water and power supply. One vital
part of the works is the provision of a temporary access to the actual project site.

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MANPOWER

Contractor’s key staff shall be mobilized prior to commencement of the works. This will include
the Project–In-Charge, Project Superintendent, Head Office Engineer, QC/QA Engineer, Safety
Engineer, Supervisors and all other key staff deemed vital for the project. Labor shall be
employed in compliance with existing local ordinance.

At this stage, contact will be established with the relevant authorities to arrange the necessary
temporary facilities permits and to arrange for whatever local services are available.

SECURITY AND HOARDING FENCE

Security will be provided and the site will be guarded round the clock. It is conceived that the
existing Security Fence will improved and be maintained by the Cordillera Horizon General
Construction.

PROCUREMENT

We have identified the major work packages in our method statement and upon award of contract
are ready to mobilize.

Upon award of contract a Procurement Program and Early Warning Schedule will be established
and used to co-ordinate and control the procurement of all major elements. This will include the
Nominated Subcontractors, Direct Contractors and Owner Supplied Materials (whichever will be
applicable) together with the release of information.

II.

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III. PROCEDURE

1. CONSTRUCTION

A. Material and Handling Distribution

Material deliveries will be checked at the entrance of the site by the materials controller and
directed to the allocated storage area where they will be unloaded. The storage areas will be
controlled by a materials controller who will ensure that the materials are identified, labeled,
stacked and stored in the correct manner and to the manufacturer’s recommendation.

Materials will be distributed in pallets where possible. Loading-out platforms serviced by the
mobile crane will be used. Horizontal distribution within the building will be provided by
barrows, pallet trucks or hand carrying or appropriate.

Storage generally will be provided in temporary site stores, open storage areas or within the
building in designated areas. Materials will be stored and protected in accordance with the
manufacturer’s instructions.

Separate storage areas and enclosures will be provided for inflammable materials, which will not
be stored in the building during construction.

B. Site Preparation

Upon award of Contract, survey stations and main grid lines will be established. Structural
excavation works will commence. Local sumps and drainage ditches will be established to

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control rainwater runoff and any ground water (unlikely). Diesel pumps will be used to dewater
the location.

Steps of Site Preparation

1. Site clearing

2. Site surveying

3. Soil testing

4. Site plan design

2. BUILDING STRUCTURE

A. Reinforcement

Within the yard the steel will be cut and bent into required lengths and shapes. The reinforcement
cages will be fabricated in the areas as designated and will then be placed in the required areas.

Stages items

Document verification Check shop drawing and BBS are

approved and correct revision obtained

Material approval Approved materials to be used

Setting out and preliminary activities Check setting out is done as per approved
shop drawings. Check access permission ,
equipment and scaffolding permission

Rebar installation Installation of rebar to be done as per

approved drawings and BBS. Proper
cover to be maintained using approved
spacers and chairs. Please check the ff as
per approved shop drawings:

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1. Diameter of rebar
2. Nos. Of rebars
3. Spacing for stirrups
4. Locations and lengths of overlaps
5. Starter bars, additional bars,
dowel bars for oter structures to be
provided
6. Top level of rebar correct as per
the setting out done by the surveyor

MEP Check all the electrical installations/

opening are done as per the approved
shop drawings

Check any mechanical services/ openings

are provided as per approved shop
drawings

Check any other MEP services to be

installed are done as per approved shop
drawing

Final inspection Visual inspection after completion of

rebars erection.

B. Formworks

The majority of the formwork and support system work will be from the stock held within the
group. The philosophy is to use proprietary formworks system with maximum standardization.

Traditional timber formworks will be fabricated for specific applications on the basis of low re-
use. Assembly will take place within the storage/working area. All significant repairs to
formwork and cleaning, other than those that may be accomplished at the workplace shall be
carried out in the workshop areas.

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B.1. Floor slab

As the construction of the concrete frame is paramount to the speedy completion of the project,
the floor slabs will be constructed using conventional and table forms. A formworks system
similar to “Aluma” will be utilized to facilitate the construction of the slabs with the aim to:

a). Shorten the construction time.

b). Shorten formwork striking and material handling time.

c). Effective control in quality.

Typical equipment employed will comprise:

a). Aluminum truss table or the likes with sufficient load span capacity.

b). Lifting trolleys

c). Plywood sheathing material.

d). Base jacks to assist in the raising and the lowering of the table.

B.2. Walls

In general, the shear walls will be constructed using a set of storey full height shutters.

Typical equipment required will comprise:

a). Externally braced frame with lifting brackets

b). Plywood faced panels

c). Internal and external working platforms

d). Trailing Platform

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The shear walls will be casted independently from the floor slab and will progress to stay ahead
of the floor slab construction. A typical casting sequence will be:

The day following placement of concrete, the internal forms will be stripped, raised and secured
to the top of the wall by means of anchor screws previously cast into the top of the previous pour.

The internal form is then cleaned.

Reinforcement is fixed to the next lift of wall

The external forms are now stripped, rolled back and cleaned

The external forms are raised and anchored to the top of the previously cast wall.

The forms are finally leveled and plumbed ready for the next pour.

B.3. Columns

Column formworks will be made from 1/2 plywood. To accommodate the varying sizes of
columns to be constructed, the forms to be used will be adjustable. The column forms will have
lifting hooks, plumbing units, access platforms and ladders attached.

3. CONCRETE WORKS

In order to reduce the workload on the tower crane, it is our intention to pump the concrete by
means of the concrete pump. This will be situated at ground floor level with a delivery line rising
within the building to a placing boom that will supply concrete for the floor slab that will be
casted.

1. Walls and Columns

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Concrete will be placed and compacted in layers with internal vibratory concrete pokers. The
layers will not exceed the contract requirements. Trunking will be used to deposit the concrete so
as not to cause segregation during the concrete placement.

2. Floor Slabs

Concrete will be placed and compacted, working away from one end of the slab towards the
other. The concrete will be compacted using vibratory concrete pokers and finished by means of
steel or wooden float, depending on the type of finish required.

Typical Sequence for Floors

a) Erect slab conventional; table formwork and infill areas. Where there is a variance
in levels, the table can be raised or lowered by the use of hydraulic jacks
and adjustable legs.

b) Erect beam sides and slab edge formwork.

c) Position lightweight block void formers, if required, and box outs once slab is
sufficiently advanced.

d) Position beam reinforcement, fix column starter bars and fixes floor slab
reinforcement.

e) Floor slab concrete will be pump into location and thoroughly vibrated using
vibrating pokers.

f) After a 24-hour slab curing period, column and wall reinforcement and formwork
will be erected and concrete placed into position.

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g) Once concrete to the slab has attained sufficient strength, slab forms can be struck
and the slab re-propped as necessary. Beams will remain propped until the
concrete has attained sufficient strength.

h) During the erection sequence, the tower crane will be used for all hoisting and
positioning of materials as required.

3. Masonry and Plastering

All masonry walls shall start after all forms and shoring at the ground floor has been cleared.
Concrete hollow blocks to be used shall conform to the specifications. Mortar for setting blocks
shall be in the proportion specified in the plans and specifications. All masonry shall be laid
plumb and true to line and built to the thickness and bond required with the courses level and
bond uniform. Vertical and horizontal reinforcements shall be of standard sizes and laid on
required spacing. Sealants and compressible filler below slab/beam soffit & concrete
walls/columns will be placed.

Materials for plastering shall conform to the standard mix proportions by volume. Base coat shall
be applied first prior to the finish coat as required by the thickness.

4. WATERPROOFING WORKS

Waterproofing whether elastomeric, capillary or membrane type shall be of high quality standard
materials as required by the plans and specifications. Areas or surfaces where waterproofing is to
be applied shall be thoroughly clean and dry to assure positive bonding result. Application shall
be in accordance with the approved procedure as specified. As required by the specification, test
will be done after completion of every area.

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5. METAL DOORS/JAMBS & HARDWARE

Owner supplied materials shall be of approved standard as shown in the plans and design
specifications. It shall be prefabricated on shop. Prior to delivery on site all door and frame shall
have proper mark or tag for identification. Door frame shall be first to install on the provided
wall openings. Plumpness shall be checked prior to mortar pouring. Door panel shall follow,
maintaining its alignment, standard tolerances and gaps. After which is followed by the
installation of door hardware.

6. CONTROLS

Upon award of the contract we will implement a series of control techniques to aid the
management of the project. The main control procedures will include the following:

 Master Program

 Target Program

 Short Term Program

 Procurement Program

 Early Warning Schedule

 Information Release Schedule

 Construction Progress Monitoring

 Delivery Schedules
 Material Budget / Use Monitoring

 Labor Utilization Monitoring

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Reports and analysis from all of the above will be in the form of written reports, schedules and
graphical presentations. Management of the project using these control procedures would require
the holding of regular and “ad hoc” site meetings.

A. Setting up controls

Our first objective is to confirm the feasibility of our tender submission targets and to setup
procedures to achieve them. We will finalize negotiations with prospective sub-contractors and
suppliers to satisfy our requirements that they could meet our conditions in order to draw a
Procurement Program. We will review our Information Release Schedule that has been derived to
meet construction targets. This will also integrate the flow and preparation of Sub-contractor’s
shop drawings and the required schedule of release of information from all sources.

All action required for any activity to commence on site will be drawn together in our Early
Warning Schedule. This will include items such as information release, inquiries, orders,
samples, work visits, inspections, manufacture delivery and progress. This will cover all
suppliers, other subcontractors, nominated subcontractors as well as our own direct works.

In order to meet our contractual timetable we will draw a Target Program that will impose time
savings over project duration. This would serve as contingency and is a normal practice within
our system. The time savings as mentioned is not guaranteed considering it being a projection,
but rather our estimate of the best case scenario for the project. From the target program we can
form a summary of the whole works called a Master Program, which will be submitted to the
engineer and by that an overall assessment of contract progress can be made. We will then
prepare Short Term Programs and job lists that will cover a two-week period of the Target
Program. This will be updated progressively and weekly. This is a means of communicating the
main site program requirements through the section supervisors of the workforce.

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B. Scheduling, cost and document control

To facilitate our work programs we normally use a combination of word and excel programs for
our cost control and documentation systems.

7. TESTING MATERIALS

Prior to installation or placing of construction materials such as steel reinforcements, concrete,

and others, our CQC/materials engineer shall see to it that samples are taken in random from the
delivered items and will be subjected for material testing. Before any testing will commence, the
Construction Manager or his authorized representative will be notified.

8. DEMOBILIZATION

A group of workforce shall be formed to facilitate the cleaning of the site prior to turnover. This
group shall be responsible in making all the necessary cleaning and moving-out activities.

IV. SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE

A. PREPARE SITE:
Excavate site to depth and width specified on contract drawings
Place safety barrier or tape or safety cone near excavation site where appropriate.

B. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION:

a.) Preparation and installation of Reinforcement steel bars

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b.) Concrete Formworks

c.) Concrete Pouring/ wall pouring

d.) Plastering/ Finishing/ Painting

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