Tender name :- Upgrading of Roads &

Infrastructure works in old shabiats, phase 2

Tender No:- 38/2018
Document name:- Method Statement for
Protection Existing Services (Utility Works)

Tender Name: UPGRADING OF ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS IN

OLD SHABIATS, PHASE 2
Tender No: 38/2018

Bidder Name: AL SAHRAA GENERAL TRANSPORT AND CLEARANCE

Technical Envelope
Section_Technical Offer
Document - Method Statement for Protection of Existing
Services (Utility Works)

CONTENTS

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 Tender name :- Upgrading of Roads &
Infrastructure works in old shabiats, phase 2
Tender No:- 38/2018
Document name:- Method Statement for
Protection Existing Services (Utility Works)

1 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES.........................................................................................3

2 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS......................................................................3

2.1 Definitions................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Abbreviations............................................................................................................................... 4

3 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS........................................................................................4

4 MATERIALS & MANPOWER....................................................................................5

4.1 Materials...................................................................................................................................... 5
4.2 Manpower................................................................................................................................... 5

5 PLANT & EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.................................................................5

6 SEQUENCE OF WORKS.............................................................................................5

7 DETAILED PROCEDURE............................................................................................6
7.1 Preparation.................................................................................................................................. 6
7.2 Exposing and Protecting Existing Services...................................................................................7
7.3 Backfilling after Protection of Services......................................................................................... 8

8 HEALTH AND SAFETY..............................................................................................9

9 EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS...............................................................................9

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 1 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

We at “AL SAHRAA GENERAL TRANSPORT & CLEARANCE (ASGTC)” are pleased to submit our

Method Statement for Protection of Existing Services (Utility Works) for “Upgrading of Roads and
Infrastructure Works in Old Shabiats, Phase – 2” Project to “Alain Municipality - ADM” under the

supervision of M/s Aecom middle East along with the Tender Programme for your consideration. We
have developed this Method Statement having reviewed all Tender documents including Tender

Bulletins, site visits and discussions with trade subcontractors. This document has been complied to
compliment the information contained in the Tender Programme Schedule and provides an overview

and explanatory notes necessary to amplify our proposal and demonstrate our consideration of all
Tender information.

The project needs to be completed in within the duration as mentioned in the Tender documents. To

this end within ASGTC we have a large directly-employed multidisciplinary workforce in the UAE, and
more than adequate capacity for executing the works. In addition, we have all the systems, process,

accommodation, transport and staff to manage this workforce. The resources required for the project
will be selected for the various disciplines on the basis of their experience to ensure performance in

quality and quantity and conformance with the Contract requirements.

This This document details the methods and quality controls to be implemented in carrying out the
protection of all utility works in the project.

2 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

2.1 Definitions

Client Alain Municipality

Consultants Aecom Middle East

Contractor Al Sahraa General Transport and Clearance

PQP Project Quality Plan

QA Quality Assurance

2.2 Abbreviations

QA - QUALITY ASSURANCE is the planning and organizing of a system or program to

maintain a required level of quality or reliability. This includes auditing the system’s
operation and related controls to assure that they are being executed properly and

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 functioning as expected. Quality shall be assured by Contractor.
QC – QUALITY CONTROL is a part of Quality Assurance, implements the latter by

examining physical characteristics and comparing them to established and acceptable

Quality Documents as stated in the quality assurance program or plan Quality shall be

controlled by Contractor in accordance with the Quality Documents.

ITP - INSPECTION & TEST PLAN means the document which contains sequence of

activities in a process, highlights the applicable Quality Documents, and inspection

criticalities.

PAR - PREVENTIVE ACTION REQUEST means to eliminate the causes of a potential

nonconformity or other potentially undesirable situation.

CAR - CORRECTIVE ACTION means to eliminate the causes of a detected non-

conformity or other undesirable situation.

QUALITY DOCUMENTS means drawings specification, procedure, record formats, codes

and standards specified in the documents issued by the Client to the Contractor.

SITE means the place, designated by Client for further development, where the
construction activities shall be carried out by Contractor.

PROCEDURE describes how a process is performed.

TPI Third Party Inspection

3 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

 Project Specifications & Authority Tender requirements

 ISO 9001: 2015 International Standard

 ADM & Dot Regulations & Requirements

 M/s Al Sahraa Quality Manual

 Construction Method Statement

4 MATERIALS & MANPOWER

4.1 Materials

 Pipes and accessories

 Concrete Support Blocks
 Concrete Surround for Pipes

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 4.2 Manpower

 Site Engineer- utilities

 Foremen- Utilities
 Labours- Skilled
 Labours- Unskilled
 Operators and Drivers

5 PLANT & EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

 Excavators
 Wheel Loaders
 Tipper Trucks
 Car Crane
 Flat-bed Truck & Trailer
 Concrete Trucks
 Small Vehicles
 Compactors
 Concrete Vibrators
 Surveying Instruments
 Formwork

6 SEQUENCE OF WORKS

 Prior Activities;
 Laying and protection works
 Inspection and Testing;

7 DETAILED PROCEDURE

7.1 Preparation

 Ensure that all required NOC’s have been obtained from the relevant Service Authority
for the locating of the services to be protected, and that the means of protection has
been approved by them and the Client.
 Ensure that a ‘Permit to Dig’ has been raised by the concerned foreman, and
approved by the Construction Manager or Utilities Coordinator prior to any
excavation works.
 Ensure to perform a daily tool box briefing on all personnel and work-force involved
in the activity and make sure that they fully understand.
 Toolbox talk to be given to the workers involved.
 Install traffic diversion in accordance with the approved Traffic Management Plan, if
required for the works to be carried out.

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  Surveyor to do the initial setting out, and location of the services to be identified by
the Utilities Coordinator by means of Cable Detector/Genny, visual check for duct
markers or service route location markers, as-built drawings as obtained from the
Service Authorities.
 Trial pits shall be dug in accordance with the ‘Method Statement for Excavation
Works’ and the location/depth of all services recorded.
 Shop drawings for the protection of the services shall be prepared and submitted for
approval to the Client and the concerned Service Authority, and no protection works
shall commence until such approval is given.
 If pre-cast slabs are to be used for protection works, then all pre-casting works shall
be carried out in accordance with the ‘Method Statement for shuttering,
reinforcement and concrete works’, approved and inspected by the Quality Assurance
Manager, the concerned Service Authority, and/or the Client.
 Daily inspections of all trench excavations and ground conditions shall be carried out
by the Utilities Coordinator or his delegated Engineer at site. A weekly record shall be
kept of all excavations and inspections.
 If works are to be carried out near to live traffic, full protection will be provided with
concrete barriers at a minimum distance of 2m away from the excavation. If the
minimum distance cannot be maintained, then traffic diversions will be required to
move the traffic away from the works. All traffic diversions shall be approved through
the Traffic Management Plan, the Client and the Traffic Police.

7.2 Exposing and Protecting Existing Services

 Excavation for the utility to be protected shall be carried out preferably by hand;
Excavator / JCB shall be used with toothless buckets, if acceptable with the utility
owner, once the depth of the service is identified from the trial trench. The excavation
using equipment will be carried out up to 50 cm from the top of the service.
 The works shall be planned according to the type of service. If the utility requires be
surrounding by concrete, and therefore fully exposing, then any pipeline can only be
protected in small sections so that the integrity of the line is not at risk, depending on
the diameter and length of the pipe between flexible joints. Cable works can be
carried out in greater lengths.
 Excavated materials from the utility trench shall not be stockpiled such that the toe of
the stockpile is closer than 1.5m away from the free edge of the trench. All materials
shall be stockpiled such that the side slopes are no steeper than the natural angle of
repose of the material, and shall be no higher than 1.2m.
 Trench excavations which are required to be deeper than 1.2m shall be benched
properly at 1.0m intervals, unless the excavation will encroach in to an area which
cannot be disturbed. In this case support to the excavation shall be provided by
means of trench sheeting and waling/struts, properly designed with shop drawings
submitted for review and approval by the Client prior to commencing the works.

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  Protection of the existing services shall be carried out in accordance with the
requirement of the owning Service Authority, and will constitute either, (1) split
ducting with concrete surround [cables], (2) concrete surround [pipelines], (3) concrete
protection slabs [cables or pipelines] or (4) no protection if the service line is at
sufficient depth.
 Split ducting if required shall be carefully placed around the existing cables and the
join taped up with adhesive waterproof cloth tape (duck tape). The ducts shall be laid
in a straight uniform pattern and secured in position with small steel pins supported
off the ground with concrete spacer blocks to provide the correct cover below the
ducts.
 Timber formwork side shutters shall be erected to contain the concrete and provide a
uniform shape to the surround. Concrete shall be placed directly from the back of a
transit mixer at site and compacted using pneumatic concrete vibrators. Curing by
means of potable water shall be applied to the exposed concrete surface which shall
also be covered with Hessian topped by polythene sheeting to retain the moisture.
Shuttering shall not be removed until the concrete has sufficiently cured.
 Concrete surround to pipelines shall be provided by carefully exposing the length of
pipeline to no more than two joints, providing adequate support with concrete blocks
below the pipeline. Timber formwork side shutters shall be erected to contain the
concrete and provide a uniform shape to the surround. Concrete shall be placed
directly from the back of a transit mixer at site and compacted using pneumatic
concrete vibrators.
 Curing by means of potable water shall be applied to the exposed concrete surface
which shall also be covered with Hessian topped by polythene sheeting to retain the
moisture. Shuttering shall not be removed until the concrete has sufficiently cured.
 Concrete protection slabs may be of pre-cast or insitu construction. Pre-cast units
shall be cast off the site in the designated pre-casting yard, and only transported to
the job site after the prescribed curing period and the approval of the Quality
Assurance Manager.
 Cast in-situ concrete slabs shall be cast in place along the line of the utilities. The
concrete shall be placed on top of a layer of 500 gauge polythene sheeting and
shallow formwork will be provided at each side to form the concrete edge and allow
compaction by concrete vibrator. Where required by the Service Authority,
reinforcement will be provided inside the concrete. Curing by means of potable water
shall be applied to the exposed concrete surface which shall also be covered with
Hessian topped by polythene sheeting to retain the moisture. Shuttering shall not be
removed until the concrete has sufficiently cured.
 Where required, and after the concrete has been cured, concrete surfaces shall be
coated with bitumen paint for waterproofing prior to the commencement of any
backfilling.

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 7.3 Backfilling after Protection of Services.

 Backfilling of the trenches after the protection of the services shall be carried out in
layers of not more than 150mm.

 In very confined areas between the side of the excavations and the concrete
protection, the void shall be filled with dune sand and hydraulically compacting the

materials by flooding the area with water.

 In areas where it is not confined, the compaction will be carried out by means of a

hand roller or plate compactor.

 All backfill layers shall be tested for compaction in accordance with the ITP for

backfilling and compaction, and any layers not complying with the specification shall
be reworked and re-compacted prior to re-testing.

8 HEALTH AND SAFETY

 Traffic Signs, Safgety Cones and barriers shall be in place as per safety requirements
before commencement of work in traffic movement.

 Safe Access for the vehicles, plant and persons shall be provided.
 Appropriate Personnel Protective Equipments (PPE) to be provided to the working

resources (Safety Helmet, Safety Boots, Gloves, Masks and High Visibility vests).
 Adequate space and sufficient time shall be allocated for the work.

 Staff and workers directly involved with the work are permitted within the works area.
 Tool box talks to all workers shall be carried out before conmmencing the work.

 Supervisor shall be present at all times to monitor the work.

9 EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS

 The site emergency arrangements are detailed in the Project EHS Plan.
 Actions to be taken in the event of an emergency are also posted on the site notice
boards
 Hazards that will be encountered during the works listed in the Risks Assessment
explained in HSE Plan.

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