MS 12 Masonry Works

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.Method Statement
MS (No. 12)
Masonry Works
Description PREPARED BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY

NAME
SIGNATURE
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DATE
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List of Content
1 Scope
2 Reference Documents
2.1 Contractual documents
2.2 Other documents
3 Means
3.1 Personnel
3.2 Equipment
4 Materials
5 Work phases
5.1 Surface preparation
5.2 Walls building
5.2.1 Setting Out
5.2.2 Steel starter bars
5.2.3 Construction
5.3 Reinforced concrete
5.4 Expanded metal mesh
5.5 Soundproof partition
6 Control and inspection

6.2 Blocks
6.3 Mortar
6.4 Construction
6.5 Openings
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1- Scope
 This procedure is valid for masonry works.
 Operations of masonry will be performed by ARAB CONTRACTOR under JV
supervision.
2- Reference Documents
415ACB88 1000B
2.1 Contractual documents

Technical specifications Volume 4.2/12 – Section 1
2.2 Other documents

All approved drawings
3- Means
3.1 Personnel
For one shift of 10 hours a day:
1 Engineer
1 Forman
Mason as needed
Workers as needed
3.2 Equipment
 Bee mix
 Bucket and crane
 vibrator
 Hand tools (trowels,.. ) as needed
 2 m steel rule
 20 cm steel rule
4- Materials
 Mortar 1:4 made of previously approved cement, sand and water of ARABCO
Batching plant (kattamia ,Monib )
 Hollow concrete blocks, size 40*20*20 cm, under MSF 401ACB 88 C0145 A
SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL;
 Solid concrete blocks, size 25x12x6 cm, approved under MSF401 ACB
88C046 A SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL
 Anchor lugs approved under MSF 401ACB 88 C048 A
 Expanded metal mesh approved under MSF 401 ACB 88 C047 A
SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL
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5- Work phases
 Surface to receive masonry work are cleaned of all dust, loose particles and
other foreign matters.
5.2 Walls building

 All cement and sand blocks are soaked with water before being used.
5.2.1 Setting Out

One course of blocks is set out to the location shown on the drawings.
Diaphragm wall repair is to be carried out where walls abstruct access.
5.2.2 Steel starter bars

Steel starter bars for reinforced concrete vertical ties are fixed in holes drilled
to the locations indicated on the drawings.
5.2.3 Construction
Walls are carried up regularly, broken blocks not be used, except where
required for bonding. The courses are properly leveled. The perpendicular
joints are properly lined and quoins, jambs and other angles plumbed as the
work proceeds.
Joints are thoroughly flushed up solid through the full thickness of the wall at
each course as the work proceeds. Walls to be plastered shall have the
horizontal joints cut back to a depth of 5 mm to form a key.
Wire is tightened between the adjacent concrete elements to allow good joints
alignment. It is also helpful for joints thickness regularity. This thickness,
which shall vary from 1 cm to 1.5 cm between each course, is checked
regularly .
5.3 Reinforced concrete ties

 Some masonry walls shall have reinforced concrete ties.
 During masonry walls building, steel bars for vertical and horizontal ties are
fixed and the ties are casted
 Anchor lugs are used to insure connection between masonry walls and vertical
concrete elements every 3 courses on average.
5.4 Expanded metal mesh

 In case of masonry work closed to concrete, the joints are covered to both side
by expanded metal mesh fixed to the wall and concrete by nails and rendered
with cement and sand mortar.
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6- Control and inspection
 Before the beginning of works , surface is checked to insure that it is clean and
with no foreign materials.
6.2 Blocks
 Some blocks are randomly taken to check their dimension
6.3 Mortar
 Dry mortar is made and controlled by the batching plant .
 Inspections are performed to check the quantity of water added and if mortar is
not used after setting beginning.
6.4 Construction
 Location and position of expanded metal mesh, reinforced mesh and anchor
lugs are checked.
 Solid blocks location is checked to insure conformity to the drawings.
 Horizontal and vertical reinforced concrete ties are checked.
 Horizontal joints alignment is checked according to DTU 20.1 : A maximum
vertical difference of 1 cm over a 10 m length is allowed .
 Walls verticality and planimetry are checked according to DTU 20.1
 Verticality : - 1.5 cm ( horizontal) over a height of 2.5 m
 Planimetry : - when laid on the wall, the 2 m rule should not show a difference
of level of more than 1 cm between the two extremities.
 for the 20 cm rule, the maximum allowable level difference is 7 mm.
 Wall alignment is checked.
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6.5 Openings
 Opening location and dimensions mentioned in the drawings are checked.
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Description PREPARED BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY

6 Control and inspection

2.1 Contractual documents

2.2 Other documents

5.2 Walls building

5.2.1 Setting Out

5.2.2 Steel starter bars

5.3 Reinforced concrete ties

5.4 Expanded metal mesh

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