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Use this at the planning stage.
This guide helps you prepare questions and information. Project designs, ground conditions and any required approvals need to be confirmed by the relevant professionals.
1. Assemble the current project information
Pricing should be based on a controlled set of information. Mark revisions clearly and identify anything still awaiting design, approval, or investigation.
- Site and topographical survey
- Architectural and structural drawings
- Drainage strategy and schedules
- Ground investigation or trial-pit information
- Utility searches and service plans
- Planning conditions and working restrictions
2. Test the logistics before the sequence
The largest suitable machine is not always the right machine. Gate width, turning space, overhead restrictions, road conditions, neighbours, storage, concrete access, and muck-away routes determine what can be delivered safely and productively.
- Plant access and working radius
- Welfare and material storage
- Lorry standing and wheel cleaning
- Concrete pump or chute access
- Temporary roads and platforms
- Neighbour and highway constraints
3. Join drainage, foundations, and services
Drainage and utility penetrations often pass through or beneath structural work. Setting out, levels, sleeves, ducts, and inspection points should be coordinated before concrete makes changes difficult.
- Formation and founding levels
- Service entries and sleeves
- Foul and surface-water falls
- Chamber positions and access
- Membranes and insulation
- Reinforcement and concrete sequence
4. Define spoil, imported material, and testing
Excavation creates a material-management problem as well as a hole. The plan should distinguish reusable material, unsuitable material, contaminated material, imported stone, and any testing or records required.
- Cut-and-fill opportunity
- Waste classification where required
- Muck-away load assumptions
- Aggregate types and quantities
- Compaction layers and testing
- As-built and handover records