Various Essentials of Site Layout Planning

Various Essentials of Site Layout Planning

1. Safety

a. Fire Prevention: - Fire is a major cause of damage on construction site. So that, fire extinguisher is basic requirement on a construction project.

b. Medical Services: - On construction project a first aid kit is a must

c. Construction Safety Clothing: - basic safety supplies like safety shoes, hats, gloves, goggles must be used by workers.

2. Site Accessibility

Easy accessibility will keep the morale of the equipments and vehicles drivers high, minimize the chance of the accidents, and save time in manoeuvring to arrive at and leave the project.

In case of large project, proper planning is required to layout the roads leading from the nearest highway. Internal roads are necessary for easy flow of work. Also parking lots are provided for the owner, office, and craft personnel, but this facility must be planned where space does not exist.

3. Information Signs

a. Site map: - it should locate details of the project and displayed in the office of the site superintendent or project manager and posted at the entrance gate.

b. Traffic regulatory sign: - for large projects, traffic regulatory signs helps in guiding the traffic on the site and avoid accidents to a considerable extends.

c. Display of labour relations policy and safety rules: - this will help in eliminating disputes between labour and management

d. Emergency routes and underground services: - it is important to display the emergency escape routes on every floor as the building progresses. Locations of the underground services should be marked to prevent its damage.

4. Security

a. Entrance: - it is necessary to have a proper guard entrance to the site provided by a booth. Also it is necessary to keep track of all visitors to the project

b. Lighting: - it is necessary to have a standby generator to maintain site lighting.

c. Fencing: - the boundary should be fenced off from a security point of view.

5. Accommodation

On large construction project, it is necessary to provide camp accommodation for all types of staff involved in the project.

6. Offices

The offices should be closed together, close to site, and in a safe area. Also provide the offices with proper office equipment. The offices at the site may include job office, general contractor office, and sub-contractor & consultant offices.

7. Water supply and sanitation

It is necessary to have water and toilet facility in convenient locations to accommodate work force.

8. Material handling

One third or more of all contraction operations can be classified as material handling. The use of proper equipment for material handling and advance planning for minimizing multiple handling will result in direct cost and time savings.

9. Transportation

The cost of transportation is one of the major factors which influence the selection of the site of contraction. As quality of raw material is likely to be deteriorate during the transportation. To make the project economical, the site should be selected which has easy access to the most economic mode of transportation.