Friday, November 12, 2010

PREPARATION OF METHOD STATEMENT

Standard Format for Method Statement

  1. Cover page (Title page)
  2. List of Content
  3. Purpose and Scope
  4. Standards used or referred
  5. Organisation
    1. Designation of Officers (named officers)
    2. Scope and Responsibility
  6. Plants and Equipments
    1. Numbers and type of plant and machineries
    2. Certificate and Type of permits/certificate of fitness
    3. Specialised equipments (if any)
  7. Specialised staff
    1. Designation of officers and workers
    2. Scope and responsibility
  8. Construction Activities and Sequence of Works
    1. Preliminary works
      1. Pre-site checks
      2. Site survey and setting out
      3. Temporary works
      4. Location of works
      5. Level of workers competencies for each activities and works
    2. Main works
      1. Sequence of works to include persons involved
        1. Sequence of activity and work
        2. Construction dimensional tolerances and limits
        3. Holding points and approval before commencement of next activity
        4. Sketches, kinematics drawings, etc
        5. Maintenance of construction works
        6. Construction of work inspections and tests
        7. Material sampling, delivery and inspection
        8. Usage of plants and machineries
        9. Acceptance criteria
      2. Accesses to site
      3. Hours of works
      4. Approval process and/or special approval requirements
      5. Third party involvement or handover of work site or temporary access for nominated sub-contractors and/or contractors
      6. Specialist or Specialised contractor's method statement
      7. Construction constraints
      8. Energy and water usage and requirements
    3. Acceptance and Finishing Works
  9. Legal requirements
  10. Environmental measures
  11. Health and Safety Measures
  12. Risk Management
  13. Design and/or Construction and/or Shop Drawings
  14. List of Related Method Statements
  15. Detailed Inspection and Test Plan
  16. List of quality control forms
  17. Standards, specifications and other documents listed in paragraph 4 above

Note:

The method statement submitted is not limited to the above statements but only the minimum requirements that are required in a method statement