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METHOD STATEMENT – RAISED ACCESS FLOORING / CAVITY FLOORING

1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this method statement is to lay down the systematic procedures for
the various activities required for reinforcement bars to ensure that all works are
carried out in accordance with the approved drawings and project specification.

2. SCOPE
This method statement covers the general procedures to be followed for
installation of reinforcement bar for footing, beam, raft, and slab etc.

3. REFERENCES AND STANDARDS

IS:2502 Bending and Fixing of Bars for Concrete Reinforcement.
IS:1786 Reinforcement steel
MORT&H 5th Revision
CPWD Specifications –VOL I & II 2019

4. ABBREVIATION/DEFINITION

AGM Assistant General Manager

PM Project Manager
PQP Project Quality Plan
QIP Quality Inspection Plan
QA&QC Quality Assurance & Quality control
MS Method Statement
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
HSMP Health, Safety Management Plan
EMP Environmental Management Plan

SO Safety Officer

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5. EQUIPMENT
Type of Equipment:

Cutting / Bending machine

Spiral Machine
Cranes/Hydra
Hand tools, hand saw, wire cutter, brush, Plier
Line dory / String
Measuring tapes
Calibrated Survey Equipment

6. PPE MATERIALS
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) should be provided in order to perform all
works in accordance with the safety procedures and taking into consideration the
importance of proper preventive measures to ensure safety in the performance of
work.
Type of Equipment:

Safety Helmet
Safety Boots/Shoes
Safety Glasses
Safety Masks
Coveralls
High Visibility Vests
Hand Gloves
Fall Arrester

Safety Harness

7. MANPOWER
The workforce including foremen, operators, and technicians shall be well
qualified or experienced.

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Project Manager
Site Engineer
Surveyor
Steel fixers
Safety Engineers
Equipment Operators
Safety officers
Flagmen
First Aider
Labours
8. RESPONSIBILITIES OF KEY PERSONNEL
Assistant General Manager:
The Assistant General Manager will be responsible for all the construction
activities.
Project Manager:
The Project Manager will plan and expedite for the continuous supply of resources
to cope up with the project demand and schedule. The project manager will keep
record of the progress of work. He will report to the Asst. General Manager on
matters affecting completion of project. He will give direct orders to the site
engineer for the effective implementation of work program.
Site Engineer:
The Site Engineer will be in charge for the supervision and implementation of all
concrete construction works as required in the specifications and drawing,
especially in giving orders to Site foremen. Site engineer is also in charge for the
preparation of daily, weekly and monthly reports.
QA/QC In-charge:
The QA/QC In-charge will be responsible for compliance of work to the reference
contract drawings, specifications and other QA/QC conditions required by The
Engineer. He will monitor daily activities and notify concerned parties when works
deviates from the standard. He will issue proactive notification when needed to
prevent non-compliance works.

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Site Foreman:
The Site Foreman will be in charge for the supervision and implementation of
various stages of concrete construction works, as instructed by the Site engineer.
He will be responsible for the execution of works in compliance to approved
drawing and contract specifications. Foreman shall also keep record of all work
schedules, work production and daily safety issues.

Site Surveyor:
The Site Surveyor will be in charge for the setting out for building corners,
elevation and make the vertical/horizontal reference at site. He will stake out for
lines and elevations of underground utilities construction and will prepare reports
for excavation and backfilling works.
MATERIALS:

Cavity Floor - Type “A” conforming to MOB PF2/PS/SPU as Superseded by BS

EN 12825:2001
Floor Panels –
The floor panels will be generally square of sizes 300mm x 300mm, 600mm x
600mm or 900mm x 900mm made of 31 mm thick high-density Particle Board or
approved equivalent faced on top with 2 mm thick fire retarded flooring grade
F.R.F.G. or approved equivalent laminate or approved Antistatic Vinyl flooring
tiles as required.
The floor panel will be laminated on the underside with 0.05 mm thick galvanized
steel foil.
Tolerance
(a) Thickness: + 2.5 percent
(b) Width/Length
i.300mm square panel: + 0.4mm
ii.600mm square panel: + 0.6mm
iii.900mm square panel: + 0.8mm
Pedestal –

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Pedestals shall be made out of 20/25 mm dia mild steel zinc electroplated with
chromate passivation welded with 100 mm x 100 mm x 8 mm thick base plate with
top head attachment made out of pressure die cast zinc Aluminium alloy in shape,
thickness and size as per details.
The pedestal shall have level adjustment of 25 mm up and down for levelling.
Supporting Frame Work –
Stringers shall be of pressed cold rolled steel channel sections (zinc electroplate)
with chromate passivation) and of size 40 mm x 40 mm x 3.15 mm thickness.
Cavity Floor - Type “B” conforming to MOB PF2/PS/SPU as Superseded by BS
EN 12825:2001
Floor Panel –
Unitile ® USF-1500 Access Floor panel of size 600 x 600mm.
Electrical resistance shall be in the range of 1.0 x 10x 6ohms to 2.0 x 10 x 10ohm.
Panel Loading:
1. Concentrated Point Load: 680 Kgs on a 25 x 25mm square indenter on the
center of the panel with a maximum permissible deflecting of not more than
2.5mm as per standards.
2. Uniformly distributed load (UDL): 2300 Kgs per Sqm with a maximum
permissible deflection of 2.5mm as per standards.
3. Ultimate load: Should be more than or equal to 2640 Kgs.
4. Rolling load: a. Wheel 1 i.e. 3” dia- 10 passes: 667 Kgs.
b. Wheel 2 i.e. 6” dia- 10000 passes: 556 Kgs
5. Impact Load: 78 Kgs.
Sub Structure- Pedestal Assembly –
The pedestal base assembly shall consist of 25mm OD pipe of thickness 2mm
projection welded to a base plate of 125 x 125 x 2.5mm thick with stiffening folds.
Fire Rating: The panels shall confirm to Class 0 and Class 1 Fire Ratings tested as
per BS 476 Part 6&7.
All steel components shall be electroplated.

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Axial Load: Pedestals shall support an axial load of 2200 Kgs without permanent
deflection and an ultimate load of 3500 Kgs.
Stringers -
The stringers are hot-hipped galvanized steel cold rolled.
The stringers shall be 21 x 32 x 1.00mm x 570mm length.
Handling and Storage of Materials:
Material will be handled and protected in a manner to prevent damage during the
entire construction period.
The materials will be stored in a clean and dry place.
The storage place will be protected from direct sunlight and rain.
storage place will be near to installation room for the easy transport of materials to
the installation area.
Proper care will be taken at the time of offloading and vertical movement as it can
damage the edges of tiles by hitting some hard material like fork lift or similar.
Installation Methodology:
Pre Installation works:
The following jobs need to be coordinated before installation of Raised Floor:
Before commencing the laying operations, the sub floor will be examined for
evenness. The floor will then be cleaned with dry cloth and dryness should be
attained.
The concrete sub floor dryness can be determined by relevant tests as approved.
Installation:
The layout of flooring will be marked on sub floor with guiding/reference lines.
The flooring will be first laid for trial, without fixing pedestals, according to the
required layout.
The pedestal shall be securely fixed to sub floor with raw plugs and C.P. brass
screws and araldite.
The channel stringers will be placed over top head attachment of pedestal.
The alignment and level will be checked after fixing of channel stringers is
completed.

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The floor panels will be carefully taken and placed in position from one end
onwards. The panels will have very little gap between joints.
The access flooring work will be carried out within tolerance limit as specified by
manufacturer.

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