Method Statement For

Cement mill Building Foundations

（including reinforcement, formwork and concrete）

Issued Date: July, 2023.

SINOMA Overseas Arabia Contracting Company

Document NO.: Page: 22 Revision: R.01

Stages Date: Stamp, Signature

1 of 4 Prepared by

2 of 4 Approved by SINOMA

3 of 4 Be approved by PEG

4 of 4 Approved by YCC

The table to be filled by hand and stamped

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 Table Of Contents
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3
2. Scope ..................................................................................................................... 3
3. References, Drawings and Standards ............................................................ 3
4. Roles/Responsibilities/Competence ............................................................. 4
5. The management & supervisor....................................................................... 5
6. Resource including manpower, materials and equipment ....................... 5

a) Materials .................................................................................................................. 5

b) Equipment ............................................................................................................... 6

7. Sequencing................................................................................................................ 7
8. Methodology............................................................................................................. 7
8.1 Pre Work ...................................................................................................................... 7
8.2 Work ............................................................................................................................ 8
8.2.1 Setting Out .............................................................................................................. 8
8.2.2 Construction for formwork ...................................................................................... 8
8.2.3 Concreting ..............................................................................................................10

9. Health, Safety & Environmental impact.............................................................. 19

9.1 Health and Safety management approach .................................................................19

9.2 Safety and environmental protection measures .........................................................20

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1. Introduction
This Method Statement is intended to ensure the execution of all works during construction

of the Reinforcement concrete for Cement mill Building foundation including, formwork，

reinforcement and concrete works shall be executed safely and performed in accordance
with contract requirement and that all quality assurance/ control activities are in a systematic
manner, works are inspected and conformance is verified and documented.

2. Scope

This method statement covers the practice of the Reinforcement concrete of Cement mill

Building foundations including all formwork，reinforcement and concrete works. according

to the approved drawing and specification in YCC line 3 Project.

3. References, Drawings and Standards

• Project Approved Drawings.
• Technical specification.

+ contract requirments

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4. Roles/Responsibilities/Competence

Fig. 1 Site organization chart of

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 Please nominate
casting
superintendent
to be responsible
for all casting
coordination
5. The management & supervisor (area engineer)
Mr. Li is not on
Table 01 management & supervisor list site ?!!

NO. NAME Position Department Responsibility

1 Eng. Li Civil department Civil Overall responsible for construction

Xiaoping manager department quality, progress, technique

Eng. David Civil Overall responsible for construction

2 Site manager
bong department management

Civil
3 Eng. Mahmoud QC Quality control of civil work
department

HSE Check and supervise the

4 Li Ping Safety Engineer
department construction safety for YCC Project

Eng. Ibrahim Surveying Civil In charge of survey works for the

6
Nasar engineer department project.

Mr. Li was requested to be replaced by YCC ?!!

6. Resource including manpower, materials and equipment

a) Materials

The materials will be used are as shown in the table：

Table 02, the material list

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 Serial NO. Material Name Size Unit Quantity

1 Steel pipe Φ50×3.4mm Ton 200

2 Fasteners Piece 50000

3 Planks 250*4000*50mm Piece 500

5 Timber wood 50*100*4000 Piece 5000

7 Plywood 1.22*2.4m Piece 10000

NOTE：All materials must comply with relative standards and approved specifications

b) Equipment

Relevant equipment used are shown below：

Table 03, the equipment list

No. Equipment Type Quant. Purpose

1 Loader Komatsu 1 Transport

2 Mobile Crane 35 tons 2 lifting

3 Mixer truck 10m3 8 Concreting

4 Mobile Pump 40m 2 Concreting

Al Hanaki 50

5 Batching Plant m3/h & Sinoma 2 Concreting

100 m3/h

6 vibrator (φ50) 6mφ50 6 Concreting

7 vibrator (φ50) 6mφ35 2 Concreting

Helicopter/
Surface
8 4
troweling machine Finishing

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 7. Sequencing

➢ Sitting out the foundation boundaries and edges by survey team

➢ Plan Concrete casting
➢ fabrication and installation of steel rebar according to final approved
drawings/shop drawings, layers by layers and make instant inspection prior
moving forward to another layer.
➢ installation of formwork system (conventional formwork).
➢ inspection of the formwork (shoring, Verticality, location and casting levels).
➢ concrete pouring with pumps to full height of the foundation. where it is
necessary for concrete to be placed lower than 1.5 m, it shall be placed
through pipes or flexible pipes fixed to the pump hose or by making opening in
the suitable height for pouring and vibration as per QC department precaution
and instruction. No opening to be performed in the formwork for
casting/pouring unless this is agreed by YCC/PEG, and if found necessary it
have to be done at the inner non exposed side of the element.
➢ concrete curing by the approved curing method.

8. Methodology

8.1 Pre-Work

Concrete Batching Plant

The Project shall use ALhenaki and Sinoma batch plants located in YCC project with

approved mixes design.

Construction joints:

- Joints (expansion/ construction joints to be according to the approved drawings

or to the locations approved by the engineer.

- Construction joint materials will be submitted and approval for work sequence

prior implementation to be considered.

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 8.2 Work

8.2.1 Setting Out

setting of all works shall be undertaking in accordance with the method statement and

be derived from the main grid and benchmarks established at the commencement of

the project and which shall be maintained throughout construction works by the

surveyors, a certain shift from element axis will be setting out to be used for adjusting

and inspecting the element location.

8.2.2 Construction for formwork

Please provide
FW calculation
8.2.2.1 Formwork system for your system

Formwork will be adequately supported to prevent loss of grout and to ensure the correct

profile within the limits of the dimensional tolerances specified. The design and execution of

formworks will follow the requirements of Contract documentation and relevant European

standards as well as local standards and codes.

Plywood supported by the timber will be used as a form-work, and tie rod system with double

steel pipe will be used.

8.2.2.2 Key point of formwork

1- the backing of the fixed temple will be galvanized steel pipe Φ50×3.4mm.

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 2- it is very important that the formwork is well supported and strong enough to bear all

loads applied to it.

3-formwork must be aligned and braced well from all sides to keep its original shape.

4- it must be fixed in line and levels as per the drawings.

5- form-work material should not be damaged or rusted, which affects the quality of

concrete finishing.

6- tie rod will be used in the form-work system.

7- steel pipe will be used to secure the system to prevent the lateral movement and

therefore to seal the top part of the foundation. As per fig below.

plan view

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 Section A-A

Fig 03 Formwork detail for cement mill Building foundation

8.2.3 Concreting

8.2.3.1 Quality Control Measurement:

Reinforcement Concrete woks to be carried -out as per specifications to ensure that:

❖ RC shall be performed as indicated “cm” drawings and in the Specifications

to the lines, grades and elevations shown or as directed by the Engineer

through written instruction.

❖ Ａll concrete casting procedure will be controlled by QC, consultant to make

sure that it is going according to the project specifications.

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 ❖ Field inspection for approval by YCC/PEG for formwork, rebars, cleaning and

free from any dirt, dust or other materials.

❖ First concrete truck needs to be performed jointly by Sinoma and YCC/PEG.

❖ Samples of title product concrete will be taken by laboratory in the

attendance QC and consultant to be tested accordingly for assuring that it is

complying with the desired strength as per project specification.

❖ Steel reinforcement should be matching with the approved drawings in

number, diameter and location, to be inspected by QC and consultant

❖ Ａll dimensions of the shuttering should be matching the approved drawings,

to be inspected by QC and consultant.

❖ Ａll concrete covers should be adjusted using suitable spacer according to

the indicated cover thickness in the approved drawings.

❖ Ａll of the foundation should be cleaned properly.

❖ Ａll surveying instruments that will be used in following up concrete casting

activities should be calibrated & all the certifications should be valid, to be

verified by Instrument. please provide calibration certificate

for surveying instruments

8.2.3.2 Preparatory work before concrete pouring please refer to table 1 page 5 to identify
this role?!!
❖ Site coordinator in QC department, who’s main responsibility is to inspect,

supervise, strengthen quality control in the concrete pouring process，and the

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 laboratory technician, the technician is in charge of checking the concrete

temperature before pouring，sampling，and crushing for the cubes (third party).

❖ Slump test will be conducted as per relevant local standard and adjusted according

to site needs and conditions

❖ The value of the slump is 12.5 ± 2.5 cm, and the concrete temperature not exceed

30 °C as per project specs.

❖ Aggregates used in concrete shall be inspected and meet the requirement of

standard. Concrete mix design should be conducted as per standard by laboratory

under strict supervision of SINOMA management staff.

❖ All raw materials used to make concrete shall be measured accurately in batching

plant, and the measure system shall be checked regularly according to relevant

specification. The delivery ticket shall be taken from batching plant.

❖ Enough aggregate, sand, stone, water + admixtures shall be prepared before work

start. Concrete admixture stock shall be calculated based on maximum dose

quantity according to manufacturer data sheet to avoid material shortage during

casting.

❖ Inspect and observe concrete uniformity and slump as per standard requirement,

take concrete testing sample on site and conduct curing in curing room. The testing

for slump should be conducted as per relevant local standard.

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 ❖ Inspections and checks at various stages of the concrete works will be performed

using the pre- and post-concrete form attached and will be filled by the production

department and filed by the quality department

❖ The two Concrete batch plants capacity is ≥150m³/h, enough (aggregate, sand,

stone, water) shall be prepared before the work starts.

❖ Concrete mixer trucks are applied for horizontal concrete transportation: There are

8 vehicles at site, with 10 m3 capacity can be delivered each time for each one,

the transportation time from batching plant to work site is about 10 minutes. For

cement mill building foundation, we will use two mobile

pumps to pour the concrete. “see the fig 4 for the location of the pump”

❖ Make detailed execution specification about overall concrete pouring and vibrating

order, the way of concrete transport, construction joint location, discharge and

vibrating method and key point and difficulty of quality control for the foreman and

labors.

❖ The thickness of foundation is 2 m, total concrete amount is ~420 m³ which will

be poured in two stage but before the concrete setting time between the stage.

The supply capacity of 150 cubic meters per hour.

420/10 = 42 truck deliveries.

420/150= 2.8 hours.

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 So, assume 6 hours for the completion of the concrete delivery, plus 4 hours for
Rejected, casting to
toweling and curing protection. start early in the
morning (around 6 am)
❖ Pouring is scheduled to start at 17:00 pm and finish at 11:00 pm.

maintain and repair related machinery equipment in time for keeping them in

good working order. Making plan for manpower distribution, material supply,

equipment performance and logistic arrangement to ensure continuity and

quality of concrete pouring.

❖ Self-inspection shall be carried out very carefully and strictly according to the

approved drawing and relevant local standard before requesting consultant for

inspection.

❖ The form shall be well cleaned to be free of detritus, sawdust, standing water or

other sundries. In order to prevent concrete leakage, the joints between forms

shall be completely tight, any big gaps or holes found shall be well sealed

instantly. The forms shall be wetted to a damp condition before concrete pouring.

❖ Adopts high performance water–reducing admixture according to trial mixing ratio

if admixture is needed.

8.2.3.3 Concrete Pouring

Concrete pouring shall be started after the owner/ consultant gives the orders and concrete

delivery list. We will have two pumps for casting, each pump will start opposite to the other,

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the sequence of casting will be from the nearest edge adjusted to the pump towards the far

foundations edge. Eventually the two pumps will meet in the middle of the foundation by the

completion of each layer. By this method will minimize the concrete pressure on the one side

of the shuttering and distribute the concrete evenly on the foundation area without causing

any kind of segregation or cold joint. “See the attached layout”. Three vibrators are arranged

for each pump, at the front, middle and back of each concrete pouring band. The foundation

will be casted in two stage “see the section A-A “. firstly 0.8 m thickness will be poured in 3

layers. Then we will have time gab between the two stage which will not be more than the

initial setting time in order to make the base of the stage two stiff enough to carry the concrete

above. Secondly 1.2 m from the foundation will be poured in 4 layers. The concrete is poured

in layers, advancing horizontally layer by layer. The thickness of each layer is not more than

300mm and strictly controlled by calipers on site. The interval time of each layer of concrete

pouring shall not exceed the initial-set time of the previous layer of concrete (the initial-set

time of concrete is generally (3h), and the pouring shall be carried out after the second

vibration of the previous layer of concrete. Each layer of pouring shall be closed and vibrated

in place at the pouring joint. Date and time should be announced 24 hours prior to casting to

get all parties ready. vibration of the concrete shall be applied using either petrol or electrical

vibrators. there shall be back-up pokers on standby in case of mechanical failure.

The number of workers and the number of pumps needed according to the volume of

projected concrete cast volumes for each foundation:

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 A group of concrete casting:

No. Description Manpower

1 Civil Engineers 2

2 Electric Engineer 1

4 Safety Engineer 1

7 Vibrating concreter workers 12

8 Pump boom workers 2

9 Workers for finishing concrete 8

10 Carpenters 4

11 Rebar Fixers 2

12 Cleaner 2

TOTAL 34

Table 04. Manpower amount for one group.

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 The Communication List for YCC line 3 Project

No. English Name Posit ion Mobile Tel.

1 James Wang Site Manager 0594698211

2 Yin Wei Construction Manager 0594688671

3 Mohammed Omer Q.C Manager 0500481828

4 Ibrahim Nasar Survey Engineer 0570031864

5 Zang Liamgbao Technical Egnineer 0594692258

6 Ahmed Eltaib Safty Supervisor 0536007449

7 Dong Xin Safty Supervisor 0590956331

8 An CHAO Civil supervisor 0596931272

9 Li fusheng Civil supervisor 0590978106

10 Badawy Hassan Civil supervisor 0591633722

11 Wu Shiyi Civil supervisor 0597857424

12 Liu Qinzi Electricion 0591030846

Foundation Layout

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 Section A-A

8.2.3.3.1 Key Point During Casting

i. The way to vibrate concrete will be complying with the principle of “quick in, slow

out”. The vibration depth must be no more than 30cm. The vibrator must be used

vertically only and the inserting vibrator’s moving radius should be not more than

1.5 time of vibrator’s effective radius, under the normal condition, the vibration

effective radius is 8 or 9 times of vibrator’s radius (about 50cm). The space

between vibrator and side formwork should be kept 5 to 10cm and be aware of

avoiding to touch steel bar and embedded parts. The concrete pouring in upper

layer must be conducted after the vibration work of concrete in down layer finish,

the vibrator must insert the concrete in down layer about 5 to 10cm when vibrating

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 concrete in upper layer, the vibration period of each point is 10s, the time must

be not less than 10s under any condition.

ii. In the process of pouring and vibrating concrete, the foreman shall arrange a

carpenter for checking concrete cover, embedded items to ensure they would not

be reduced or moved. The forms and supporting system shall also be checked

regularly to ensure the deformation is within tolerance during the process.

8.2.3.4 Concrete curing method:

The top of the concrete will be covered with plastic sheets to avoid evaporation of the

water the outer concrete, water spray below and above the plastic sheet will be applied.

Above this sheet Geotextile will be placed to keep the surface moist for a long period of

time. We are going to keep the form-work all around the foundation for 7 days as a curing

method therefore the form-work will prevent the evaporation of the water from the

concrete. Daily curing log follow up sheet will be included.

9. Health, Safety & Environmental impact

9.1 Health and Safety management approach

1) Safety education

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Safety regulations (BS EN 1004-2004) must be carried out to improve consciousness of

safety production and civilized construction. The concept of safety first has to be embedded

into all. At the same time, the following measures will be continually insisted: safety

education for construction workers before they enter into site, request for license of special

technique work and regular schedule of safety meeting.

2) Safety inspection system

The safety officer shall inspect the execution of safety measures with the cooperation of

civil engineers and foremen every day. Any hidden danger found will be dealt with

immediately. Every working group will attend a safety meeting on each Monday, which

aimed at summarizing possible hidden danger of past week and try to improve it in the

future. At the same time, precautions will be taken and hidden danger will be recorded.

9.2 Safety and environmental protection measures

1) Before the scaffolding construction, work team is required to take safety training, and

safety engineer shall state the safety issues during work. With safety engineer’s field

survey to obtain authorization to start the scaffolding work. If any unsafe factors appear

in construction process, the safety engineer or site coordinator must stop and correct it.

Safety Engineer must inspect access and safe passage to the scaffolding before using

them. All scaffolds must be inspected by foreman prior to use-after erection and each

day. (Before used every working day) All scaffolds must be inspected by safety engineer

prior to use every seven days and made in a scaffold register. And also it shall be
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 inspected when there is impact, damage or modification of any scaffold by safety

engineer.

2) All workers in construction site shall wear helmet, working clothes, safety shoes.

Workers working high above the ground shall wear safety belts;

3) Labors with high blood pressure, heart disease or other conditions which are not suited

for the work high above the ground shall not participate in the work high above the

ground;

4) The construction area shall be closed with warning tape as a safety area, and workers

or supervisors only can enter inside.

5) It’s prohibited to throw materials and litter from high, all items shall be transferred to the

ground with a crane;

6) Equipment should be maintained at fixed time. Lifting equipment, high pressure

detection and other instrument should be checked before use.

7) Power-driven equipment shall be used based on power safety regulations. Insulation

and anti-rain measures have to be checked before use. Leakage of electricity protector

has to be installed into power-driven instrument and circuit. Emergency light shall be

prepared for night work. Disorder of circuit and equipment is forbidden.

8) The construction of scaffolding work should consider weather conditions. It should be

immediately stopped if the site is encountered extreme weather like thunderstorm, or

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 wind-force over Beaufort scale 6.The safe engineer has to learn the weather forecast

from internet, and pass the weather information to all departments.

9) Vertical transport equipment shall be inspected and confirmed qualified by safety

officers before use. The driver shall hold work license of special equipment.

10) Temporary lighting receptor shall be installed on the top of operation platform and tower

crane, which the light can cover all scope of operation platform.

11) The scaffold shall be re-checked after strong wind or heavy rain. It shall be repaired

immediately if the joints were found loose or damaged.

12) It’s forbidden to do scaffolding work at night.

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