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Management

Site management involves planning, organizing, controlling, and leading the major functions to achieve project goals. It is important for construction works to have proper site management to carry out the work economically according to designs and specifications. The permanent site staff includes a project manager, site engineer, assistant engineers, administrative officer, and storekeepers. Their duties are distributed as follows: the project manager is responsible for overall site administration, technical aspects, and coordination. The engineers monitor work quality and progress. Storekeepers maintain inventory records. Proper material storage and site security are also important for preventing waste and delays.

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Management

Site management involves planning, organizing, controlling, and leading the major functions to achieve project goals. It is important for construction works to have proper site management to carry out the work economically according to designs and specifications. The permanent site staff includes a project manager, site engineer, assistant engineers, administrative officer, and storekeepers. Their duties are distributed as follows: the project manager is responsible for overall site administration, technical aspects, and coordination. The engineers monitor work quality and progress. Storekeepers maintain inventory records. Proper material storage and site security are also important for preventing waste and delays.

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In-Plant Training Report Chapter

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8. SITE MANAGEMENT

8.1. Introduction
Management is a very important process in any kind of work. Site management is the process of
interrelation of major functions such as planning, organizing, and controlling and leading. Those things
are directed in the achievement of objectives and goals of the project.
Normally the construction works are carried out with given designs specified materials, so it is
important to have proper management at the construction site to carry out works in an economical
manner. To have proper management study of all aspects of the work, the method of carrying out
successive operations and selection of general arrangement of site are considered as important points.
The permanent site staff consists of project manager ,site engineer, assistant engineers, administrative
officer and store keepers, duties and responsibilities of these officers at the work site distributes as
follows.

8.2. Duties and responsibilities of Project Manager

He should responsibilities for around all section of the administration, technicaland other parts.
He should prepare program and progress charts for the site organizations.
He should co-ordinates between head office and site and also between the client and contractor.
He must select who are the best for each work and who can do hard works.
He should co ordering with different sub contractors agencies to maintain the speed of
construction project work.

8.3. Duties of Engineers

Keeping overall watch on working of all the supervisors and workers to obtain maximum

output from them.


To control wastage and improve quality of workmanship.
Studying the drawing and details provided by consultants and to explain to supervisors.
To prepare reinforcement bar schedules of the project.
To work out the requirements different material necessary for work involved.

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8.4. Progress of the work


Progress of the work is also monitored as the work proceeds according to the programme. It helps to
work according to the programme and to identify the delays and then make arrangement to make them
correct.
Also regular meetings of client, contactor and consultant are held to discuss the progress and the
present situation of the site.

8.5. Daily maintaining records


There several records those are daily maintaining at the site as the work progress.

Weather records.
Progress records
Labor attendance chart
Vehicle movement books
Stores inventory
Toll issue register
Statement of material issue and receipts

8.6.HUMAN RESOURCES & WELFARE

8.6.1. PHYSICAL SITE ORGANIZATION:


Organization the physical recourses of the site are much more important. In adequate
importance on this expect will lead to additional cost in the execution of construction recourses in way
that maximum efficiency can be achieve. This is mean provision of site facilities for the following
effectively.

Accommodation

Storage

Services

Security
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Physical site organization depends on several factors, such as;

Types of project

Size

Location

Project duration

Availability of recourses

Contractual obligations

8.6.2. PLANING OF SITE FACILITIES:


PRE TENDER INVESTIGATIONS
Planning of site facilities should comments at the pre tender stage. Before start the unit rate
calculation and investigation must be carried out preferable by the site agent who will supervised the
contract should the tender be successful. Investigation should include for the following,
a) Access to site

: on the offsite access, Road facilities, Distant involved,


Local authority or police restriction,

b) Services

: available power and water supplies,


Nuisance or value of services already on site,
Diversions required and time and cost,

c) Layout

general site condition such as nature of soil,


Height of water table, Flooding risk, Tidal waters,
Neighboring properties and any demolition problems.

d) Labor

availability of local labor and prevailing rates of Pay.

e) Security

local vandalism pilfering record need for night Security,


Fencing requirement etc..

MANDATORY SITE FACILITIES:


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Certain site facilities and other requirement have been made compulsory by local authorities,
statutory bodies, labor safety regulations and condition of contract. These are follows.
a. First aid
b. Shelter and accommodation for clothing and taking meals
c. Washing facilities
d. Sanitary conveniences
e. Protective clothing
f. Safe access
g. Fire point

8.7. Store management


To get good store handling without wasting the materials or working hours of laborers due to the
finishing of material the site engineer should keep associated with store keepers. Site store were
managed by main stores. Store keeper should maintain the following records.

Material Requisition
Goods Received Note
Stores Requisition
Gate pass
Transfer Voucher

8.7.1. Material Requisition


When the requested materials are supplied to the site, the store keeper prepares the Good Received
Note by checking quantity received. Technical officers should check the quality of the goods received
thoroughly. The final approval must be given by the residence. Agent or any appointed officer in
charge.

8.7.2. Purchase Requisition


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If a material is no available or not in sufficient quantities in the site the storekeeper should inform the
main store about the stock level. When a requirement arises a purchase requisition is prepared stating
the required materials, quantities etc, and forwarded to the main store for approval.

8.7.3. Stores Requisition


To transfer purchasing through the head office stores requisition is prepared. Then certificated it by
resident agent and forwarded to the head office.

8.7.4. Transfer Voucher


To transfer any equipment, marerial from one site to another site or head office store to site or transfer
voucher is issued. This is consisting with 3 copies.
Original

- to provide place

Duplicate - Us returned to the transfer to certify that good were received.


Triplicate - To security of the sender (gate)

8.8. Material storage


When carry out any construction work several type of materials are required.
Usually this all materials are stored in the site with proper ways. Materials shall be
so stored as to ensure the preservation of their quality and fitness for the work.
When storing materials should be minimized the environment effect & damages.
Due to bad effect of environment those materials can damage. Further storing
methods are very useful. Stored materials shall be located so as to facilitate their
prompt inspection. Therefore material storage is very important to success of any
project. Always storekeeper has to maintain good store handling without wasting
the materials or working hours of labourers due to the finishing of material.
More attention should be given to the material storage for prevent wastage and to minimize the
working delays. Also there was easy to transporting & handing to the job etc. Bricks, metal are stored
in open environment by preventing the damage of material. Cause aggregate & fine aggregate are
stored separately in open environment by preventing mix contamination materials such as mud.
Ordinary Portland cement is used for this construction. 50 kg Cement bags are
stored in damp proof dry rooms. Otherwise due to moisture it can be damaged.
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Cement bags are placed one over another. But not exceeding ten bags. Each
stock stored separately. When store cement first in first out method is used. Lime
bags are stored as same as cement.
Steel bars are stored in storeroom by minimizing corrosion. Due to water vapor steel bars can be
corroded very rapidly. Steel bars are placed on timber part to prevent attachment with earth.

8.9.Site security
Site security is an important factor in any construction work. Following points should be considered
with respect to site security. As the commencement the site area should be properly barricaded with one
gate for employes and another for vehicles .Stores should be located at a place where all sides of stores
can be seen from the exisisting security points. The labour huts should be up as far as possible from
stores and the site office. Walls of the stores should be up to roof level. Materials which can be not be
kept within the stores, should not be kept within the stores, should not kept close to the boundaries of
the site, they should be close to the security.

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