Prepare Site
➳ Groundworkers create site access
➳ Clear site and strip vegetable soil; stacking material to be retained out of the way
➳ Set up site hut and equip with drawings and safety equipment
➳ Set up toilet
➳ Secure lock-up/lorry container (hired in or purchased) to be positioned
➳ Water board to bring supply to stopcock on boundary
➳ Plumber to connect water standpipe
➳ Surveyor marks out building on cleared site and transfers the lines to profiles well clear of any construction work
➳ Bring in bricks and blocks and stack clear of future construction
➳ Set up mixer station close to cement store and sand heap
Foundations/oversite
➳ Groundworkers excavate foundations
➳ Wait for approval of building control and warranty inspectors
➳ Position any reinforcement bars, mesh or cages in the trenches
➳ Position any compressible material or slip membranes required…
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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2018