“Construction of Sanitary Landfill with auxiliary facilities in Tsetskhlauri”

Identification No: AJSW/36538/1

FILE NUMBER DESCRIPTION DATE REV.NO

MS-002-00 Method Statement for Earthworks 23.06.2019 00

EMPLOYER : ADJARA WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY

ENGINEER : FORMA 2 LLC

CONTRACTOR : GÖKŞİN İNŞAAT

CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY LANDFILL WITH AUXILIARY FACILITIES IN

PROJECT NAME :
TSETSKHLAURI

FILE NAME : METHOD STATEMENT FOR EARTHWORKS

DOCUMENT NO : AJSW-MS-002-00 DATE: 23.06.2019 REVISION NO : 00

CONTRACTOR REPRESENTATIVE REVIEWED BY ENGINEER

Prepared by: Hakan YIKILMAZ Date: 23.06.2019

Checked by: Veysel KILIÇ

Title:
Earthworks (Site Clearance, Excavation and Filling)

Distribution:

The Engineer
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METHOD STATEMENT
CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY LANDFILL WITH AUXILIARY FACILITIES M.S.No: AJSW-MS-002-00
IN TSETSKHLAURI

ITEM SEQUENCE AND METHOD OF WORK ACTION

1. WORK ITEM DESCRIPTION

Outline the method of site clearance, excavation, backfilling, materials for

bedding/surround and backfill.

2. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

a. General Technical Specification (GTS)

b. Particular Technical Specification (PTS)
c. Drawings
d. Standard BS 6031
e. Standard EN ISO 14688-1:2017
f. Standard BS 1377
g. Quality Assurance Plan (QA)
h. Quality Control Plan (QC)
i. Health, Safety and Security Plan (HSS)
j. Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP)

3. SCOPE of WORK

This procedure provides a standardised framework for the control of excavation,

earthwork and filling to ensure compliance with conditions of contract and
contract specifications.
The main purpose of earthwork section is to prepare of the site for future
construction works in the site. For that purpose, the works to be performed under
this section are site clearance, excavation and backfilling.
If Excavated material is suitable for backfilling. It will be transported to the filling
area or stockpile area which will be agreed on the site with the Engineer.

4. TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

i. Bulldozer
ii. Excavator
iii. Grader (if necessary)
iv. Loader
v. Backhoe loader
vi. Roller Compactor
vii. Trucks
viii. Water Tank with Sprinkler
ix. Testing Equipment (Troxler density probe, permeability field test)
x. Survey Equipment (Levelling Instruments, GPS and Total Station) 
xi. The major equipment used for drilling works (if necessary) 
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xii. Hsse Equipment and PPE equipment 

xiii. includes, but are not limited to the following.
 Jack Hammers (if necessary)
 Air Compressor
 Circuit tester
 Siren
 Tractor
 Tracked Front Loader

5. MATERIALS

a. Backfilling Material (Excavated Material)

6. LABOUR

a. Project Manager
b. Site Manager
c. Site Engineer
d. Site Supervisor
e. Surveyor
f. HSE Term Officer
g. Foreman
h. Operators
i. Truck and Water Tank Drivers
j. Unskilled workers

7. SITE CLEARANCE AND EXCAVATION WORKS – OPERATIONS

INSTRUCTIONS

a. Procedure, Site Conditions & Investigations

All excavation, earthwork and filling will be carried out in accordance with
the specification and local regulations detailed in the project contract
documentation. In any circumstances where specifications are not
provided or they are in any way incomplete, the matter shall be referred
back to consultant for additional information.

The Contractor shall perform all necessary investigations about the site
conditions such as site survey works, trial pits etc. The Contractor has
already checked the geological conditions on the site and he accepted
geological report which was given in the tendering stage. All relevant
designs shall be made accordingly.

About the geological report, the Contractor has already make agreed with
the existing report which was given in

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Excavation for foundations and base of constructions will be carried out

starting from removal of topsoil cover and proceed as per the following
flowchart:

Site Clearing and

Grading

Dewatering
Common Excavation
(if necessary)

Survey & Excavation

Elevation Check

If Over Excavation
occurs, then to be Over Excavation
filled with suitable Made Good
material and required
procedures to be
approved by the
Engineer Trimming & Rolling of
Sub-grade

Excavation Bottom
Elevation Check

b. Survey and Setting Out

The excavation shall be executed and controlled in accordance with the

requirements, local regulations and the applicable drawings approved by
the Engineer. Benchmarks shall be established as directed by the
Engineer. Excavation line points shall be marked and levels shall be
taken with reference to benchmark level. Levels will be noted down. A
surveyor level instrument will be available on site throughout the overall
process.

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c. Site Clearing and Grubbing

i. Site clearing and grading shall be executed prior to commencing

excavation by using excavator and wheel loader.

ii. Top cover on excavation area as indicated on the drawings shall

be destroyed, cleared and removed from site to approved
dumping areas in order to avoid the mixing of unsuitable materials
such as debris, rubbish or boulders, with the backfilling material.

iii. Vegetable soil shall be stored in available dumping area and be

able to use for landscaping

iv.
All materials from site clearing and grubbing will be disposed to
the location approved by the Engineer.
d. Common Excavation (For site, etc)

1- Common Excavation refers to the excavation of materials, such

as soils, which can be removed by standard hydraulic excavators,
backhoe loaders, i.e. machinery down to sub-grade level.
2- On the periphery of the excavation, safety mesh/ barriers shall be
fixed.
3- The excavation boundary and levels shall be in accordance with
drawings and local regulation.
4- The excavated material shall be observed to determine its
suitability for backfilling and suitable material will be stocked in
stock areas.
5- All unsuitable or unnecessary material shall be removed from site
to dumping areas designated by the Engineer.
6- After completion of excavation, levels shall be checked and noted
down and maintaining and reinstatement of existing services,
where required will be carried out by the Contractor.

e. Rock Excavation

Excavation in rock may be carried out by a tracked bulldozer and ripper

or by the use of blasting with explosives or any other method approved
by the Engineer.
After it has been established that the excavated material is rock and after
the area where such rock exists has been defined, the Contractor shall
incorporate the rock in the embankment.

f. Temporary Excavations, pits and shafts

The Contractor shall do all necessary temporary excavations with vertical or

near vertical slopes which require some form of excavation support to be stable
accordance with BS 6031.
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All the items below shall be considered into designs for the temporary
excavations (support system):

• the extent and nature of the works to be undertaken in it;

• the extent and nature of the support system;
• ground and groundwater conditions;
• requirements for adequate working space and clearance between supports
within the excavation;
• the method and sequencing of backfilling along with the removal of the support
system; and
• Plant available for construction of the excavation.

g. Excavation of Pipe and Trench (Including open Channel)

Before any planned trenching is executed, test pits will be excavated along the
pipe route to establish the existence of any essential services which require
protection or care during construction according to the specifications ,local
regulation and drawings.

Excavations will be done by means of a 36 ton and 22 ton excavator or backhoe

loader at a any depth and a width as indicated in the following bedding details
from tender documents.

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Once excavation activities start a soil sample will be taken and send to approved
laboratory for grading and testing as required in the contract.

Top soil in areas as instructed will be stored for rehabilitation purposes after
works have been completed. Where such a requirement exists, 150 mm of top
soil will be stockpiled along the trench route.

Excavated materials will be stored next to the trench and where possible at least
1m (if possible) away from the edge of the excavations.

Safety line will be installed alongside the trench as waring to persons or animals
during not working hours.

Daily excavation checklist must be conducted by appointed competent inspector

and safety representative on site before work commence.

For excavations deeper than 1.5 meters the operator will be instructed to V-
Shape the rest of the excavation, to avoid trench to collapse and should it be
noted that the soil conditions are not of suitable materials and appear unsafe. In
Deeper than 1.5 excavations hard hats must apply with standard PPE.
Ladders will be placed in excavations every six meters for easy exit, further to
this access ramps will be created every 50m – 100m as escape routes should
animal become trapped during non-working hours.
If soil conditions are bad and cracks appear shoring must be done with proper
timber planks / shutter board and steel jacks, where it is found that V-Shaping or
Stepping can’t not be applied.

No trench excavation for laying of pipes with a diameter more than 300 mm,
shall be taken out until the line of the trench has been set out and has been
checked by the Engineer.
Open Length of Trenches shall not be more than 100 mt or more than the
distance between two manholes. Every trench shall be closed after the checking
and approval of the engineer.

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Short and long term stability of embankment and cutting slopes shall be done
accordance with the figure below (accordance with BS 6031);

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The Contractor shall do all designs for the slopes accordance with the BS 6031
with relevant calculations. The design methods which could be used for the
slopes are shown in the below but not limited to:

 Limit-equilibrium methods
 numerical methods
 physical modelling
 prescriptive measures
 Observational method
 Stability charts
 infinite slope method.

For the factors of safety and partial factors, all calculations shall be made
accordance with the BS 6031.

Design of the earthworks drainage shall be done accordance with the figure
below to capture the significant flows

h. Dewatering (if necessary)

GÖKŞİN will be responsible for providing and keeping in operation on each

section of the work, when necessary, pumps of sufficient capacity to keep
the bottom of the excavation or trench dry and free from water at all times or
other means of dewatering satisfactory to the Engineer until the pipe or
structure has been installed and inspected.

In this respect, the Contractor will use the open sump pumping method for
dewatering excavations. That method is the most common method of
dewatering as gravity is the main playing force. Sump will be created in the
excavated area into which the surrounding water converges and
accumulates facilitating easy discharge of water through robust solid
handling pumps.
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Since the bottom of the sump is situated at a level lower than that of the
excavation bottom, it will abridge the seepage way along which groundwater
from outside seeps into the excavation zone and as a result, the exit gradient of
the sump bottom will be larger than that on the excavation surface.

According to the size of the excavated area, several sumps may be placed along
the longer side or simply use a long narrow sump which is called a ditch.

This dewatering method shall be continuously carried out until the foundations
are poured and insulation works completed for structural works.

i. Flips, and Falls

GÖKŞİN will take every precaution to prevent slips and falls of earth and
other material in the excavations. In the event of slips or falls occurring or in
the event of excavation being made in excess of the minimum necessary or
practicable for the construction of the Works the voids so formed shall be
filled.

In case of loose ground during the trench excavation, the Contractor will
take all the precautions. Accordingly, he will keep available for using the
plywood materials, timbers, telescopic prop and other required tools and
support materials on the site. Therefore, necessity supporting to prevent the

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lateral ground falls and slips will be provided by the mentioned materials
during the open trenches.

8. FILLING WORKS – OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

a. Procedure

The planned process of backfilling scheme is as follows:

Transporting

Watering
Common Filling
(if necessary)

Survey & Filling

Elevation Check

If Over Excavation Over Filling Made

occurs, then to be Good
filled with suitable
material and required
procedures to be
approved by the Compacting of Sub-
Engineer grade in layers

Filling Bottom
Elevation Check

The Contractor shall use suitable material for the filling works. All relevant
material should be tested and accordance with the BS 1377 and should be
scaled accordance with the table below.

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Furthermore, the Contractor decide if the material is suitable for the foundation
and embankment fillings accordance with the table “Table 7. Typical
characteristics of foundation and embankment fill materials – BS 6031”.

b. Local soils excavated on the site shall be used for filling works, when
fulfilling the criteria for non-settling fill.

Just after GÖKŞİN prove convenience of excavated material, he will re-

use this material. The approved materials shall be placed in layers, not
exceeding 200 mm in depth before compaction (not exceeding 150mm
after compaction) and shall be well compacted as specified in the
following:

Where necessary, the moisture content of the backfill shall to be

adjusted to an optimum either by drying out or by adding water. After
such treatment the backfill shall be thoroughly mixed until the moisture
content is uniform.

c. Common Filling
i. Rock materials excavated from the site shall be used for fillings
and/or construction of dikes until the final base level for the
geological barrier. Rock materials shall be crushed and
compacted reaching the specifications below for non-settling fill.
ii. The Contractor shall perform initial laboratory testing of the
clayey soils excavated from the site from representative trial-pits
given by the Contracting Authority, determining the maximum
dry density and the corresponding optimum water content.
Based on the results of the laboratory testing the Contractor
shall determine the optimum layer thickness of materials for
compaction.

Before filling works are commenced the Contractor shall

present to the Contracting Authority for his approval the chosen
methods for compaction of the clayey soils, stating the results
of laboratory testing, the choice of compaction method and
compaction plant to be used.

iii. Filling in sub-soil for construction purposes (elevation of the lot

bottom or construction of dikes) shall be performed by building
in layers of maximum 0.20 m thickness.

At all surface’s compaction shall be concluded using a smooth

vibratory roller or equivalent plant, which ensures a smooth
surface of the clay base.

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The compaction required for various fills shall be as follows:

Item of Works % Compaction

Earthworks 95%
Subgrade 95%
Subbase 100%
Road Base (Granular) 100%

d. Backfill Adjacent to Completed Structures

GÖKŞİN will start backfill only after the walls, floors and slabs have
been completed and have attained their full strength.

The layers of backfill material shall be placed in such a manner as to

maintain adequate drainage and to prevent accumulation of water. The
material shall be placed with particular care for insulation and watertight
paints and all other protective or conserving surfaces and as to exert a
uniform pressure around the walls of a structure and each layer shall
be placed with a fall to prevent the accumulation of water.

GÖKŞİN will be paid special attention to the compaction of material laid

immediately adjacent to concrete walls as to ensure that the material is
well compacted. Hand operated vibrating plate compactors, vibro-
tampers or power rammers shall be used. The compacting shall be
carried out in such a way as to avoid in any case direct contact of the
compacting machinery and the building.

e. Backfilling for Bedding/Surround and Backfill for Pipe Trenches

Excavated materials are stockpiled next to trench. The suitable stockpiled

materials to be used for backfilling will be sifted through 25 mm sifts. Care shall
be taken to remove all stones with a nominal size bigger that 25 mm including
boulders and vegetation or any other deleterious materials. Sifted materials will
be used to backfill trench and compacted in layers of 200 mm. Topsoil will be
spread over backfilled area.

All bedding/surround and backfill materials shall be free from cinders, ashes,
refuse, vegetable or organic material, and shall not contain friable material, clay,
dust, vegetable loam or other deleterious matter which, in the opinion of the
Engineer, is unsuitable.

GÖKŞİN will provide all facilities and equipment for excavation and backfilling
materials, for crushing, screening, and processing the material if required, for
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hauling to the Site and unloading into the excavations.

For general backfill and for granular bedding and surround to pipes in trenches;
approved granular material with maximum size 25 mm and be retained on a 5
mm sieve.

For pipes of 300 mm diameter and less, the material shall pass through a 12 mm
sieve but be retained on a 5 mm sieve.

Selected fill shall approved material selected from excavated material on the
site. Selected material shall be uniform and free from clay lumps retained on a
75 mm sieve, from stones retained on a 25 mm sieve and from all vegetable
matter, building rubbish and metals.

To be used for bedding and surrounding unprotected concrete pipes shall not
contain more than 0.3 % sulphate expressed as Sulphur trioxide.

The following composition will be used:

BS Sieve Percentage by weight

Size (mm) Passing (%)
25 mm 100
10 mm 85 – 100
5 mm 0 – 25
2,36 mm 0-5

If the excavated materials are not suitable for backfill, granular bedding and
material surround to the pipes, another material shall be imported to the site in
accordance with Employer’s Requirements and local regulations upon approval
of the Engineer.

f. Laying Procedure or Beddings/Surround and Backfill

GÖKŞİN will carefully deposit granular bedding and surround material by hand
uniformly on each side of the pipe and tamped in place in layers not exceeding
150mm, in the locations and to the details shown on the Drawings and specified,
to give the pipe support all to the satisfaction of the Engineer. Moreover, the
bedding and surround will be compacted in layers to a dry density not less than
95% of the optimum dry density according to the Modified AASHTO Test or the
BS 1377:1990 (Test 13) up to a depth of 300mm above the crown of the pipe.

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Filling Requirements and Tolerances

Requirement
Type of Test Value Tolerance Nos.

Vertical alignment:
- Level at slopes +/- 0.10 m 100 per 10,000 m2
- Level at lot bottom Designed +/- 0.05 m 100 per 10,000 m2
alignment
-Flatness
(under a 4 m straight 0.05 m 100 per 10,000 m2
edge)
-Density (% of Standard
95 % -2% 5 per 1,000 m3
Proctor)

Contractor also do all the necessary in-situ density test of fill layer with sand
cone method, and the natural water content test. Number of the test will be
decided with the Engineer. All tests shall be done accordance with BS1377
(Table 10 – Classification and Acceptability tests), local regulations and
equivalent EU standards.

All other backfilling works (road backfilling, trench backfilling each type of pipes
backfilling i.e.) will be done according to General Technical Specification Vol. 3.
Civil.

9. INSPECTIONS

FOR EXCAVATION WORKS:

a. After completion of excavation, it shall be inspected by the Engineer and

levels shall be noted down. The sub-grade shall also be checked by the
Engineer to see whether soil replacement is required.

b. Necessary inspection requests shall be submitted 24 hours before

inspection.

FOR FILLING WORKS:

a. After completion of filling, it shall be inspected by the Engineer and levels

shall be noted down. The sub-grade shall also be checked by the
Engineer to see whether soil replacement is required.

b. Necessary inspection requests shall be submitted 24 hours before

inspection. Pre-requests to be announced 1 week in advance to give the
Engineer the chance to be on-site.

c. Number of necessary tests for each layers shall be noted by the GÖKŞİN
for each area where shall be filled.

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10. HEALTH & SAFETY

 Precautions have to be taken during the execution of work according to

the approved HSSE plan and under instruction of H&S Officer.

 All Personnel to wear Personal protective clothing, safety boots, helmets

and if necessary, ear defenders.

 All works will be managed and recorded by a trained operator.

 All Safety prevention have to be taken during execution of work

according to Local regulations.

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