CONSTRUCTION OF WATER SUMP, ELEVATED WATER TANK AND ROAD WORK AT
Urban Regeneration Project - City of Colombo Construction of 792 Housing Units -
KANKASANTHUREI PORT
Salamulla, Kolonnawa
CONTRACT No: SLPA/OPP/KKS/WSTR/01
Contract No: UDA/CML-MTD/792H-RED/SALAMULLA Ref No: RALIC/SLPA/OPP/KKS/008
METHOD
METHOD OF STATEMENT
OF STATEMEMNT
Method of Statement for Shear wall shifting in Block B
Scope Method of Statement for honey Comb Rectification for Water sump Wall
OBJEVTIVE
The purpose of this section is to describe the important steps related to wall construction
work.
To outline the method statement for rectification of honeycombs occurred at Water sump wall
PURPOSE & Cleaning
Marking
This method of statement describes the procedure and inspection instructions to be followed during
All places that are to be built in brick wall should be well cleaned 7 wall line should be
rectification
marked works. This
according hasapproved
to the to ensureshop
that all activitiesbyare
drawings in full compliance with requirements as per
consultant.
manufacturer’s standards.
Offset of 300mm or 1000mm from one side of the brick wall shall be marked on the floor
WORK
& SEQUENCE
columns. If there are no column at both sides, marking shall be done by using pegs.
- The affected defective area is cleaned, brushed, hammered or chiseled to remove the loose concrete
Elevation shall be marked on brick work during construction (+1000mm of structural
and small shall
finishing particle
besuch as sands
marked). and dusts.
Opening shall be marked shall be marked with cross lines.
- Hack off all Arrangement
Scaffolding the loose concrete until solid Mother concrete is achieved Engineers’ Instruction
- All the leftover
Around workingconcrete dust is thenscaffolding,
areas, necessary washed away with water
ladders or blown
& safety using compressed
requirement shall be air. This is to
ensure good bonding between the concrete and the repair material.
provide.
- Ensure that
Checking the surface is clean and free from oil, grease or any loose material.
Verticality
- Form workshall
Verticality is fixed
be by providing
checked 25mm
using spaceHorizontal
plumbs. between wall and shall
string the Formwork
be drawnforbetween
pouring Micro
concretevertical
column and reaching
marks.defective area.
If it is not (Figure 01)
possible, a vertical string shall be provided at wall
corners & edges to maintain the verticality.
- Form work is finished 100mm above the defective edge to give additional gravity pressure to easy the
reaching the defective area (Figure 01)
Materials
Cement
- Concessive (OPC)
Epoxy Bonding Paste is applied to seal the Form work for avoiding leakage of Grout
225×112.5×65mm clay bricks
- Non-shrink
Rivergrout
Sandis then mixed with aggregate (1:1 Non shrinkage Grout: Aggregate) according to the
Mamoty
supplier’s & Shovel
instructions
Plumb bob
- Add the powder slowly into the pre-measured clean water and mix mechanically for at least 3 minutes
with a slow speed mixer or until a smooth, uniform consistency is achieved.
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- Concrete Bonding agent is spread on defective surface.
- Micro Concrete is poured into Mold and Compacted with Iron Rod until Air Bubble come out and ensure
that the Grouting is well reached the defective areas.
- Then, the shuttering from the sides of the RCC members shall be removed after a period of 24 hours.
- All the repaired area shall be fully cured as per standard concrete practices.
- Then, Water Tightness Test will be carried out to ensure the rectification is successfully completed and
the Sump wall is at required Level
25mm
100mm
Figure 01
