Site Organization And Layout

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Site Organization:
The building site can be considered a temporary factory, where the building is produced this activity to take place the builder requires men, materials and plants. All these have to be carefully controlled so that the men have the right machine is the most adequate positions, the materials stored so that they are readily available and not interfering with the general site circulation a building and the total size of the site on which the building is to be erected.

Therefore is no standard size ratio between the free site spaces required considered as a separation problem in terms of allocating spaces for men, plant and and materials. To obtain maximum efficiency, there is an optimum way of laying out the site and also correct amount of expenditure to support the proposed site layout. Any planned layout should be reviewed periodically and adjusted to suit the changing needs of the site activities. A careful consideration of planning and control of this aspect of the building construction will reflect in the progress and profitability of the building project.

IMPORTANT FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN SITE LAYOUT. Before any specific considerations and decisions can be made regarding site layout, a general appreciation should be obtained by conducting a thorough site investigation to formulate how the job will be carried out.
Wasting no time, the specific considerations include:
• Access Consideration: must be considered for both on and off site access. Routes to and from the site must be scrutinized as to the suitability for transporting all the requirements for the proposed work. Access on site for deliveries and general circulation must also be carefully be put into consideration, so that so that vehicles delivering materials to the site will do so without difficulty or delay.

• Storage Considerations: the amount and variety of materials to be stored requires proper allocation of adequate areas for storing materials and allocating adequate working space around storage areas required, siting of storage areas to reduce double handling to a minimum without impeding the general site circulation and/or works in progress.

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