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Construction Site
Layout Plans
‫تخطيط املوقع العام فى مشاريع التشييد‬
By

Dr. Suad Hosny Enany

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 Course Assessment
Final Exam 60
Oral Exam 20
Attendance 5
Midterm Exam 10
Assignment 5
Total Dr. Suad Hosny
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Construction Site Layout Plans
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Site layout plans are prepared by contractors as

part of their mobilization activities before work
on site commences.
They are a crucial part of construction management,
as sites can be very complex places involving the co-
ordination and movement of large quantities of
materials as well as high-value products, plant and
people. Effectively and accurately laying out a site
can help ensure that the works are undertaken
efficiently and safely. Dr. Suad Hosny
Site layout plans might include:
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 Zones for particular activities.

 Cranes (including radius and capacities).
 Site offices.
 Welfare facilities.
 Off-loading, temporary storage and storage areas
(laydown area)
 Sub-contractor facilities.
 Car parking.
 Emergency routes and muster points.
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 Access, entrances, security and access controls,

temporary roads and separate pedestrian routes.
 Vehicle wheel washing facilities.
 Waste management and recycling areas.
 Site hoardings and existing boundaries.
 Protection for trees, existing buildings, neighboring
buildings, and so on.
 Signage.

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Site layout plans might include:
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 Temporary services (including electrical power, lighting,

water distribution, drainage, information and
communications technology, site security systems, and
so on)
 Temporary works (such as propping solutions to
retained structures, sheet piling details, and so on).
 Areas for the construction of mock-ups for testing.
 Fabrication facilities.

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of Construction Site Layout
As sites will change in nature during the
works, there may be a number of
different site layout plans for different
phases, and there may be more
detailed plans showing
particularly complex areas or sequences
or describing specific functions. Dr. Suad Hosny
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Site layout planning involves four basic processes:

1) Identifying the site facilities that will be required.
2) Determining the sizes, and other constraints of
those facilities.
3) Establishing the inter-relationships between
the facilities.
4) Optimizing the layout of the facilities on the site.
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Involves identifying, sizing, and placing temporary

facilities (TFs) ‫ مرافق مؤقتة‬within the boundaries of
construction site. These temporary facilities range
from simple laydown ‫تحطيط‬ areas to
warehouses ‫مستودعات تخزين‬, fabrication shops,
maintenance shops, batch plant, and residence ‫سكنى‬
facilities. Required temporary facilities and their
areas are depending in many factors including
project type, scale, design, location, and
organization of construction work. Dr. Suad Hosny
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1) Construction type: The construction of an

industrial plant, such as power plant ‫محطة طاقة‬,
requires more storage and fabrication area for
process mechanical and electrical work than other
projects such as a highway project.
2) Type of contract: For turn-key contract, the
contractor can consolidate ‫ يدمج‬the administrative.
On the other hand, if the project is managed under
a series of different contracts, this will translate
into a higher number of smaller temporary
facilities serving each individual contractor.
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3) Project size: A relatively small project can be

managed from a trailer or portable structure. While a
five to ten year project may need temporary facilities
of a more permanent nature.
4) Project location: Projects located in uninhabited
regions or in places where skilled labor is scarce ‫نادر‬
require additional facilities for eating and living.
Project far from industrial centers require more on
site services such as batch plant, equipment
maintenance shops, long term storage area, and even
some other recreational ‫ ترفيهية‬centers for the families.
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L1: Local labor force (5 km from site). No lodging ‫ إقامة‬or transportation

needs.
L2: Nearby labor force (5 - 60 km from site). No lodging needs, but daily
transportation needed.
L3: Far away (more than 60 km from site). Lodging facilities needed.
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A List of Temporary Facilities (TFs)
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No. Facility Name No. Facility Name
1 Job office 14 Equipment maintenance shop
2 Owner representatives office 15 Parking lot for mechanics
3 Subcontractors office 16 Prefabricated rebar storage yard
4 First aid office 17 Rebar fabrication yard
5 Information and guard house 18 Fabricated rebar storage yard
6 Toilet on site 19 Carpentry shop
7 Staff/Engineer dormitory 20 Storage yard for lumber
8 Staff/Engineer family dormitory 21 Storage yard for formed lumber
9 Labor dormitory 22 Cement warehouse
10 Labor family dormitory 23 Batch-plant and aggregate storage
11 Dinning room for labor 24 Craft change-house
12 Bathroom for labor 25 Sampling / Testing lab
13 Restroom for labor 26 Pipe jointing yard
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No. Facility Name
27 Pipe storage yard
28 Welding shop
29 Parking lot
30 Tank
31 Long term laydown storage
32 Machine room
33 Electrical shop
34 Steel fabrication shop
35 Sandblast shop
36 Painting shop
37 Scaffold storage yard
38 Material warehouse
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A well planned site including all

temporary facilities and utilities
lead to:
1) Increasing productivity and safety.
2) Reducing area(s) needed for
temporary construction.
3) Maximizing utilization.
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1. Safety
- Fire Prevention: Fire is a major cause of damage
on construction sites. So that, fire extinguishers ‫طفايات‬
are basic requirements on a construction project.
- Medical Services: On construction project a first
aid kit is a must. In remote projects a well-equipped
medical room with a doctor and nurse is important.
- Construction Safety Clothing: Basic safety supplies
like safety shoes, hard hats, gloves, and goggles
‫ نظارات واقية‬must be used by workers.
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2. Site Accessibility
- Easy accessibility will keep the morale of the
equipment and vehicle drivers high, minimize the
chance of accidents, and save time in maneuvering
to arrive at and leave the project.
- In case of large projects, proper planning is
required to layout the roads leading from the
nearest highway and Internal roads.
- Parking Lots are provided for the owner, office,
and craft personnel, but this facility must be planned
where space does exist.
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3. Information Signs
 Site map: It should locate details of the project, and
posted at the entrance gate ‫بوابة الدخول‬.
 Traffic regulatory signs: For large projects, help in
guiding the traffic on the site and avoid accidents.
 Display of labor relations’ policy and safety rules: This
will help in eliminating disputes ‫ نزاع‬between labor and
management.
 Emergency routes and underground services: It is
important to display the emergency escape routes on every
floor as the building progresses. Locations of underground
services should be marked to prevent its damage.
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4. Security
- Entrance (Information and guard house): It
is necessary to have a proper guard entrance
to the site provided by a booth ‫كشك‬.
- Lighting: It is necessary to have a standby
generator ‫مولد كهربائى‬ to maintain site
lighting.
- Fencing: The boundary should be fenced off
from a security point of view.
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5. Accommodation ‫اإلقامة‬
On large construction projects, it
is necessary to provide camp
accommodation for all type of
staff involved in the project.

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6. Offices
The offices should be close together,
close to the site, and in a safe area.
Also, provide the offices with proper
office equipment. The offices at the
site may include job office, general
contractor office, and sub-contractors
and consultants offices.
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6.1 Range of office space requirements
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7. Water Supply and Sanitation

It is necessary to have water

and toilet facilities in convenient
locations to accommodate the
work force.
- (One toilet for 15 labors)
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8. Material Handling
One third or more of all construction
operations can be classified as
material handling. The use of proper
equipment for material handling and
advance planning for minimizing
multiple handling will result in direct
cost and time savings.
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9. Storage and Site Cleaning
It is necessary to plan and reserve storage areas for materials
so that multiple movement of material is avoided.
- Laydown areas: Areas reserved for storage of large materials
and equipment and it can be short-term or long-term.
- Warehouses: They are sheltered ‫ محمية‬storage facilities where
materials are stored until they have disbursed to the job.
- Material staging areas: They used when materials are
stored near the work on a short-term basis. They are generally
as close to work as possible.
- Site cleaning: It is necessary at a work place and especially
where the extent of debris produced is high. Regular disposal
of debris is necessary.
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10. Craft Change-Houses

Craft change-houses provide

sheltered space ‫ مكان مغلق‬for
craft personnel to change and
store clothes, wash, and rest
during waiting periods.
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11. Batch plant and Fabrication Shops
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- Batch plants are provided on projects where it is

more economical to produce concrete on site than to
buy a ready mix. Aggregate storage piles, cement
silos and admixture tanks will accompany an on-site
batch plant.
- Shops ‫ ورش تصنيع‬are used where materials and
equipment are fabricated on site. This includes
electrical, mechanical, carpentry, and paint shops.
Testing shops used to house the necessary testing
equipment and personnel for the project.
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on project cost
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Problems in Construction Site Layout Planning
a) Material stacks wrongly located
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This problem may involve double or triple handling

of materials to another location. For example:
- They may stocked over a drainage line or near the edge of
excavation;
- They are too far from the work area;
- They are too far from the hoist or not within the radius of
the crane;
- They impede ‫ تعيق‬the smooth flow of work traffic across the
site;
- Their delivery was wrongly phased and they are not
needed until much later in the project;
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- They are fragile )‫هش ( سهل الكسر‬.
Problems in Construction Site Layout Planning
b) Plant and equipment wrongly located
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For example:
- The mixer is inaccessible for the delivery of
materials; not enough room for the storage of
aggregates;
- Fixed cranes are unable to reach all parts of
the works;
- Hoists have insufficient capacity or height to
handle the loads or badly located in relation
to the floor layout;
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Problems in Construction Site Layout Planning
b) Plant and equipment wrongly located
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c) Inadequate space allowed
Where inadequate space is allowed for the
stacking of materials or activities:
- Materials may be stacked to high or
stacked on roadways causing hazards.
- Working areas may become too cramped
or additional areas may have to be allocated
with the consequent waste of time caused
by having to travel between them.
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Problems in Construction Site Layout Planning
d) Site huts ‫ سقف‬wrongly located in
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relation to their effective use

 Site office located too near noisy activities
such as mixer, or located too near to site
roads in dusty conditions, or too remote
with insufficient overview of the site.
 Warehouses having inadequate access for
loading and unloading or located in
insecure area.
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Case study:
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The figure below shows the construction site

for the construction of a radio transmitter
station ‫ محطة إرسال إذاعى‬on a remote site ‫موقع بعيد‬
in open location. The site involves the
construction of a transmitting tower and
transmitter building along with some access
roads.

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Case study:
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The contractor collected the following information to layout

the site:
- All equipment was delivered before building foundations were
complete. All other fitting also delivered (doors, sanitary, etc.).
- Generator house completed. Hoist was not available at
commencement ‫ بدء‬and has only just delivered.
- Nearest pure water is in the town 20-km away. Water delivered
by tanker and stored in 6 (200-litre) drums.
- Pylon bases and sewer/septic tank ‫ خزان الصرف‬not yet started.
- Agents' office is sited on a privileged place ‫ مكان مميز‬and to
satisfy the best view for site.
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Individual Assignment
Criticize the layout given and
prepare another layout to
correct the criticism.

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