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Steel Designers' Manual - 6th Edition (2003)
These items enable the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to
be satisfied.
A complex job may require a series of complex method statements, each
covering a particular aspect of the work.
33.3 Planning
33.3.1 Design information
Construction planning should start at the design phase since decisions at this stage
will dictate the performance of the fabrication and erection teams. Site erection
performance depends on many external and internal factors, and it is essential
that these areas are properly managed.The site operation process is a complex interrelationship
of other disciplines which influence performance, as shown in Fig. 33.1.
The use of value engineering has produced spectacular improvements in on-site
performance by identifying the cost of alternative methods and highlighting the
need to minimize change in the site erection programme. The precise methodology
Customer
Site Operations
Design Sales Procurement
Design Approval Contract terms Training
Drawing Approval Contract programme Materials
Sign off design Handover meeting Plant
Planning 973
Payment terms Remedial methodsj Quality
Fabrication errors
Fig. 33.1 Chart showing the dependence of the erection process on other disciplines