METHOD STATEMENT

MOBILIZATION
FOR FTTH PROJECT
Construction Management: Mobilization
Mobilization refers to the activities carried out after the client has appointed the contractors, but before
the contractors commence work on site. It is a preparatory stage during which the majority of activities are
managed by the construction manager.
Preparing For The Construction Stage
The construction manager arranges a pre-contract meeting with the consultant team and contractors to
discuss procedures that will be adopted during the construction stage.
There are a range of tasks necessary to prepare for the construction stage:

The construction manager arranges a pre-contract meeting with the consultant team and contractors to
discuss procedures that will be adopted during the construction stage. There are a range of tasks necessary
to prepare for the construction stage:

The construction manager co-ordinates the issue of production information for construction.

The client and construction manager prepare and agree schedules of conditions for adjacent properties
or structures that will be retained.

The client and construction manager check that all necessary insurance policies are in place for
construction work and site ownership.

The client and construction manager check that all necessary permissions, approvals, party wall
agreements and other statutory requirements are in place and that all necessary planning conditions have
been satisfied.

If necessary, and if it has not already been done, the client appoints; party wall surveyor(s), an approved
inspector, site inspectors and an in-house or outsourced engineering team to witness testing and
commissioning and to take over the running of the services as soon as practical completion is certified.

The trade contractors each prepare detailed programmes for their works and issue these to the
construction manager. The construction manager incorporates these into an overall project programme
and short period programmes for the co-ordination of the works. The construction manager may wish to
bring key dates to the attention of the client or consultant team, such as dates for decisions, dates for the
release of information, or dates for works outside of the trade contracts. The client should not approve any
programmes as approval might be considered to relieve the contractors of liability for programming the
works in such a way as to achieve the completion date.

The principal designer ensures that co-ordination procedures are in place for design carried out by the
trade contractors.

The construction manager briefs site inspectors regarding procedures for inspecting and reporting on
work on site as it progresses. This might include specific monitoring and reporting arrangements relating to
the implementation of client policies such as environmental policies (on a large project this might involve
the appointment of an environmental consultant specifically to perform that role).
The client may need to put procedures in place to move some of its staff and equipment so that it can
continue to operate effectively during construction.

The construction manager and design team agree the basic principles to be used for grid lines and
setting out of the site.
MOBILIZATION
Mobilization may involve the construction manager carrying out the following tasks:

Co-coordinating the preparation and issue of a project handbook setting out responsibilities, procedures,
and lines of communication for the construction stage.

Preparing method statements and obtaining method statements from trade contractors.

Preparing a site layout plan for construction.

Making arrangements for site communications such as the receipt and distribution of post and
information and communications technology (ICT).

Managing specialist design and drawing approval. They may wish to appoint a design coordinator to be
responsible for this..

Establishing a contract register scheduling: the contracts that have been placed, who signed them and
when, what the value of the contract is and where it is stored. This can be crucial information if for
example the construction manager becomes insolvent.

Establishing an asset register scheduling what assets there are on site and who they belong to. This
information may later be incorporated into the building owner's manual.

Establishing all statutory site registers such as; lifting equipment, dangerous and explosive substance
storage, scaffolding and accident reports etc.

Complying with any statutory conditions that must be satisfied prior to construction (such as tree
protection, submission of contaminated soil disposal plans, approval of work adjacent to an operating rail
track and so on).

Ensuring (in their role as principal contractor) that workers are provided with a suitable site induction,
training and information to be able to work without undue risk to their health or safety.

Establishing inspection regimes and quality assurance procedures for construction.

Commissioning any further geotechnical survey work required.

If it has not already been done, obtaining statutory utility drawings of all existing and surrounding
services including details of any telecoms, wells and hydraulic mains.
Arranging necessary road closures and restrictions, diversions of services and connections necessary for
the works to be carried out.

If it has not already been done, obtaining legal documentation describing precisely the site boundary
and ownership.

Preparing (in their role as principal contractor) a construction phase plan, if this has not already been
done.

Developing the site waste management plan (if required).

Commissioning a survey team to establish semi-permanent setting-out theodolite base plates.

If it has not already been done, arranging for the statutory utilities to provide the necessary water,
power supplies, and ICT services required for construction activities.

Notifying the local authority (or approved inspector) of their intention to begin construction.

Informing the emergency services of their intention to begin construction.

Notifying the HSE if this has not already been done