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METHOD STATEMENT EXCAVATION FOR ROADWAY &

Prepared by Reviewed & Approved by

Name
A.
SCOPE: Date

Signature
This
work shall consist of excavation, removal and satisfactory disposal of materials necessary
for the construction of roadway, side drains and waterways in accordance with

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requirements of these Specifications and the lines, grades and cross-sections shown in the
drawings or as indicated by the Engineer. It shall include the hauling and stacking of or
hauling to sites of embankment and subgrade construction, suitable cut materials from
reaches involving cutting as required, as also the disposal of unsuitable cut materials in
specified manner, trimming and finishing of the road to specified dimensions or as
directed by the Engineer.

B. Soil:

[Link] is initiated.
[Link] shall comprise top soil, turf, sand, silt, loam, clay, mud, peat, black cotton soil, soft
shale or loose morrum, a mixture of these and similar material which yield to the
ordinary application of pick, spade and/or shovel, rake or other ordinary digging
implement. Removal of gravel or any other nodular material having dimension in any
one direction not exceeding 75 mm shall be deemed to be covered under this category.
[Link] RFI is closed.

C. Setting out:

A. After the site has been cleared as per Clause 200, the limits of excavation shall be set
out true to lines, curves, slopes, grades and sections as shown on the drawings or as
directed by the Engineer. The Contractor shall provide all labour, survey instruments
and materials such as strings, pegs, nails, lime, mortar, concrete, etc., required in
connection with the setting out of works and the establishment of bench marks. The
Contractor shall be responsible for the maintenance of bench marks and other marks
and stakes as long as in the opinion of the Engineer, they are required for the works.

D. Excavation – General:

[Link] excavations shall be carried out in conformity with the directions laid here-in-under
and in a manner approved by the Engineer. The work shall be so done that the
suitable materials available from excavation are satisfactorily utilized as decided

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upon beforehand. While planning or executing excavations, the Contractor shall take
all adequate precautions against soil erosion, water pollution etc. as per Clause 306,
and take appropriate drainage measures to keep the site free of water in accordance
with Clause 311.

[Link] excavations shall conform to the lines, grades, side slopes and levels shown on the
drawings or as directed by the Engineer. The Contractor shall not excavate outside the
limits of excavation. Subject to the permitted tolerances, any excess depth/width
excavated beyond the specified levels/dimensions on the drawings shall be made
good at the cost of the Contractor with suitable material of characteristics similar to
that removed and compacted to the requirements of Clause 305. All debris and loose
material on the slopes of cuttings shall be removed. No backfilling shall be allowed to
obtain required slopes excepting that when boulders or soft materials are
encountered in cut slopes, these shall be excavated to approved depth on instructions
of the Engineer and the resulting cavities filled with suitable material and thoroughly
compacted in an approved manner. After excavation, the sides of excavated area shall
be trimmed and the area contoured to minimize erosion and pounding, allowing for
natural drainage to take place.

E. Type of Excavation Recommended equipment’s:

[Link] excavator with rock breaker or Jack hammer operated with air compressor
for Excavation in rock.
[Link] pump and hydraulic excavator for Marsh excavation.
[Link] excavators for removal of earth.
[Link] loader for Small excavation.
[Link] cracking for areas where vibrations are prohibited Silent cracking.

F. Rock excavation:

1. Rock, when encountered in road excavation, shall be removed upto the formation level
or as otherwise indicated on the drawings. Where, however, unstable shale or other
unsuitable materials are encountered at the formation level, these shall be excavated
to the extent of 500 mm below the formation level or as otherwise

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specified. In all cases, the excavation operations shall be so carried out that at no point
on cut formations the rock protrudes above the specified levels. Rocks and large
boulders which are likely to cause differential settlement and also local drainage
problems shall be removed to the extent of 500 mm below the formation level in the
formation width including drains and cut through the side drain. Where excavation is
done to levels lower than those specified, the excess excavation shall be made good as
per Clauses 301.3.3 and 301.6 to the satisfaction of the Engineer.
2. Slopes in rock cutting shall be finished to uniform lines corresponding to slope lines
shown on the drawings or as directed by the Engineer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
all loose pieces of rock on excavated slope surface which move when pierced by a
crowbar shall be removed.
Where blasting is to be resorted to, the same shall be carried out as per Clause 302
and all precautions indicated therein observed. Where pre splitting is prescribed to
be done for the establishment of a specified slope in rock excavation, the same shall
be carried out as per Clause 303.

Excavation of road shoulders/verge/median for widening of pavement or providing

The works involving widening of existing pavements or providing paved shoulders, the
existing shoulders/verge/median shall be removed to its full width and up to top of
the subgrade. The 500 mm of the SG material and top 500 mm of the embankment
material shall be checked for CBR properties and shall satisfy the effective CBR
Criteria. Failing which it shall be removed and material satisfying the effective CBR
criteria shall be filled up. In case effective CBR criteria is satisfied While doing so, care
shall be taken to see that no portion of the existing pavement designated for
retention is loosened or disturbed.

G. BLASTING OPERATIONS:

Blasting shall be carried out in a manner that completes the excavation to the lines
indicated in drawings, with the least disturbance to adjacent material. It shall be
done only with the written permission of the Engineer. All the statutory laws,
regulations, rules, etc., pertaining to the acquisition, transportation, storage,
handling and use of explosives shall be strictly followed by the Contractor. The

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Contractor may adopt any method or methods of blasting consistent with the safety
and job requirements. Prior to starting any phase of the operation, the Contractor
shall provide information describing pertinent blasting procedures, dimensions and
notes. The magazine for the storage of explosives shall be built to the designs and
specifications of the Explosives Department concerned and located at the approved
site. No unauthorized person shall be admitted into the magazine which, when not in
use, shall be kept securely locked. No matches or inflammable material shall be
allowed in the magazine. The magazine shall have an effective lightening conductor.
The following shall be hung in the lobby of the magazine:

1) A copy of the relevant rules regarding safe storage both in English and in the
language with which the workers concerned are familiar.

2) A statement of up-to-date stock of the magazine.

3) A certificate showing the last date of testing of the lightning conductor.

4) All the materials, tools and equipment used for blasting operations shall be of
approved type. The Engineer may specify the type of explosives to be allowed in
special cases. The fuse to be used in wet locations shall be sufficiently water-resistant
as to be unaffected when immersed in water for 30 minutes. The rate of burning of
the fuse shall be uniform and definitely known to permit such a length being cut as
will permit sufficient time to the firer to reach safely before explosion takes place.
Detonators shall be capable of giving effective blasting of the explosives. The
blasting powder, explosives, detonators, fuses, etc., shall be fresh and not damaged
due to dampness, moisture or any other cause.
They shall be inspected before use and damaged articles shall be discarded
totally and removed from the site immediately.

H. Materials, Tools and Equipment:

All the materials, tools and equipment used for blasting operations shall be of
approved type. The Engineer may specify the type of explosives to be allowed in
special cases. The fuse to be used in wet locations shall be sufficiently water-resistant
as to be unaffected when immersed in water for 30 minutes. The rate of burning of
the fuse shall be uniform and definitely known to permit such a length being cut as

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will permit sufficient time to the firer to reach safely before explosion takes place.
Detonators shall be capable of giving effective blasting of the explosives. The blasting
powder, explosives, detonators, fuses, etc., shall be fresh and not damaged due to
dampness, moisture or any other cause. They shall be inspected before use and
damaged articles shall be discarded totally and removed from the site immediately.

I. Personnel:

The blasting operation shall remain in the charge of competent and experienced
supervisor and workmen who are thoroughly acquainted with the details of handling
explosives and blasting operations.

J. Blasting Operations:

1. The blasting shall be carried out during the pre-determined hours of the day preferably
during the mid-day luncheon hour or at the close of the work as ordered in writing by
the Engineer. The hours shall be made known to the people in the vicinity.
2. The Contractor shall notify each public utility company having structures in proximity to
the site of the work of his intention to use explosives. Such notice shall be give
sufficiently in advance to enable the companies to take such steps as they may deem
necessary to protect their property from injury. In advance of any blasting work within
50 m of any railway track or structures, the Contractor shall notify the concerned
Railway Authority of the location, date, time and approximate duration of such
blasting operation.
3. Red danger flags shall be displayed prominently in all directions during the blasting
operations. The flags shall be planted 200 m from the blasting site in all directions.
People, except those who actually light the fuse, shall be prohibited from entering
this area and all persons including workmen shall be kept away from the flagged area,
and all persons including workmen shall be removed from the flagged area at least 10
minutes before the firing. A warning siren shall be sounded for the above purpose.
4. Only controlled blasting shall be resorted to along with the safeguard above at
locations where built-up area, huts, abodes of people and livestock lie within
200 m. Similarly excavation of hard rock without blasting is mandatory where people
live within 20 m of blast site.
5. The charge holes shall be drilled to required depths and at suitable places. Blasting
should be as light as possible consistent with thorough breakage of the material

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necessary for economic loading and hauling. Any method of blasting which leads to
overshooting shall be discontinued.
6. When blasting is done with powder, the fuse cut to the required length shall be
inserted into the hole and the powder dropped shall be gently tamped with copper
roads with rounded ends. The explosive powder shall then be covered with tamping
material which shall be tamped lightly but firmly.
7. When blasting is done with dynamite and other high explosives, dynamite cartridges
shall be prepared by inserting the square cut end of a fuse into the detonator and
finishing it with nippers at the open end, the detonator gently pushed into the primer
leaving 1/3rd of the copper tube exposed outside. The paper of the cartridge shall
then be closed up and securely bound with wire or twine. The primer shall be housed
into the explosive. Boreholes shall be cleared of all debris and explosives inserted. The
space of about 200 mm above the charge shall then be gently filled with dry clay,
pressed home and the rest of the tamping formed of any convenient material gently
packed with a wooden rammer.
8. At a time, not more than 10 such charges will be prepared and fired. The man in charge
shall blow a siren in a recognized manner for cautioning the people. All the people
shall then be required to move to safe distances. The charges shall be lighted by the
man-in charge only. The man-in-charge shall count the number of explosions. He shall
satisfy himself that all the charges have been exploded before allowing the workmen
to go back to the work site.
9. After blasting operation, the Contractor shall compact the loose residual material below
subgrade and replace the material removed below subgrade with suitable material.

K. Misfire:

In case of misfire, the following procedure shall be observed:

1. Sufficient time shall be allowed to account for the delayed blast. The man-in-charge
shall inspect all the charges and determine the missed charge.
2. If it is the blasting powder charge, it shall be completely flooded with water. A new
hole shall be drilled at about 450 mm from the old hole and fired. This should blast the
old charge. If not blast the old charge, the procedure shall be repeated till the old

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charge is blasted.
3. In case of charges of gelignite, dynamite, etc., the man-in-charge shall gently remove
the tamping and the primer with the detonator. A fresh detonator and primer shall
then be used to blast the charge.

Alternatively, the hole may be cleared of 300 mm of tamping and the direction then
ascertained by placing a stick in the hole. Another hole may then be drilled 150 mm
away and parallel to it. This hole shall then be charged and fired when the misfired
hole should explode at the same time. The man-in-charge shall at once report to the
Contractor’s office and the Engineer all cases of misfire, the cause of the same and
what steps were taken in connection therewith.

If a misfire has been found to be due to defective detonator or dynamite, the whole
quantity in the box from which defective article was taken must be sent to the
authority directed by the Engineer for inspection to ascertain whether all the
remaining materials in the box are also defective.

L. Account:

A careful and day to day account of the explosive shall be maintained by the
Contractor in an approved register and manner which shall be open to inspection by
the Engineer at all times.

M. Health, safety and environment:

All employees working within the limit of this project shall follow the guidelines / rules
& regulations as mentioned in HSE PLAN.

N. Traffic:

As per the standard construction practices necessary traffic management measures

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