Search results Introduction WATER 13.5 PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION Introduction A main river is defined as any watercourse shown as a 'blue line' on the flood map published by the EA/NRW/SEPA. An ordinary watercourse includes any other river, stream, ditch, drain, cut, dyke, sluice, sewer... 13-5-introduction Failure Modes Excavation Failure modes The importance, and indeed necessity, of providing proper support to excavations is often hard to explain to site operatives. The reason is not hard to find. Clays, to the inexperienced, often look very stable when first excavated. They... E7-failure-modes Checklist Site Conditions Excavation Check List No.1 - Site conditions and method constraints. (Design stage) Knowledge of the ground and local constraints (adjacent buildings etc.) must be available in order to determine the method of excavation and the need for support. In addition,... E7-checklist-site-conditions Illumination and Identification Work Over Water General precautions Illumination and Identification Illumination is essential for night work and at all times in shafts, dark corners and stairways. An even spread of light is required to avoid deceptive shadows and glare. The area floodlit should... E10-illumination-and-identification Cranes Mounted On Barges Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment All cranes: Special functions Cranes mounted on barges and pontoons Where lifting operations need to be carried out over water, land based cranes may sometimes be mounted on floating vessels such as barges or pontoons. ... E12-cranes-mounted-on-barges Safe Digging Practices Overhead and Underground Services Underground services Safe digging practices After the use of locators, trial holes should be carefully dug, using either electrically insulated hand tools or safe excavation equipment (vacuum excavators, air lances, etc), to... E18-safe-digging-practices Drowning And Or Being Confined Spaces Boreholes and sewers Drowning and/or being swept away 200mm of water in a fast flowing sewer is difficult to stand against and 600mm of water is a danger. Conditions in a sewer can change very quickly, and workers should be able to recognise... E2-drowning-and-or-being Hazards Specialist/Specific Processes, Risks and Components High pressure and ultra high pressure water jetting Hazards The main hazards involved in working with both HP and UHP water jetting equipment include: Physical contact with the jet causing serious injury... E24-pressure-hazards References Specialist/Specific Processes, Risks and Components High pressure and ultra high pressure water jetting References Legislation Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 Control of Substances... E24-pressure-references Posters, Forms, Notifications for Construction Wor Documentation Posters, Forms, Notifications for Construction Work *Health and Safety Law Poster. The latest revised version of this poster is now available. F10 notification of Construction Work (where project is notifiable under CDM) Employers Liability... B8-posters-forms-notifications-for-construction-wo 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
