Project Site Inspection Report # 1

Project Name:

Tshiawelo Primary School

Project ID:

EDDP No. 184/194

Programme:

Additions and Rehabilitation of Schools

Prepared By:
Document Owner(s)

Firm

Jose Manuel Pompa

BSc. Civil Engineer

This Report covers the period:

04 09- 2014

Nature of the Report

Site Inspection.

Date:

04 09 - 2014

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1 Introduction:
The purpose of this report is to provide and update of progress and quality
on the additions and rehabilitations of High School This report is based
upon thorough visual examination of the site only made from ground level
and other readily accessible points.

2 Scope of the Project:

The Project entitle the New, Upgrades, Additions & Rehabilitation of the
existing school in terms of:
Erection of 8 classrooms
Erection of 12 enviroloos toilets
Electrical repairs, replacement of roofs

General renovations, to all 12 classrooms, 2 labs, consumer

centre, library & admin block & repair to flashing toilets.

Construction of Nutrition Centre.

3 Project Status Report at 04-09-2014

Projects Details.
In accordance with the scope of work and the site plan, the contractor is
carrying out the filling and compaction in four classroom blocks after the
concrete and wall bricks as per drawings and was pouring concrete in other
four classrooms strip foundations. They are also working on the renovations
of 12 classrooms and 10 flashing toilets
Excavation for the foundation of the one of 4 classroom blocks, was not
done correctly as is suppose to be done making the correct platform or
doing step foundation; then now the brick wall foundation is very high, at
some areas by 1.7 meters which is not allowed from technical structural
international norms, and even the contractor did not do the filling back
properly, because is suppose to do the filling on the external brick walls too.

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The renovation over the 12 classroom block is in progress but is very slowly
their perform, our opinion is based because the contractor it should be busy
working on the internal walls at the same time and organizing pouring
concrete for the new floor into the classroom blocks. We did not get info
about the stage of the roof suppliers.
There are other issues that should be addressed by the contractor, like
fixing a broken pipe which is filling all the site area with water; and also,
taking in consideration the big slopping area on site the contractor, should
think in the solution to avoid the raining water go inside the trenches during
the foundation stage of the buildings.
Challenges / Issues:

The Project is behind schedule at the moment of the site inspection,

there is no progress and there is no action from the contractor.
because politics as the way there were explain.

If the cause of the delay is very justified; the contractor it should

submit to the project manager the proper letter for extension of time.
The date when the project to be completed is in risk because after 25
% of the time elapsed the project is almost starting.

The Contractor should submit a new construction program made with

the Micro Soft Project to know when they are going to finish the
project.

The Contractor has not foreman or site supervisor on site.

Solutions

The Contractor it should manage to hire a skilled foreman to make

sure the foundations will be build correctly.

Extension of time for Practical Completion should be issued by the

contractor through a letter to PA, due to the delays, if is allowed at
this time and even must be evaluated the cost implication.

The contractor should present a new strategy to recover the days

behind the schedule in the earthworks.

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The construction programme with the detailed information about the

progress, block by block should be finished as soon as possible.

The contractor should take in consideration build temporary surface

drainages to help evacuate the rain water within the trenches.

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Figure No. 1 Site Plan of the School

Figure No.2 Broken pipe licking water at the whole site

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Figure No.3 Excavation of Admin block in process

Figure No.4 Earth works for 2 classromm blocks

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Figure No.5 The area for the other 2 classroom blocks

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Figure No.6 Slopping excavation is a

Top soil was

not removed
wrong
job
properly

done

Figure No. 7 Some areas the top soil was not removed

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