Construction Site Preparation- All You Need To Know About It

By Katherine S. Hall 4 years ago

The construction site preparation plays an important role in the successful execution of the construction projects at hand. Site preparation is one of the initial jobs to perform before executing construction jobs after performing residential or Commercial Demolition In Castle Cove. Beginning a new project in an unfriendly site can hinder building permits, destroy plans, and also damage the entire project. 

But when site preparation is performed properly, other processes of construction become straightforward. For example, if the building construction is starting in a place with numerous underground pipes, hiring Land Clearing Contractors is important to prepare the site. Once the site is prepared, you can start digging for the next construction job. This will prevent all the issues regarding underground pipe bursting. Besides, preparing the site properly before construction is also important to lessen all the possible mistakes and delays, which result in costly reworks.

Here are few  procedures involved with construction site preparation including an expected timeline:

  1. Site clearing: Clearing the site is the very first step involved in preparing a site. Before starting construction, the site needs to be in a cleared and graded condition. This job includes demolishing the existing structures, removing trees, and then hiring land clearing contractors for eliminating the structures. 
  2. Site surveying: It often becomes tough to decide whether you are building on the right block until and unless the survey pegs do not determine the building blocks. Here it is important to hire a surveyor for surveying the site properly and then lining out the area where the road structures or projects to be developed.
  3. Soil testing: After performing residential or commercial demolition in Castle Cove and clearing the site for surveying, the next step involved in site preparation is testing the soil. It is important to decide the main composition of the soil to test its ability to absorb water and to withstand structure. Here are the details of the types of soil available in the construction sites.
  • Class A or Acceptable soil
  • Class S or Satisfactory soil
  • Class M or Moderate soil
  • Class E or Extreme soil
  • Class H1 and H2 or Highly Reactive soil
  • Class P or Problematic soil
  1. Designing a site plan: After performing soil testing, the next step is to design the site plan where drainage and septic tanks are installed. And the next step is to modify the designs to indicate the right placement of these structures. The site plan also shows the newly developed access roads for construction vehicles and temporary storage areas.
  2. Site investigating: Site investigation is the last step of site preparation where the soil, rock, and groundwater condition of the proposed site is performed. By investigating the site, the quality of the site is evaluated to collect data for constructing and designing a new foundation. So, the main goal of site investigation is to get the right information about the site.