Progress Charts
Objectives Identify stages of the construction program. Draw up a basic working program. Identify health & Safety issues. Identify construction trades, plant etc.
Site Set Up
Clear Site Tracked excavator
Set Out & Excavate Foundations
Concrete Foundations Ready Mix concrete
Stepped Foundation
Brickwork to DPC level (Substructure) Opening for drainage run
Drainage in place-back filling in progress
View of drainage runs
Concrete slab Reinforcing DPM in position
Leveling Concrete
Floating slab Power float
Finished floor
Next stage of construction (Superstructure)
View through cavity wall
Blockwork ready to take joists Joist level Lintels in position
Blocking in between joists
Internal wall
Roof trusses in position Wall Plate level
Gable End
Bricking in ladders
Task 1 Assume the construction project you have just seen in the presentation is of a two bedroom house. Fill a the progress chart, You must include labour and plant requirements for each stage of construction. An example will be supplied. Tips for completion- assume 2:1 bricklaying gangs, a foreman is required for supervision and a JCB can be used for the excavation.
Sample progress chart