Easy Site Prep for Building Construction

Site prep is defined as preparing for necessary operations that are required to develop buildings, parking lots, roads etc on raw land.

Preparation includes several different tasks like sediment control, clearing and grubbing, storm drains, water and sewer pipes, soil erosion and management, rock removal, weed removal, underground utility and other tasks.

Soil erosion and management
It is very important to protect the quality of water, soil erosion and sediment control once the location is selected. Many locations requires storm permitting, and all erosion and other control measures must be placed and inspected firsthand before cutting the first tree and shoveling off the dirt from the site.

Storm water management system is very complex because the detention basins are complex in nature because it has side slopes and flat grades bottom.

Clearing: Clearing is cleaning the pathway in the site so other equipments can pass easily. Usually the limit of clearing is done with the help of GPS dozer.

Burning the debris is the traditional method but this practice is fading away. Moreover, in most areas across the United States, the air pollution standards will stop from burning the debris.

Site prep requires lots of planning and use of heavy machinery. You never know when you will need one item and tomorrow you need something else. So preparing a plan ahead of the project is vital.

Most common tasks in excavation are clearing lots for houses, laying pipes, fixing water leaks, digging foundation and others which requires a team work and also an individual responsibility to work around whatever time around the year no matter the season.

When laying a pipe, it requires skill and a good plan. After you dig the trench, you have to make sure that the angle of elevation is correct. Pipes specification must match the blueprint. Several different pipes which are used for water, sewer and storm drains need to be placed carefully.

In order to start the job you must have get permit. You can only start the work once you get the permit to work on the site. In some cases, you have to mention how much disturbance the site prep will create. For that you will have to get an environmental study document to start the work according to your plan.

When you are making excavation on the site, you might need to dig and remove land to create a pond. This also calls for skilled and experienced workers.

Manholes are opening holes or an access points for performing maintenance and created for purposes like storm drains, sewers, telephones, electricity. Using an excavator and a crew of workers, the building plans will need to be precise on order to set them in right place.

In conclusion, when you start working on the site you need to have knowledge on the site itself, rules and regulations, first aid and team spirit. It could be fun work if you can easily handle the heavy machinery and work as a team.