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METHOD STATEMENT FOR RECTIFICATION OF THE AAC

BLOCK WORKS

PROJECT : (Replace with the project’s name, at location , city name)

CLIENT : (Replace with the client’s name)

MASTER DEVELOPER : (Replace with the master developer’s name)

PMC : (Replace with the PMC’s name)

LEAD CONSULTANT : (Replace with the lead consultant’s name)

SUB-CONSULTANT : (Replace with the sub-consultant’s name)

MAIN CONTRACTOR : (Replace with the main contractor’s name)

SUB-CONTRACTOR : (Replace with the sub-contractor’s name)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. REVISION RECORD ............................................................................................................................. 3
2. PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................................. 4
3. SCOPE OF WORKS ............................................................................................................................. 4
4. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... 4
4.1. Contract documents ........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.2. Contractors Submittal .....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
5. DEFINITIONS / ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................... 4
5.1. Definition ..........................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
5.2. Abbreviations ...................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
6. RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................................. 5
7. EQUIPMENTS/ TOOLS/ MANPOWER ................................................................................................. 5
7.1. Equipments / Tools ......................................................................................................................... 5
7.2. List of Manpower ............................................................................................................................ 6
7.3. MATERIALS ..................................................................................................................................... 6
8. PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................................................ 6
8.1. Unstable walls. ................................................................................................................................ 6
8.2. Major Chasing of block wall which is deeper than 1/3 of the wall thickness. ........................... 6
8.3. The separation gap between the wall and the slab soffit. ........................................................... 7
8.4. Fixing anchors types ...................................................................................................................... 7
9. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 7
10. ATTACHMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 7
10.1. Inspection Checklists ..................................................................................................................... 7
10.2. Inspection Test Plan ....................................................................................................................... 7
10.3. Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 7
10.4. Technical Data sheet (TDS) ............................................................................................................ 7
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1. REVISION RECORD
This page is a record of all revisions of the document identified below by number and title. All previous revisions
are hereby superseded and are to be destroyed.
Rev Date By Chkd. Approved Description of Revisions

0 2-Oct-13 First issue

Signature field
Revision
Revision
Number
Date
2-Oct-13 Prepared by Checked by

Reviewed
By Construction Technical QA/QC MEP Co-
Manager Manager Engineer HSE Officer ordinator Sub-contractor

Approved
By Project
Manager
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2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this method statement is to define the procedure for the sequence of Rectification of the consultant concerns
regarding AAC block as recommended by the AAC block manufacturer considering all safety and quality requirements.

3. SCOPE OF WORKS
Concerns raised by the Consultant at areas identified below at the AAC block walls.

4. REFERENCES
4.1. Contract documents
1. Project Specification :- Division 4, Section 042226
2. Contract Drawings :-
4.2. Contractors Submittal
3. Project Quality Plan :-
4. Project Safety Plan :-
5. Material approvals (MAT)
Sr. No. Description MAT. No. Rev No. Date Remarks
1 AAC Blocks
2 Coil lath CL-L-150 & Coil lath CL-L-150
S from Technical metal industries
3 Expanded metal lath: LWBM from
Technical metal industries
4 ACRYSEAL-Acrylic Sealant – Al
Muqarram Industries
5 Hilti-CP 606
6
6. Shop Drawings approvals (SPD)
Sr. No. Description SPD. No. Rev No. Date Remarks
1
2
7. Related method statements (MET)
Sr. No. Description MET. No. Rev No. Date Remarks
1
2

5. DEFINITIONS / ABBREVIATIONS
5.1. Definition
1. Project -(Replace with project name)
2. Client -(Replace with clients name)
3. Developer -(Replace with developers name)
4. Consultant -(Replace with consultants name)
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5. PMC -(Replace with PMC name)

6. Contractor -(Replace with contractors name)
7. Sub-contractor -(Replace with sub-contractors name)
8. Supplier -(Replace with suppliers name)
5.2. Abbreviations
1. Engineer - Representative of “Name of engineering consultancy”
2. ICL - Inspection Check List
3. IR - Inspection Request
4. ITL -Independent Testing Laboratory
5. ITP - Inspection and Test Plan
6. ITR -Inspection & Test Requests
7. MAT - Material Submittal
8. MEP - Mechanical Electrical Plumbing
9. MET - Method Statement
10. MIR - Material Inspection Request
11. MSDS - Material Safety Data Sheet
12. PPE -Personal Protective Equipment
13. PQP -Project Quality Plan
14. PTW -Permit To Work ( Working at Height or enclosed spaces)
15. RA -Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
16. RFIA - Request for Inspection and Approval
17. SPD - Shop Drawing
18. TBM - Temporary Bench Mark
6. RESPONSIBILITIES
1. The Construction Manager is overall responsible for the implementation of the method statement, to ensure that
the team of Engineers and foremen are aware of this MS and, to ensure that all resources (labour, material and
equipment) are available to carry out the work as planned.
2. The Project Engineer/ Site Engineer are responsible to carry out the work as per the approved MS. He is also
responsible to ensure adequate equipment for mobilization works are in place prior to the starting of work.
3. QA/QC Engineer is responsible to ensure work has been done as per the specification and drawings, inspections
are done as per Quality Control Procedure and the Inspection and Test plan, and all work are offered to
client/consultant for inspection.
4. The Safety Engineer is responsible to ensure that all Safety precautions are in place, and that all personnel on site
are using the required Personal Protective Equipment (helmet, gloves, shoes, coveralls, etc.). He must also ensure
that all relevant permissions are available for the works.

7. EQUIPMENTS/ TOOLS/ MANPOWER

7.1. Equipment’s / Tools
1. Mechanical mixer machine
2. Cleaning tools
3. AAC block Handsaw
4. Masonry tools
5. Chipping hammer
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6. Slow speed drill

7. Hilti Shooting gun
8. Grinder

7.2. List of Manpower

1. Project Manager
2. Construction Manager
3. Project Engineer
4. QA/QC Engineer / Inspector
5. Safety Engineer/Officer
6. Foremen/Work Supervisor
7. Equipment Operators
8. Skilled and unskilled labours

7.3. MATERIALS
List of Materials
1. Coil lath CL-L-150
2. Coil lath CL-L-150 S
3. Expanded metal lath: LWBM
4. Adhesive/Glue
5. Screw for sub frame fixing
6. Fire rated sealant CP606
7. Acryseal, Acrylic Sealant

8. PROCEDURE
1. Based on the joint investigation done by all parties at the site, certain cases have been observed and need to be
rectified as follow:

8.1. Unstable walls.

For this case, where have been identified at building as clouded on the attached lay outs, the following procedure will
be followed:
1. A 200 x 200 mm stiffener column will be provided at the end of the block wall with 4T12 and T8@200mm c/c steel
reinforcement, anchored at the top by 1R20mm dowel bar with PVC sleeve to prevent bonding to the concrete and
4T12 starter bars at the bottom.
2. A 300 x 100 mm stiffener column will be provided at the free end of the L- shape block wall with 3T12 and
T10@200mm horizontal reinforcement (hook type), anchored at the top by 2R20mm dowel bar with PVC sleeve to
prevent bonding to the concrete and 3T12 starter bars at the bottom.
3. Assure that all the joints have been filled as good as possible as light don’t pass through the joint from both sides of
the wall using the approved thin bed mortar (i.e. Neofil block from Colmef or Light weight block mortar from
Conmix)

8.2. Major Chasing of block wall which is deeper than 1/3 of the wall thickness.
For that case, where the concrete has been casted to fill the chasing surrounding the pipe, the following procedure will
be followed:
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1. Groove will be made on both left and right sides of the casted concrete as deep as possible to provide a
separation.
2. The groove will be done vertically from top to bottom for the full height of the concrete casting.
3. The groove will be filled using site- mix 1:9 cement sand weak mortar.
4. The whole area at chasing comprising of (chasing, concrete and separation groove) will be covered by stain less
steel coil CL-L-150 S if it is external face and galvanized Coil lath CL-L-150 If it is internal face.

8.3. The separation gap between the wall and the slab soffit.
For that case, where the gap between the wall and the slab soffit is less than 20 mm, the following procedure will be
followed:
1. The top of the AAC block wall will be cut using a handsaw to achieve 20 mm joint gap
2. This joint will be treated by inserting 25 mm diameter polyethylene backing rod to adjust the depth of sealant
application to the required depth.
3. ACRYSEAL (Acrylic Sealant), the approved sealant that will be used at wall/soffit joint of non-fire rated walls, will
be applied to depth of 12 mm.
4. CP 606, the approved fire rated sealant that will be used at wall/soffit joint of fire rated wall will be applied to depth
of 10 mm

8.4. Fixing anchors types

1. As per the manufacturer recommendation, all fixings used will be suitable for light weight blocks with plastic plug
which is longer to penetrate deeper into the wall and having better grip to attain better pull out strength.
2. For sub frame fixing, TFS-L 8X80 screw supplied by the AAC manufacture are being used with min 4 numbers at
each side of sub frame.
3. For vanity and cabinet fixing, suitable screws will be submitted in due course by the installer
4. Measures required addressing the uninstalled mesh reinforcement in the lower 2 courses.
5. As per the manufacturer recommendation, that the wall can be maintained taking into consideration that the block
joints are properly filled with thin bed mortar.
6. In addition to the above, 250 mm expanded metal lath shall be fixed at the horizontal joint of 1st and 2nd layer from
both sides of the wall.

9. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

10. ATTACHMENTS
10.1. Inspection Checklists
10.2. Inspection Test Plan
10.3. Risk Assessment
10.4. Technical Data sheet (TDS)