Considerations for construction scheduling
Considerations for construction scheduling
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| Construction activity | Schedule consideration |
|---|---|
| Identify and label protection areas (e.g. buffer zones, filter strips, trees). | Site delineation should be completed before construction begins. |
| Construction access. Construction entrance, construction routes, equipment parking areas and cutting of vegetation (necessary perimeter controls). | First land-disturbing activity - Establish protected areas and designated resources for protection. Stabilize bare areas immediately with gravel and temporary vegetation as construction takes place. |
| Sediment traps and barriers. Basin traps, sediment fences, and outlet protection (necessary perimeter controls). | install principal basins after construction site is accessed. Install additional traps and barriers as needed during grading. |
| Runoff control. Diversions, silt fence, perimeter dikes, water bars, and outlet protection. | Install key practices after principal sediment traps and before land grading. install additional runoff control measures during grading. |
| Runoff conveyance system. Stabilize stream banks, storm drains, channels, inlet and outlet protection, and slope drains. | Where necessary, stabilize stream banks as early as possible. Install principal runoff conveyance system with runoff-control measures. install remainder of system after grading. |
| Grubbing and grading. Site preparation: cutting, filling and grading, sediment traps, barriers, diversions, drains, surface roughening. | Begin major grubbing and grading after principal sediment and key runoff control measures are installed. clear borrow and disposal areas only as needed. Install additional control measures as grading progresses. |
| Surface stabilization: temporary and permanent seeding, mulching, sodding, and installing riprap. | Apply temporary or permanent stabilization measures immediately on all disturbed areas where work is delayed or complete. |
| Building construction: buildings, utilities, paving. | install necessary erosion and sedimentation control practices as work takes place. |
| Landscaping and final stabilization: topsoiling, planting trees and shrubs, permanent seeding, mulching, sodding, installing riprap. | Last construction phase - stabilize all open areas, including borrow and spoil areas. Remove and stabilize all temporary control measures. |
| Maintenance. | Maintenance inspections should be performed weekly, and maintenance repairs should be made immediately after periods of rainfall. |