CW Milestones Part-3 – Site Kick off

After Work Package approval, a formal hand over meeting is being arranged by Site Acquisition department, called site kick-off. This is the first and most important step which counts towards start of construction works on site. Normally the participants of the Kick Off meeting includes

• Site Acquisition(SA) Representative
• CW representative
• Actual Owner or his representative of leased property of site
• CW Sub Contractor’s team lead/site supervisor (along with his team , with all measuring and marking tools)

CW representative have to understand that once s/he will have accepted the site at the time of kick-off, without any report, CW is going to be responsible
for future delays if any, due to any reasons (sometimes the reasons may be site acquisition problems, like). So the representative has to be wise enough to verify all design (like level difference discrepancies, plot/roof dimensions discrepancies etc), and acquisition aspects mentioned in DEDs or Work Package with actualities on site. The CW representative has to clarify all his/her doubts on site with SA representative present on site, he has to explain all construction process to actual Owner of this leased property of site, during the kick off meeting, and also introduce the Subcontractor with site owner. S/He has to again formally hand over all DEDs to Sub contractor’s team lead, and to ask him as well to identify any doubts and discrepancies, Right Now Right Here.

Following steps have to be keenly observed and supervised and in case of any discrepancies the matter has to be immediately raised with concerned departments or personal.

1. Sites coordinates should be checked, whether they match with SAR coordinates or not.
2. Demarcation & Layout of area must be done in the presence of owner.
3. Check EGL w.r.t RL from the drawings and compare it with the existing location. A permanent BM should be marked at site at the time of kick off, for future reference. That can be either any permanent structure around the site or if it is not available a brick masonry column can serve the purpose till the site is complete. This BM will serve as reference till the completion of site and to maintain site levels as per drawing.
4. Educate the Subcontractor about Health & Safety requirements and the Subcontractor should be professional enough to fulfill strictly.
5. Site construction schedule must be handed over to Customer at the time of Kickoff by Subcontractor.
6. Instructions must be given to Subcontractor regarding material specification used at site. Site Quality and HES Checklist to be given to Subcontractor & make him responsible to ensure availability when CW Engineer visits to site.  
7. Subcontractor has to be informed about anticipated schedule of construction activities on site. And timings of construction as agreed between Owner and your own company’s SA team.