QATAR BUILDING ENGINEERING COMPANY

SITE WORK PROCEDURE Doc. No. SWP.CS.08

Department QA/QC Rev. 1
Title Floor Screed Works Date 05.12.01

SITE WORK PROCEDURE

SWP.CS.08
FLOOR SCREED WORK

REVISION HISTORY

1 Revision-1 05.12.01

0 Original Issue 11.11.01

Rev. Revision information Date

Originated by Reviewed by Approved by

Swaminathan Ganesan K.Kunhappan Hassan Sahli

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Title Floor Screed Works Date 05.12.01

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 QATAR BUILDING ENGINEERING COMPANY
SITE WORK PROCEDURE Doc. No. SWP.CS.08
Department QA/QC Rev. 1
Title Floor Screed Works Date 05.12.01

FLOOR SCREED WORKS

1.0 OBJECTIVE

1.1 To describe the procedure, for laying of floor screed for the contract no
GTC.101/ED/01 Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning
(EPIC) of Ras Laffan Utilization Project Buildings and utilities and support
service Phase 1-Utilities.

2.0 SCOPE

2.1 Applicable to all the buildings in at Service Base Area, Service Berth Area, FSO
Marine and Telecom buildings.

3.0 REFERENCE

3.1 Project Approved Drawings

3.2 Qatar Petroleum standard Spec. Vol. 1, section 9.39

4.0 PROCEDURE

4.1 MATERIALS APPROVAL:

4.1.1 Material approval shall be obtained from QP for the screed ingredients such as
sand, cement, water, floor hardener, joint fillers etc before proceeding with actual
work.

4.2 SURFACE PREPARATION:

4.2.1 The surface of the concrete base must be clean firm and rough to ensure a good
bond. This shall be achieved by hacking thoroughly to remove all laitance and to
expose the aggregate over the whole area, followed by sweeping clean and
hosing down to remove all dust.

4.2.2 The base shall be soaked with water for at least 12 hours and surplus water
removed before laying commences.

4.3 LAYING OF SCREED:

4.3.1 Prior to laying the screed a thick brush coat of wet cement grout shall be applied
to the damp surface of the base concrete and shall be well scrubbed in. The
brush coat must not be applied more than 10 minutes before it is covered with
screed cement and sand mortar shall be composed of one part of cement to
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three parts of sand by volume. Screeds shall be laid in one coat to the thickness
shown on the drawings, laid level or finished to falls, cross falls and slopes as
required. Screed boards shall be used at perimeters and at intervals not
exceeding 2m to ensure even thickness or regular falls.

4.3.2 The mix shall only contain sufficient water to evenly spread to a thickness
approximately 10 mm greater than the required thickness of screed. The screed
shall be then thoroughly compacted by tampering and drawing off to the required
level with a screed board.

4.3.3 The screed shall be laid in alternate length of the bays maximum 15m 2 with pain
butt joints and the length of the bay shall not exceed 11/2 times the width.
Movement and construction joints in the base shall be carried through the
screed.

4.3.4 Final surfaces of the screeds shall be floated or trowel led as required by the
finishing materials to be laid there on.

4.3.5 Tolerance for screeds including screeds laid to falls should be 3 mm in 3m in

any position. There shall be no depression causing water to lie on surface.

4.3.6 As soon as the bay is completed and has hardened sufficiently to prevent
damage to its surface it shall be covered with polyethylene or similar sheets,
which shall be adequately lapped and held down. The screed shall not be
allowed to dry out for a minimum period of 7 days and no traffic shall be
permitted on the surface during this time.

4.4 SITE CLEARANCE:

4.4.1 On completion of screeding work, arrangements shall be made for curing of the
screed and then the site shall be cleaned, clear off all the excess mortar/screed
materials, rubbish etc. from the site to rubbish skip.

4.4.2 Request for Inspection shall be submitted to QP for final inspection and
acceptance.

5.0 RECORDS :

5.1 Material approval report.

5.2 Inspection reports.

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Title Floor Screed Works Date 05.12.01

5.3 Checklist.

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