Storage of Materials in Construction Sites: Best Practices and Regulations

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Task 1: Storage of Materials
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It is vital to practice safe as well as efficient construction materials storage of materials of
construction on building site. Safe as well as efficient construction materials storage typically
relies upon excellent cooperation and proper coordination between the units that are included.
This include typically incorporate the contractual workers, construction traders alongside
suppliers and clients (D’Oca, Hong and Langevin, 2018).
Waste Storage
There ought to be arrangement of waste repositories inside the site venture for accumulation by
the waste sort.
The capacity waste zones need to be reasonable size to contain the entire delivered amounts of
waste. The Cardboard boxes should be made level at that point gathered in space for the store.
Every one of workers at the development may reuse the container paper at the work area (Clarke

and Hensen, 2015). The waste ought to never be blended while no waste ought to be left at the
halls where they may hinder the development.
Figure 1: Site Waste Collection Area
Storage of Non-Hazardous waste
 The waste skips ought to be secured
 The waste skips ought to be appropriately marked
 There ought to be day by day investigation of jumps to guarantee that everything is in
stable conditions
 The waste ought to be moved in an opportune way from the building site to region for the
capacity. The blended waste ought to never be put away together.
Figure 2: Storage of Non-Hazardous Waste

Materials need to be stacked jointly in so as to ensure maximization of reuse ability of the very
materials as well as evade probable safety hazards
Demolition wastes in site of construction include:
 Concrete masonry units
 Concrete
 Brick
 Plywood
 Material for reinforcing concrete
 Wood studs
 Wood joists
 Wood trim
 Roofing
 Structural steel
 Wood paneling
 Rough hardware
 Insulation