Construction Site Prep. cont...

I left off looking at Site Analysis and there's more to site preparation as you will plainly see, alot that goes into site preparation is contingent on the indigenous surroundings and soil types in the chosen site, for instance; is the location  located on marsh land or on a land fill, beach front, shallow water table, hills, mountainous rocky areas. All of these different land forms require a certain set of planning techniques, circumspectly before you start the land grading phase.

  Questions such as these and many more are needed in determining the relationships of crafts. What they will perform and how they will accomplish it. What are the materials and equipment requirements needed to accomplish and complete the task. Carefully consider environmental factors that a site presents in order to make responsible planning decisions. These decisions take into account the indigenous surroundings but are not limited to, topography of the site, plants, trees, wind directions, the path of the sun, water drainage, to include the availability of water, electricity, dump site or landfills as part of the pre-planning stage. Keep in mind; be prepared before hand to take action in the event that some unforeseen problems may arise, be prepared, having a contingency plan in place that you can fall back on in the event something may cause you to alter certain aspects and deviations from your original plan, but being prepared is the answer to the solution and will streamline operations, if needed.

  Utilities: Information concerning site utilities are found at the utilities departments and companies for the local area. They can provide you with the drawing containing the information needed. this information includes the location of all the utilities and their locations around and on the site.

  Human and Cultural: This information is obtained through the census and statistics on the neighborhood. Regarding these statistics, they can be found at the municipal planning agency.
Climate: through the local weather service you can get information on conditions such as: rainfalls, snowfalls, humidity, and temperatures over the months must be considered and analyzed. the sun-path and vertical angles

throughout an entire year are important

References

List taken from: Site analysis, By: Edward T. White

Further Readings:

• Alan Gilpin (1972) "Environmental Planning"
• James A. Lagro Jr. (2008) "Site Analysis"
• Steven B. McBride (2006) "Site Planning and Design"
• Paul D. Spreiregen and Beatric