MARINA BREAKWATER

METHOD STATEMENT

NORTHSTAR. IBEX CONST. CORP.

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 PROJECT BRIEF

The project calls for the installation of a breakwater along the waters of Manila Bay
adjacent to the Alphaland Corporation property at Aseana City, Paranaque City, and Metro
Manila, Philippines.

The breakwater will be approximately 885.00 linear meters long composed of assorted
diameter rocks ranging from:

a. Armor /Primary rocks @Head - 5.50 tons per pc.

b. Armor / Primary rock @ trunks - 4.00 tons per pc
c. Secondary /Under layer rocks @ head - 550 kgs per pc
d. Secondary/ under layer @ Trunk - 400 kgs. per pc
e. Core rocks composed of head size stones ranging from 5 to 20 kgs/pc.

Total estimated volume of rock requirement for the entire length of the breakwater is
approximately 260,000 m3.

CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY

I. MAJOR EQUIPMENT TO BE USED

 1000 DWT deck barge - 2 units

 400 hp tugboat - 2 units
 50 tonner crane on both barge - 2 units
 Backhoe 0.70cum long arm - 1 unit
 Backhoes - 0.7 cum long arm - 1 unit - 1 unit
 Backhoe 1.0 cum bucket cap. - 1 unit
 Dump Trucks - 4 units
 Gen Set 60kva - 4 units
 Service Speed Boat - 1 unit
 Pick-up Service Vehicle - 1 unit
 Elf - 1 unit

II. MANPOWER REQUIREMENT

 Project Manager - 1
 Quality Control Officer - 1
 Safety Officer - 1
 Project Engineer - 1
 Surveyor - 1
 Office Engineer - 1
 Foreman - 1
 Backhoe / loader Operator - 4
 Crane Operator - 1
 Boat Captain and Crew - 2 groups
 Barge Patron and Crew - 2 groups
 Diver’s Supervisor - 1
 Divers - 8
 Riggers - 6
 Welders - 2

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  Speed Boat Operator - 1
 Dump Truck Driver - 4
 Elf Driver - 1
 Service Pickup Driver - 1
 Non-skilled Workers - 8 unit

III. INSPECTION AND SURVEY OF THE PROJECT

Reconnaissance survey will first be conducted by our engineers and a licensed

surveyor to determine the actual condition and sea bed profile.

Set out points and control lines will be established. A minimum of 6 target flags will
be set up on shore for horizontal elevation references. A tide gauge will be firmly
installed at a suitable location so as to monitor the actual water level at any given
time. This will be followed by sounding works at 5m intervals both ways.

IV. SUPPLY OF MATERIALS

All rock materials shall be owner supplied. It is assumed that a minimum of 900
cu.m. of rock supply shall be available daily and ready for installation, thus a
projection of 27,000 cu.m. of assorted rocks can be installed per month. We will be
requiring at least a 1 month stock of assorted rocks at site equal to 27,000 cum at
any given time to ensure the continuity of our operation.
The rocks will either be delivered by trucks/ trailers by land and or thru the uses of
barges at sea.

The rocks shall be delivered at the Alphaland property adjacent to the proposed
breakwater serving as unloading area. Thereafter, rocks shall be hustled to the
barges with the aid of 4 dump trucks and a land based backhoe and loader. Barges
towed by the 400hp tug boats shall deliver rocks to installation area.

V. PREPARATION OF SEABED

After setting out the control points and lay out of breakwater footprints, sea bed shall
be prepared by divers equipped with complete diving gear. Divers shall use a water
pump or air compressor with an elongated funnel at the end of the hose to
level/smoothen the sea bed clearing and leveling the bed of debris and unwanted
material.

VI. CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPORARY RAMPS

A temporary ramp will be constructed at the tail / base of the proposed breakwater
as shown in the figure.

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VII. JOINT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EXISTING SEAWALL AND PROPOSED
BREAKWATER.

Lying of geotextile will start at the toe of the existing seawall protection as shown in
the figure below. The surface of the existing armor should be filled with crushed
gravel or small stones at least 20 cm thick to act as bedding for the geotextile.

VIII. INSTALLATION OF GEOTEXTILE MATERIALS (as recommended by

TENCATE) see TENCATE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY.

The geotextiles are supplied in rolls at 5meters in width. They will be sewn together
into practical shapes that can be placed directly on the sea bed. Sawing will be done
on sufficient flat space on the land near the site. The geotextile will be unwound from
its original rolls. Geotextile rolls will be unwound and sawn together at 15cm overlap
as recommended by the supplier (Tencate) to produce larger mat. This will be
rerolled and inserted to a prefabricated spool attached at the back of a deck barge.

Geotextile materials will be laid down along the length of the breakwater. The
exposed end of the geotextile will be anchor at the sea bed by group of divers using
naillers (6mm dia x 500mm bar) space at 1.5 m and immediately lay with sandbags or
boulder. Then the barge carrying the spool will slowly move forward while unwinding
it from the spool, and this will be immediately followed with manual laying of
sandbags and boulders as counterweight distributed all over the surface of the laid
geotextile materials to insure that it will not float, misalign or deviate from its
position.

For detail see TENCATE approved procedure.

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IX. INSTALLATION OF SETTLEMENT PLATE

Install settlement plate at designated location and according to the given plans.
Spread at least 100 to 150mm thick gravel at the bottom of the plates to act as
bedding and cushion between the plates and the underneat geotextile. There should
be a periodical reading of the plate to accurately monitor the settlement.

X. INTALLATION OF 600MM THK ROCK BEDDINGS

Immediately after laying/ fixing of geotextile, laying of 600mm thick rock beddings
composed of core materials will follows. To minimized mud flow, installation of
beddings will start at both edge of the laid geotextile, approximately ¼ of its width.
Then later, complete the beddings at the middle. Laying will be done using long arm
backhoe on top of a deck barge.

Sequence 1

Geotextile @ Base width of the breakwater

Sequence 2

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XI. IN STALLATION OF GUIDE ROCKS AND TOE / BERM

Using crane barge, Guide rocks (approx 1 tons wt) will be installed properly along the
perimeter boundary of core materials and toe as shown . This will act as stopper and
guides when installing, spreading and trimming of core materials, secondary
materials and toe. After completing the inner face around the perimeter of
breakwater base, Rocks for Toe will then laid using crane on barge.

XII. INSTALLATION OF CORE MATERIALS and SECONDARY ROCKS

Installation of core materials shall commence after installing sufficient Guide rocks
and toes. At the start, core materials will be placed solely using dump trucks and long
arm backhoe (END Tipping). The backhoe will trim the dumped materials according to
the required slope. When dumping materials, always start alternately on extreme
edges, then work its way to the center. (See below sequence

Sequence 1

Sequence 2

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 During Trimming and in combination of direct dumping, sufficient space should be
provided so as that the crest can accommodate the trucks for unloading, and a back
hoe when trimming.

XIII. INSTALLATION OF PIPES

As the core rocks installation progresses, simultaneously installed the 1000mm steel
pipes as indicated in the plan and specification. When backfilling , take extra carefull
not to deform or damage the pipes specially when installing the armor rocks

XIV. INSTALLATION OF ARMOR ROCK (Under Layer and Primary Rocks)

For the bottom portion of the breakwater, all armoring will be placed by Barge and
crane in tandem. For the upper portion, trimming will be facilitated with the use of a
backhoe and crane.
Starting from the bottom at the inner face of the Toe, Armor rocks will be laid piece
by piece using a crane, guided by skilled Divers to ensure proper locking and
obtaining the optimum density per square meter. Armor Rocks shall be laid so that
their longest dimension will be approximately normal to the plane of the face of the
slope.
When the top of the breakwater is already above the mean water level, a backhoe
will be placed on top of the breakwater to finish the trimming of the breakwater.
In all of these operations frequent chain sounding and checking from target on land
will be implemented to ensure that the design profile is met.

XV. SEQUENCE OF ROCK MATERIAL INSTALLATION

Sequence 1:

Installed core material from Sta. 0+00 to Sta. 0+20 to act as temporary ramp for the
equipments, as shown.

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 Sequence No. 2:

As the installation of core rock progresses, immediate cover it with secondary rocks.

Sequence No. 3

As the core rock and secondary rock progresses, immediately installed the first layer of Armor
rock until we reach the head of the breakwater. This will serve as temporary protection from
changes in weather and sea condition.

Final Sequence:

When we completed the first layer of armor rocks up to the Head of the Breakwater, we will
start again to Sta. 0. We will complete the installation of the top of secondary rocks and the
final layer of armor rocks up to the Top layer. Working its way from Sta. O to the head. This
include trimming it to its final slope and Elevation.

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The daily conditions of wind, waves, tides and water levels that influence construction
processes differ from the design conditions, the latter being mostly governed by extreme
events. However the risk of damage to partly completed works, the daily weather conditions are
more important than extreme events. Works can be susceptible to damage from quite mild wind
wave or mild stormsurge. For example for partially completed breakwater with only core materials
may not be significantly damage by a two hours wave with a maximum 2m high brought about by
Gailwind , however if there is a storm that will last for more than a day the damage could be very
serious.This is the reason why we need to protect the core and secondary rocks with armor rock as
early as possible with the assumtion that at any moment an abrupt change in weather may occur.

Relatively, a workboat will be utilized to safeguard the marine traffic while the operation is
ongoing.

Lastly, daily operations data will also be recorded and the lists are hereunder summarized:
A. daily output on site
B. daily progress of the work
C. daily plant force
D. daily manpower
E. daily special event

Submitted by:

RJM

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