Earth Control Measures For City Square Mall

at Serangoon Road / Kitchener Road

1. Project Outline
2. Risks Assessment & Impact to
Surrounding Neighborhood
3. ECM Criteria & Considerations
4. Earth Control Measures
5. Silt Water Treatment & Recycling
System
6. Construction Sequence

Project Outline
1.1

Site Location / Overall Site Plan

Project Outline

Phase 2
Proposed to Develop an Open Space (Urban Park) including a
Sunken Plaza and Outdoor Refreshment Area within the above
mentioned compound
Owner :

City Developments Ltd

Architect :

Ong & Ong Architect Pte Ltd

Retail Consultant :

Lend Lease Asia Holding Pte Ltd

Quantity Surveyors:

Davis Langdon& Seah Singapore Pte Ltd

M&E Engineer :

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Structural Engineer

Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Design & Development Contractor: Kajima Overseas Asia Pte Ltd

QECP:

Tenwit Engineering Consultants (Dr George

Zhou TG)

Contract Period

33.5 Months

GFA

65,642 m2

Site Area

14,620 m2

9 STOREY
TOWER

SERANGOON

Phase 1
Proposed Erection of a 9th Storey Development comprising a Retail
Podium from the 1st to 5th Storey, an Annex Tower from the 6th to
9th Storey and 4 level Basement consisting 2 level of Basement
Carpark, 2 level of Basement Retail and other Ancillary Facilities at
Serangoon Area Bounded by Serangoon Road, Kitchener and
Kitchener Link

ROAD

Site :

SUNKEN
PLAZA

KITCH
EN

6 STOREY
PODIUM

ER

ROAD

Site Location Overall Site Plan

Serangoon Road

SITE

City Square Mall site discharges to Marina Water

Reservoir Catchment Zone

Kitchener Road

Located at Central / Eastern Part of Singapore

(Serangoon Road & Kitchener Road)

Risks Assessment & Impact to Surrounding

Neighborhood

Risk Assessment & Impact to Surrounding Neighborhood

Farrer Park MRT

Farrer Park MRT
Another View from Car Park
Another View from Car Park
Facing Upper Serangoon Road
Facing Upper Serangoon Road
GATE 1

Internal View Of
Internal View Of
Farrer Park MRT
Farrer Park MRT

Temporary car Park

Temporary car Park
Provision For Show Flat
Provision For Show Flat

Open Field Front of

Open Field Front of
MRT Underpass
MRT Underpass

Cover Walkway Along

Cover Walkway Along
Kitchener Road
Kitchener Road

Existing Commercial
Existing Commercial
Building at Kitchener Road
Building at Kitchener Road

GATE 2

Assessed Risks Flooding & Silt Overflow to Surrounding Neighborhood

(Farrer MRT Entrance 8, Serangoon Road, Kitchener Road, New Park Hotel,
Shop Houses)

GATE 3

Typical Shop House

Typical Shop House
Along Kitchener Road
Along Kitchener Road

Risk Assessment & Impact to Surrounding Neighborhood

OUTLINE OF CONSTRUCTION
OUTLINE OF CONSTRUCTION
SITE HOARDING
SITE HOARDING

OUTLINE OF BASEMENT
OUTLINE OF BASEMENT
DIAPHRAGM WALL
DIAPHRAGM WALL
Site office
Site office

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NEIGHBORING CONSTRUCTION
NEIGHBORING CONSTRUCTION
SITE CITY RESIDENCES (By
SITE CITY RESIDENCES (By
Others)
Others)

MRT
MRT
Entrance
Entrance

Gate 2
Gate 2

KITCH
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KITCH
ENERROAD
ROAD

Aerial View of Site Showing Surrounding Neighbors

Gate 3
Gate 3

ECM Criteria & Considerations

ECM Criteria and Considerations

Earth Control Measures or ECM
is a system provided in place and maintained at construction sites or

other places with earthworks or other construction activities to prevent

earth, silt, sand or any other material from the work site being washed
into the drains and adjacent premises.

includes silt-control facilities such as temporary lined perimeter

cut-off drains, lined silt-trapping devices, silt fences, turfing, wash-bays
and perimeter bunds provided and maintained to prevent earth, silt, sand
or any other material from the work site being washed into the drains and
adjacent premises. The silt fences shall be provided beside and along t
he lined perimeter cut-off drains.
ll earth surfaces or slopes adjacent to any drain shall be close turfed or
paved and all other bare earth surfaces shall be turfed to control soil
erosion.

discharge into the storm water drainage system shall not contain Total
Suspended Solids in concentrations greater than 50 milligrams
per litre of the discharge.

Design Criteria of ECM

The ECM shall be designed to cope with a minimum design rainfall intensity of a
return period of 1 in 2 years storm.
If a site has suitably sized storage pond / tank and treatment system, the rainfall to
be considered is equivalent to 60 mm for every square metre of the construction
site.
As an illustration, for a half-hectare (5,000 sq m) site, the storage pond / tank should
contain a minimum of 300 cu m and the treatment system should have a minimum
capacity of 30 cu m/hr, as outlined in Section D, Para 5(B) of this training kit.
To reduce the storage and treatment capacity, a site can reduce the erodible or bare
surface by adopting measures as outlined in Section D, Para 5(A).

Calculations:
Surface Area of Basement
Exposed to Weather

12,500 m2

ECM Criteria and Considerations

Calculations:

Earth Control Measures

Earth Control Measures - Site Layout

Silt Fence & Cut-off

Drain

IL=102.093

300m m WIDE
SILT CUT-OFF DRAIN

Z2

SUMMIT
IL=102.370

Interim Silt Water Holding

Pit

102.920

102.670

102.670
HOARDING ALONG TOL LAND

102.840
102.970

400 high Hollow Block Wall

around MRT structure

THIS SILTY WATER CONTROL SYSTEM

TO BE SHIFTED TO FOLLOW THE
DIAPHRAM WALL SEQUENCE
103.020

IL=101.967

103.900

WA
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TR ER P
AN
SF IPE/ H
ER
SIL OSE
TO
TY
WA
TE
R

PORTION OF EXISTING
HOARDING TO BE REMOVED
UPON APPROVAL OF T.O.L

INTERMEDIATE SILT TRAP

3Mx3Mx2M (D)

NEW HOARDING TYPE-1

4.0 x 4.0 1.5(D)

SILTY WATER SUMP

THIS SILTY WATER CONTROL SYSTEM

TO BE SHIFTED TO FOLLOW THE
DIAPHRAM WALL SEQUENCE

TEMPORARY
SILT FENCE

4.0 x 4.0 1.5(D)

SILTY WATER SUMP

E XT'G MAN HOLE

IL=102.530

GATE 1

BARE EARTH SURFACE TO BE

COVERED WITH CANVASS SHEET
IF THERE IS NO ON-GOING ACTIVITY
EXISTING HOARDING TO
BE MAINTAINED

102.890

400 HIGH HOLLOW BLOCK

WALL @ NEIGHBORING
CONSTRUCTION SITE

103.270
4

NEW HOARDING

LOCATION OF SILTWATER
PIT FROM MONTH-0 TO MONTH-4

LOCATION OF SILTWATER
PIT FROM MONTH-5 TO MONTH-8

SILT W ATER HOLDING PIT

CAPACITY= 80m3 x 2

Z1
SUMMIT
IL=103.200

5
103.670

300mm WIDE
SILT CUT-OFF DRAIN

103.050
102.700

102.870
6
102.830
102.830

TO SHIFT SILTWATER HOLDING PIT

FROM MONTH-5

SILT WATER HOLDING

TANK FROM MONTH - 9
TO MONTH - 22
IL=101.668
7

STORAGE TANK FOR

TREATED WATER

2 Nos Washing Bays

8
IL=102.530

IL=102.384
SILT TRAP
1m X 1m X 1m(D)

SILTW ATER
TREATMENT
PLANT

102.290

GATE 2
SUMMIT
IL=101.990
GATE 3

Wet Sep 40 Silt Treatment

Plant

Silt Traps

Earth Control Measures - Details of Silt Control Measures

PLAN VIEW OF SILT WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PLANT

SECTIONAL ELEVATION VIEW

Earth Control Measures - Details of Silt Control Measures

DETAIL OF INTERMEDIATE
SILT TRAP

PERIMETER CUT-OFF DRAIN

& SILT FENCE DETAIL

S E C T I O N

X - X

DETAILS OF SILT WATER HOLDING PIT

Earth Control Measures - Other Silt Preventive Measures

To prevent exposure of the earth to rainwater and silt being washed into
drains, areas without activities on site shall be covered with canvass
sheets or earth control blanket whichever is applicable. Existing grass
covering, vegetation, hardcore, lean concrete or mill waste on the site
areas without activity shall not be removed.

Earth Control Measures - Diaphragm Wall Works

TEMPORARY SILT FENCE ENCLOSURE

TEMPORARY
SILT FENCE
BOUNDARY / HOARDING LINE
WORKING AREA

DIAPHRAGM WALL

4.0 x 4.0 1.5(D)

SILTY WATER SUMP

4.0 x 4.0 1.5(D)

SILTY WATER SUMP
WATER PIPE/ HOSE TO
TRANSFER SILTY WATER

Extra Precautionary Measures for the Control of Slurry & Silt during Diaphragm Wall Works

Earth Control Measures - Bentonite Control for Diaphragm Wall & Bored Piling
Works

To reduce risk of bentonite being washed away into the public drains, a bentonite
recycling plant will be installed on site.

Earth Control Measures - Slurry & Dust Control

To reduce risk of silt being washed into drains and dust from being blown
about the site, all slurry are to be gathered continuously and disposed to
approved dumping grounds

Silt Water Treatment & Recycling System

Silt Water Treatment & Recycling System Diagramme

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Construction Water
< 1 m3/day

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Ground Water

10 m3/hr

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Silt Water Treatment & Recycling System

Silt Water Treatment Plant

De-sludging into separate

container to be periodically
cleared

Incoming silt water for

treatment

Treated water stored at

storage tank for site
usage.

Silt water mixed with

chemical and flow into the
Impinging Stream Reactor

From site

Clean water overflowing to

Universal Processing
Chamber

From ISR

Discharging

Silt Water Treatment & Recycling System

Treated water contains

total suspended solids
of < 50 mg/l (or better)
Treated water is stored
for other uses
(reduce/reuse/recycle)
No fines from NEA/PUB

We will measure the total suspended solids using

colorimeter (pic) in addition to the periodical
assessment by an accredited lab.

Construction Sequence

Construction Sequence
The whole structure will be constructed in a top-down sequence. As such, the bare
earth surface at ground level will not be exposed to weather for a long period of time.
By the 14th month, the basement structure will be gradually covered by a permanent
slab at ground level which will also serve as a working and access platform. Hence, the
risk of the bare earth surface being exposed to rainfall is minimized.

0 to Month 6

Month 7 to Month 13

Month 14 onwards until

completion