Site logistics plan for your council construction management plan (CMP)

Why councils ask for a site plan

Many Australian councils ask for a construction management plan (CMP) before work starts, particularly where a site affects a street, a footpath or the neighbours. A CMP usually includes a site plan, often called a site establishment drawing or site logistics plan, that shows how the site will be set up and how it will work alongside the public around it.

Every council sets its own requirements, so the exact list varies. A CMP site plan is usually one of several documents: traffic arrangements, a construction environmental management plan (CEMP), and hoarding and road-occupancy permits are normally prepared and approved separately.

CMP site plan checklist

Items a CMP site plan commonly shows:

• Site boundary, hoarding and fencing: where the site ends and how it’s secured from the street and the neighbours.
• Gates and site access: where vehicles and people enter and leave the site.
• Cranes, slew and oversail: each crane’s position, its slew, and any oversail of neighbouring land, footpaths or roads.
• Site sheds, amenities and storage: where site sheds, toilets, containers and materials sit.
• Deliveries and loading: loading areas and the routes delivery vehicles take in and out.
• Pedestrian routes: how people walk past and around the site safely.
• Parking: where site vehicles park.

How EasySiteSI produces the site plan sheet

1. Put your site plan on the map. Drop in your site plan PDF, PNG or JPG (or a DXF on Pro) and calibrate it over live satellite, street or hybrid mapping at true scale, so the boundary sits on the real streets and neighbouring properties.
2. Draw hoarding, fencing and gates. Trace fence and hoarding lines and EasySiteSI shows their length and panel count. Add gates where vehicles and people enter.
3. Place the crane. Choose a true-size tower, mobile, crawler or pick-and-carry crane, set its lift radius and split the slew into lift and no-lift zones, so any oversail is clear.
4. Add site sheds, deliveries and walkways. Place true-size site sheds, containers and toilets, mark delivery routes and pedestrian walkways with Routes & Access lines, and add parking. Together these give you a clear site traffic layout.
5. Label and export. Add callouts, then export a print-ready PDF at A1, A3 or A4 with a legend and north arrow. On Pro, add a title block and your logo, and export a sheet for each phase.

See each step in the example videos, or open the finished sample plan.

Key terms

Construction management plan (CMP)

A document a council may ask for that explains how a project will be managed to limit its effect on the street, the public and the neighbours. It usually includes a site plan.

Site logistics plan

A to-scale drawing of how a site works day to day: the boundary, fencing and hoarding, gates, cranes and plant, site sheds, deliveries, laydown, parking and pedestrian routes. It often has a sheet for each phase of the job.

Site establishment plan

A drawing of how the site is set up at the start of the job (mobilisation): hoarding and fencing, gates, site sheds and amenities, and access. It’s often the first sheet of a site logistics plan.

Crane oversail

When a crane’s jib, boom or load passes over land outside the site, such as a neighbouring property, a footpath or a road. Oversail often needs agreement from the owner or the relevant authority, so it’s usually shown clearly on the plan.

Slew zone

The area a crane’s jib can sweep as it rotates (slews). In EasySiteSI it’s shown as the crane’s slew ring, which you can split into lift and no-lift zones.

Check your council’s own requirements

A site plan from EasySiteSI doesn’t replace council approvals, permits or engineering sign-off. Requirements, forms and drawing standards differ between councils and change over time. Before you submit, check your council’s current requirements for a construction management plan, and get engineering and other specialist advice where it’s needed. EasySiteSI helps you draw a clear, to-scale site plan sheet; it doesn’t prepare, assess or approve the CMP itself.

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