Infrastructure works site plan example: staging linear works in phases

What makes infrastructure works different

Instead of one fixed site, infrastructure works often run along a road, rail corridor or easement. The work area, access points and laydown shift from stage to stage, and the site compound may sit some distance away. A good plan shows each stage clearly and keeps the compound, access and exclusion zones consistent.

Step by step

1. Calibrate to the map. Line up your drawing on satellite imagery, or draw straight onto the map along the corridor.
2. Draw the work area boundary. Mark the full extent of the works, then the area for the first stage.
3. Set up the compound. Place site sheds, toilets, water tanks, parking and storage containers in the compound.
4. Plant and equipment. Add excavators, mobile cranes and other plant at true size from the SITE OBJECTS library.
5. Access and routes. Draw delivery routes and access points into each work area, plus pedestrian routes past the works.
6. Exclusion zones. Mark exclusion and safety zones around excavations, plant and overhead power.
7. Phases. Copy the layout into a new phase for each stage and move the work area, fencing and laydown along the corridor.
8. Export. Print a PDF for each phase so everyone can see what changes and when.

Tips

• Keep the compound in the same place across phases where you can, so only the work zone moves.
• Use callouts to note stage dates and key constraints.
• Traffic arrangements on public roads still need the relevant authority’s approval and specialist design.

Watch a whole plan being built

See every step in one go in How to Make a Site Logistics Plan from Scratch | Full Build on YouTube. In about 15 minutes it builds a complete plan in 10 steps, from calibrating the drawing to the map through to the site boundary, a tower crane, water tanks, routes, phases and export.