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Description: Construction activities will always have an impact on the surrounding environment and neighbours. Good environmental practice enables these impacts to be managed positively. Impacts take many forms, for example effects on surrounding flora and fauna, watercourses, noise or pollution. Clients, their professional advisers, contractors and the whole construction supply chain, all have responsibilities for environmental management. This handbook provides practical guidance about managing construction on site to control environmental impacts, and is relevant to all concerned with the construction process. This book is an update and expansion of 'Environmental good practice on site (C502)' the CIRIA guide published in 1999.

CIRIA have also published 'Environmental good practice on site checklists (C651)' a companion pocket book available in packs of twenty for distribution to site workers.

Keywords: water quality, pollution prevention, environmental good practice, waste minimisation, sustainable construction, site management, water resources, sustainable resource use, supply chain management, recycling and reclaimed materials, regulation, risk and value management

Contents: The target audience, How to use this handbook, Coverage of this handbook, Relationship to other CIRIA guidance, Glossary, Acronyms and abbreviations, 1. Benefits and obligations 2. General site management issues, 2.1 The management framework, 2.2 Planning, setting up and managing the site, 2.3 Interaction with the local community, 2.4 Incident preparedness and response, 3. Environmental issues, 3.1 Archaeology and built heritage, 3.2 Buying, storing and managing materials, 3.3 Dust, emissions and odours: avoid causing a nuisance, 3.4 Ground contamination, 3.5 Noise and vibration: the need to control it, 3.6 Traffic management and vehicle use, 3.7 Waste, 3.8 Water, 3.9 Wildlife and natural features, 4. Construction processes 4.1 Introduction, 4.2 Bored tunnelling, 4.3 Brick/blockwork, 4.4 Concrete batching, 4.5 Concrete pours and aftercare, 4.6 Crushing, screening and reuse of materials, 4.7 Demolition, 4.8 Dredging, 4.9 Earthworks, 4.10 Excavation, 4.11 Grouting, 4.12 Microtunnelling, 4.13 Piling, 4.14 Plant maintenance, 4.15 Refurbishment of buildings, 4.16 Repairs to exposed structural elements, (eg bridge soffits, cladding etc), 4.17 Road works, 4.18 Site clearance, 4.19 Temporary works, 4.20 Use of oils and chemicals, 4.21 Use of small plant, 4.22 Working near water, 4.23 Working with groundwater, Appendices 1. UK environmental regulators and heritage bodies, 2. Useful contacts, 3 Regulatory pollution prevention guidance notes, 4. Other CIRIA guidance, 5. List of toolbox talks on accompanying CD, 6. Acknowledgements, 7. Original project acknowledgements