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Construction activities will always have an impact on the surrounding environment and neighbours the challenge is therefore to effectively manage these impacts in a positive and sustainable manner through good environmental practice. The impacts can take one of 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 a role to play in meeting these challenges as the construction industry still causes more water pollution incidents than any other, and is responsible for high levels of waste – around 10 per cent of all raw materials on many sites end up as waste.
In order to tackle these challenges CIRIA published environmental good practice in the form of the ‘Environmental good practice site guide’ and associated pocket handbook ‘Environmental good practice – pocket book’ in 1999 with a second edition published in 2005. These publications contain very useful information, but there is a need to update the content in light of recent and forthcoming changes in legislation (for example the Water Framework Directive and Site Waste Management Plans) and best practice.
CIRIA is currently looking to identify project partners, funders and potential research contractors for a project to update the guidance to continue to provide up-to-date, practical guidance on how to most effectively manage environmental issues that are relevant to work undertaken on site.
For further information on the project, to discuss involvement or to express interest in becoming the research contractor please contact Philip Charles
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