One World - Environmental Management of Construction Sites (9)

What measures have been introduced through the new Regulations for the Environmental Management of Construction Sites?

The regulations have introduced a number of measures that will aid in minimising nuisance to neighbours and the public, reduce discharges to the environment including dust emissions and spillages of building materials and improve the visual impact of construction sites and their immediate environment.

One of these measures includes that:

All necessary requirements need to be undertaken for initial de-ratting and subsequent rodent control at construction sites to the satisfaction of the competent authority.

A minimum number of procedures need to be undertaken:

a. preventing any discharge of sewage and, or, the closing off of any access to the main sewer;

b. organic waste shall be disposed off immediately so as not to allow rodents to infest the site; and

c. installation of rodent monitoring (bait/trap) stations at the site perimeter and storage locations.