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Environmental Management of Construction Sites (11)
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 include that:
Where construction work-related operations extend beyond, or affect, the perimeter surrounding the construction site, work shall not commence on the construction, alteration or demolition of a building until a covered way has been provided to protect the Public.
This covered way shall have a clear height of not less than 2.2 metres, have a clear width of not less than 1.2 metres or the width of the public way whichever is the lesser, but sufficient to ensure accessibility for pushchairs and the disabled. Ramps, suitable for wheelchair access shall also be in place, where applicable, to bridge any difference in levels with a slope not steeper than 8.5 per cent.
The covered way should also have appropriate signage and lighting in a manner that provides an equivalent illumination, both for the attention of pedestrians and motorists.