What factors have contributed to having these regulations for the Environmental Management of Construction Sites introduced?
Among the factors that acted as drivers for the need to change and the need to regularise the construction industry, one finds that:
Demolition and construction works can be a source of considerable environmental nuisance to occupiers of neighbouring properties and users of the area.
Intense construction activity in tourist areas could lead to the erosion of our tourism product. Nobody wants to holiday in a building site!
Building contractors do not always take precautions to avoid causing damage to pavements, kerbs or verges when work is in progress, when vehicles enter or exit the site or when heavy plant machinery is operated on or near the site.