Executing an Environmental Plan for a Contaminated Construction Site

Running head: EXECUTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN FOR A CONTAMINATED
CONSTRUCTION SITE
Executing an Environmental Plan for a Contaminated Construction Site
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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
2.0 Construction Environment Management Plan.....................................................................3
3.0 Environment Analysis Method............................................................................................4
4.0 Reasons for Contamination..................................................................................................5
5.0 Potential Areas to Consider..................................................................................................6
6.0 Scope of the Project.............................................................................................................7
6.1 Project Objective..............................................................................................................7
7.0 Project Constraints and Assumptions...................................................................................8
8.0 Project Deliverables.............................................................................................................8
8.1 Project Milestones............................................................................................................9
9.0 Work Breakdown Structure..................................................................................................9
9.1 Need for Work Breakdown Structure............................................................................10
10.0 Organizational Structure for the Project..........................................................................11
11.0 General Budget Statement................................................................................................12
12.0 Environment Management Plan Best Practices...............................................................13
13.0 Conclusion........................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................16

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1.0 Introduction
Typical construction projects involve several activities such as site preparation,
demolition work, repair work, building maintenance, vehicle operations and so on. These
activities essentially create air emission, waste generation, noise, site contamination and
water pollution. Therefore, it is critical for a construction project to include a proper
environment management plan in order to prevent the impacts on the land and water and the
natural environment (Harrison & Lock, 2017). In other words, construction activities may
potentially cause environmental nuisance for which, a CEMP (Construction Environment
Management Plan) is important to mitigate or avoid the negative environmental impacts on
and around the construction site. This paper particularly encompasses the execution of an
environment management plan for a construction work of a building in a populated area in
Abu Dhabi. However, for that particular construction location, the site was not tested
beforehand and as a result, the soil quality was found to be contaminated. Therefore, the
project will be focused on developing and executing an effective environment management
plan for the contaminated construction site.
2.0 Construction Environment Management Plan
The negative impact of the various construction activities associated with a
construction project are addressed with a proper environment management plan. The
management plan typically aims to measure the potential impacts in order to mitigate the
same. The CEMP provides guidelines to the construction project to mitigate the impact of the
contaminated soil in the site, as identified during site testing and preparation (Chou & Yeh,
2015). These guidelines should essentially involve the following characteristics of a typical
construction project:
 Emissions and releases related to the construction work such as light, dust,
noise, debris etc.
 A modified or new discharge to the water or air will be expected during the
construction activities
 In order to protect the wildlife and fish, the construction activities will be
essentially undertaken outside the appropriate timing windows
 A unique construction approach or method will be implemented that may have
uncertain impacts

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The CEMP guidelines will establish the policies required for ensuring that the
potential negative impacts in the environment are minimized. It significantly concentrates on
the key activities and implements detailed control measures to control the level of
contamination.
In UAE, several building construction projects are encountering certain challenges
associated with chemical and non-chemical contamination. According to Ramlee et al.
(2016), the consequences are potentially resulting in major safety issues for the laborers as
well as the surrounding habitats. It is found that specifically in the populated location of Abu
Dhabi where the concerned project was about to take place, there was no environment
management plan executed beforehand. As a result, severe soil contamination has been found
during the site testing phase and since then, the construction work is closed. Thus, the report
is based on executing an environment management plan to resume the work by taking care of
the degree on soil contamination and minimizing or mitigating the negative impacts and risks.
3.0 Environment Analysis Method
There are several environmental analysis and assessment method available for
construction projects. It is the responsibility of the project manager to evaluate those methods
individually and select the most appropriate environment analysis method for best practices.
Based on the environmental assessment methods, the best practices for the particular project
is determined (Nicholas & Steyn, 2017). Each environment assessment methods takes into
consideration the possible positive and negative impacts on the natural environment, the
laborers as well as the surrounding habitats. The sequential phases of environment analysis
are as follows;
Identification of best practices: It is the initial phase where the best practices suited
for the particular project is identified. Then, these practices are analyzed with respect to the
surrounding location of the construction site, where the soil was found to be potentially
contaminated.
Identification of the best practice Selection of the best practices
 Best practices will be identified
 Analyzing surrounding site location
 Matrix environmental perspectives
 Considering the most suitable
practice and evaluation in terms of
cost and effectiveness