Construction
Session 3: Sustainable Construction
Management Practices
Green Recovery And Reconstruction: Training Toolkit For Humanitarian Aid
During this session we will discuss…
Better site management practices that should be
followed to protect the environment when managing a
construction project
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Session 3. Overview
Better Sustainable
Construction practices:
Site planning & layout
Materials & equipment
Waste & pollution
Work force
Sustainable community-based
construction
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The Aims:
 Better
humanitarian
outcome by
addressing the
environment
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Better SC Management Practices
Site Planning & Layout
Potential health hazards identified
Environmental guidelines written into project
documents
Site boundaries, work areas identified,
communicated, cordoned off
Measures taken to minimize construction site
soil erosion & water run-off
Plans made for restoring site to natural state
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http://www.amrita.edu/amma/2009/kenya-09/kenya/slides/kenya-18.jpg Site in Kenya
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Better SC Management Practices
Materials & Equipment
 Storage
 Wet materials &
liquids
 Water & wind
protection
 Vehicle &
equipment
maintenance &
cleanup
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Better SC Management Practices
Waste Handling
Site waste (solid & water)
management plan:
 Waste cleanup: labor
and/or covered
receptacles
 On-site sanitation
facilities
 Proper disposal
 Possible recycling or
reuse?
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www.litterfree.ca/Photos/litter13.jpg
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Waste Handling?
Berge’s Cycle of Materials
Ore,
stone, clay,
Oil, timber,
plants, etc.
Mining,
Drilling,
harvesting
Ore
Primary
refining
process
Metals,
chemicals,
cement, fired
Clay , fibre,
sawn timber,
etc.
Recycle
Secondary
refining
process
Reuse
Structural
materials,
climatic materials,
surface
materials
Building
process
Oil
Timber
Building
The
Earth
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Dumping
Waste
Use
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Better SC Management Practices
Pollution prevention
Runoff
Cleanup
Dirt & grading
Tracking controls
Hazardous materials
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http://ntis04.hgac.cog.tx.us/website/photolab/photos/pollution/constructn8.jpg
Better SC Management Practices
Pollution prevention
Clear guidelines, quick reporting to project
manager of contamination or hazardous
substances found on site
Appropriate storage of hazardous substances (e.g.
oils, paints) during construction
Areas allocated for storage of hazardous materials
- located away from environmentally sensitive
areas
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http://ntis04.hgac.cog.tx.us/website/photolab/photos/pollution/constructn8.jpg
Example of Perimeter Sediment Control
Photo courtesy of Nilex, Inc. http://www.nilex.com/applications/erosion_sediment_controlsp
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Better SC Management Practices
Sustainable Community-based Construction
Photo credit:
Jeff Klenk,
www.jeffklenk.com
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use of local knowledge
participatory approach
use of local resources
compatibility with local
norms
 ask community to identify
environmental issues
 working with local
officials, policies & laws
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Mini-case 1
The southern edge of the NGO’s housing
reconstruction site – a previously uninhabited
area where 2000 families whose houses were
destroyed by the cyclone are to be relocated –
is situated about 300 m. from a marshland,
which is also their fishing grounds.
Better Construction Practices Recommendations? Why?
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Mini-case 2
Many trucks visit the NGO’s housing site
daily. Most come from the port on the north
side of the city where they load up with
various building supplies: concrete, sand,
wood, creosote, paint, asphalt. They drive
onto the site, unload wherever they can find
room, and leave.
Better Construction Practices Recommendations?
Why?
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Mini-case 3
The NGO’s housing reconstruction project
procured more materials than were needed.
Several plastic barrels of creosote, dozens of
cans of paint (many of them opened), and a
number of opened containers of atrazine
herbicide used to clear vegetation from the
building site are sitting near the road, although
it is unclear what is to be done with them.
Better Construction Practices Recommendations?
Why?
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Mini-case 4
Some of the community members just to the
east of the site used to grow vegetables on
the site, but the village leader said that was
illegal and not a concern; the site was then
provided for owner-driven housing for
relocated residents. The relocated residents
are hiring contractors with NGO funding that
are not following better construction
practices.
Recommendations? Why?
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Break Time
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