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PRINCIPLE 3 - Construction Management Best Practices

This document outlines best practices for construction management to minimize impacts on soil, vegetation, and drainage during construction. It recommends conducting a site survey, preparing and implementing an erosion and sediment control plan during construction, and following national building codes. Some specific measures include delineating the site boundary, installing gravel roads and sediment basins, preserving topsoil and vegetation where possible, and developing spill prevention plans. Documents like erosion control plans, site layouts, photographs, and clearance reports must be submitted.

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PRINCIPLE 3 - Construction Management Best Practices

This document outlines best practices for construction management to minimize impacts on soil, vegetation, and drainage during construction. It recommends conducting a site survey, preparing and implementing an erosion and sediment control plan during construction, and following national building codes. Some specific measures include delineating the site boundary, installing gravel roads and sediment basins, preserving topsoil and vegetation where possible, and developing spill prevention plans. Documents like erosion control plans, site layouts, photographs, and clearance reports must be submitted.

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Principle 3: Construction Management Best Practices

essential

Aim: Minimize hazardous effects of construction on existing soil conditions, existing


trees, microclimate and drainage system and follow best management practices during
construction and post occupancy for the control of soil erosion from project site.

Requirements: (essential)

1. Conduct site survey to show existing vegetation including shrubs, grass covers, trees –
preserved, transplanted and/ or removed

2. Prepare and implement soil erosion and sedimentation control plan at site during
construction

3. Refer National Building Code of India 2016, Volume 2, PART 10, Section 1 and Chapter 5

4. Provide the following including but not limited to –

a. Site boundary around the project site

b. Gravel road at the main entrance and exit of the site

c. If the top soil is fertile and suitable for landscape use, stockpile the Top soil of the
site with temporary vegetation and/or cover.

d. Sediment basin(s) at the lowermost level of the site from where the site storm water
will run-off

5. Prepare and implement spill prevention and control plans at site during construction.

Calculations and Methodology:

1. Excavation and soil erosion prevention measures shall be sequenced during non-rainy
months as possibilities of soil erosion are the lowest during non-rainy months. In case,
excavation is unavoidable during rainy months, slope protection techniques shall be
used to control erosion.

2. Upper 200-300 mm thick layer of top soil can be removed from disturbed areas such as
building footprint, driveways, walkways and external services, preserved and reapplied

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to site during future landscape. Topsoil shall be separated from other constructed
activities. Reuse the fertile soil for future landscape. The soil can be donated to other
sites, nurseries and/ or farmers for landscaping and agricultural purposes. Project is
exempted from this requirement if the top soil is not fertile.

3. Implement site measures such as temporary and permanent seeding, mulching, earth
dikes, silt fencing, sediment traps, and sediment basins, as applicable. Open areas where
no construction activity is going on can be landscaped with native grass, trees and
shrubs.

4. Preserve existing site vegetation in order to avoid bare soil exposure to construction
activity.

5. Sediment basins, rain water runoff diversions and drainage systems can be installed
before excavation activity. Earth dike, swale and temporary drainage channels shall be
constructed in a manner to channel storm water runoff to a desired location.

6. Hazardous wastes spill prevention and control plans shall be prepared and implemented
at site. Hazardous wastes include (but not limited to) pesticides, paints, cleaners,
petroleum products, fertilizers and solvents.

7. Sedimentation basin is a temporary basin so constructed at the lowest point of the


site that it can trap and collect the sediment present in the storm water runoff. This
slowdowns the flow and allows most of the sediments to settle before the runoff is
directed towards the outfall.

8. Paved areas can be installed with permeable paving. For hardscape impermeable
surfaces, divert all rain water run-offs towards rain water collection pits and/ or sediment
basins.

9. If the project has received environment clearance and above practices are already
included and implemented at the project site, the project will be exempted from above
requirements.

Documents to be submitted:

1. Soil Erosion Control plan signed by the project Architect for pre-construction, during
construction and post occupancy

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2. Site layout with all soil erosion control measures including both prior to and during
construction

3. Site photographs of all soil erosion control measures implemented at site

4. Site survey plan showing existing vegetation including shrubs, grass covers, trees –
preserved, transplanted and/ or removed.

5. Spill prevention and control plans prepared and implemented at site along with site
photographs.

6. Project environment clearance report (as applicable)

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