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Ground Work Forum. HSEQ. QUALITY. What is quality?. Vs. “Degree to which an inherent set of characteristics fulfils requirements”. Quality is a degree of excellence to which something is fit for purpose. It can be defined as: Conformance with requirement.

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Ground Work Forum

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  1. Ground Work Forum HSEQ

  2. QUALITY • What is quality? Vs “Degree to which an inherent set of characteristics fulfils requirements”

  3. Quality is a degree of excellence to which something is fit for purpose. • It can be defined as: • Conformance with requirement. • Freedom from defects or contamination. • Or simply a degree of customer satisfaction.

  4. QUALITY What do you have in place to control the quality of your works? Planned and systematic actions necessary to provide confidence that the product or service you provide, will give satisfaction to the customer at optimum cost.

  5. QUALITY What we know! In the last twelve months we have had issues raised against the following; Drainage Concrete/floor slabs Foundations External works Construction phase not Aftercare

  6. QUALITY What we do - Project Clerk of Works Inspection and test plans These are our way of planning what we are going to do and how and when we are going to check. Your input is required. EWG inspection report forms These are our way of recording what has been done and when! There to be shared

  7. Risk Management Plan – Do – Check - Act It’s a work winner!

  8. Environmental compliance

  9. Environmental compliance Pumping & Over pumping

  10. Be Aware! • Excavations often require dewatering (pumping out of rainwater / groundwater). • This water may contain silt or other contaminants, that if disposed of incorrectly, could result in pollution of controlled waters such as rivers and streams. • Pumped water must not be discharge into watercourses, gullies, drains or sewers without prior permits or consent granted by the appropriate regulator or local sewerage undertaker. • Sections of existing sewers and pipelines are sometimes taken out of service to allow construction or repair works to take place. • Flows can be maintained by installing temporary pumps and “over pumping” those sections. • If not controlled correctly, over pumping can cause pollution.

  11. What we must do • Avoid Environmental Harm: Water pumper from excavations can be muddy and when the excavations are in previously developed or brownfield land, it can be contaminated. The improper discharge of water polluted by mud or other contaminants can cause serious pollution to watercourses. • Avoid Environmental Harm: Over pumping is often required in maintaining the flows of foul sewage that, if not allowed to escape to find its way into a watercourse, can have a devastating effect on wildlife. • Avoid Prosecution: It is illegal to allow polluted or silt water to enter watercourses, gullies or drains, even where consent pump has been gained. • Avoid Flooding: If water is discharged into a sewer or gully of insufficient capacity, then flooding will occur, potentially causing pollutants to enter watercourses of creating nuisance to site operations.

  12. Groundwater protection: Principles and practice (GP3) • The Animal By-Products (England) Regulations 2005 • • The Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2006 • • Animal Health Act 1981 • • The Anti-Pollution Works Regulations 1999 • • The Biocidal Products Regulations 2001 • • The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 • • The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 • • The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 • • The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 • • Environmental Protection Act 1990 • • Flood and Water Management Act 2010 • • The Flood Risk Regulations 2009 • • The Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 • The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 • • The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 • • The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 • • The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 • • Town and Country Planning Acts and Regulations (various dates) • • Water Act 2003 • • Water Resources Act 1991 • • The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 • • The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2007 • • The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2010

  13. True cost of pollution

  14. Your legal Duty of Care If you produce, handle or dispose of controlled and hazardous waste you must make sure one of the following are in place to ensure compliance: • Waste Transfer Note – Controlled Waste • Consignment Note – Hazardous Waste

  15. Your legal Duty of Care • For compliance you must ensure the waste is: • kept safely, don’t let it escape • handled or disposed by authorised people • you must complete a WTN or CN for every load of waste you pass to others • you must keep copies of all your WTN’s for at least two years and CN’s for a minimum of three years • a WTN must be completed and signed by both the person sending the waste and the person collecting it • it must contain enough information about the waste so it can be handled safely and either recovered or disposed of legally

  16. Thank You

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