SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL WORKS - Itera

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The construction and civil-works stage accounts
for an important part of a project’s
total energy use and can result in a number
of nuisances and inconveniences for
the surroundings. Efforts should consequently
be made to limit the use of energy
and resources, decrease the amount of
building waste, and minimize the nuisance
from noise, vibration, and dust on and from
the construction site. The environmentally
sound management of construction sites
can lead to significant environmental
gains.
Specific standards must be set for the construction
site in tender material for a given
project. The developer’s incentive for incorporating
sustainable measures on the
construction site is lower costs due to
lower consumption.
London Olympics 2012
A building site creates a lot of waste/debris from demolishing, especially from a site of this
magnitude. It has therefore been decided to recycle these materials. Another part of the
Olympic project is the participation and involvement of the local community. Not only in the
design itself, in creating jobs for the members of community, but especially with emphasis
on how the area (quite a poor area) can benefit from this event in the years to come, from
the housing for the athletes, parks, playgrounds, sports facilities , infrastructure and the
event itself.