The importance of environmental conservation in construction projects
Environmental impacts have become one of the major concerns of the world today. All the government organizations and the other different organizations have taken major steps to prevent environmental degradation and its conservation. Man’s impact on the environment has been quite significant, with heavy dumping of pollution and construction have turned the entire ecosystem haywire. The construction projects and sites have been one of the most devastating constructions over the environment. This pushes the environmental area and ecosystem and abstracts the restoration process of the environmental cycle. It has become extremely important to analyze the environmental impact of various construction sites and projects and how these projects will impact the environment (Vasilca et al., 2020). Without proper Analysis, starting any project would mean heavy destruction of the environment as well as the ecosystem. This would speed up the process of impending doom of humankind as well as the entire earth. The global environment and health are affected by the minor changes offered in the remote locations of the world. Various smaller actions of human beings conglomerate to form a devastating impact rate. Hence, this paper is trying to provide a complete detailed report on the environmental impact assessment offered at the project site (Martono et al., 2020). The paper will discuss the complete five details and how the project impacts the environment. the paper will use a lot of Analysis of the ecosystem around them and how the construction of that site would impact the environment as a whole. The paper would also look through how the environment could be conserved, and the more eco-friendly project as the report is created. The paper wouldn’t lie and cuss about how these stakeholders could be involved in the process, the scope of Gary, the site, and the details (Vasilca et al. 2020). The paper would also look into the different aspects of the project and conduct an evaluation of the benefits and limitations before finally allowing the project to proceed, as there is a well-known fact that the environment has become a very crucial point to the entire global perspective and each and every individual is responsible for conservation. Allowing the growth of the environment without many restrictions would mean impending doom.
The chosen site for this problem is site two, that is the. The site that is mentioned is comprised of significantly large open land that has an attached river. The River Irwell surrounds the site on three sides: East, West, and South. The centre of the land consists of a meadow area with a very wide and far-reaching land. On the other side of the eastern banks of the river is the Adelphi street, which houses the Adelphi housing complex and apartments s the region consists of dense human settlements. At the southern bank of the given site, Highway A6 and Cresent Street are. The Southern region of the meadows is the most urbanized settlement closest to the location. The location is very near to Stalford University and Hemsley House. The nearest transit location to the region is the Old field bustop. On the western side of the site, there is the Salford Museum and Art gallery, another branch of the Salford Museum. In the north-western direction of the site, there is the Peel part with a children’s playground. The centre of attraction is the statute of Joseph Brotherton. The northern settlement of the region consists of a densely populated neighbourhood. The site is connected with the other side of the region through a bridge.
Description of Site 2 and its ecosystem
The region is near the river with an abundant food supply, which makes this region an important forage ground an important area for the local ecology. The site houses are known to house a lot of migratory birds. As per the official records, the site does not serve any commercial purpose such as tourism or any other purpose. But as per the field trip and survey of the local people, most of the inhabitants of the northern settlement of the site often use this ground as a local recluse and have used the river as a common fishing ground. The site has a strong boundary of thick overgrowth of trees and the meadows that outline the banks of the river. The project has planned to develop new avenues for new commercial residences. The project will divert new project new transmission lines for the project. The project aims to provide residence for the students of Stalford University students a residence to live in near the University. The project will use various cut and fills excavation techniques in the land to create the project. The land will consist of buildings that will be used for the purpose of the
The site, as mentioned earlier, has been selected for a multi-million dollar commercial development project consisting of a mix of residential and lower-level buildings. The project proposes to make different types of 6-storey buildings and a set of lower-level buildings. The project has also proposed including office, leisure, and retail development in the region. This would help in the region’s growth both economically and commercially.
The project has also proposed that they would use in site energy generation from renewable sources of energy that would account for 50 per cent of the total energy requirement of the site. The project has decided to repurpose the land for commercial purposes as the site is not connected very efficiently with the transport line, which means that the project will also develop and divert new routes for transportation that will give the location higher accessibility and higher transportation value.
The project will also use different types of commercial purposes. As the location is commercially viable, the project will also include constructing the long-term housing facilities for different operational staff, such as the staff quarters. The project aims to completely renovate the land for the purpose of the land to make it commercially viable. The project will include and revamp the entire land for the purpose of attracting more people to the project. The project has also aimed to provide a better resource allocation of the region’s resources. The project is a long deadline project which needs construction of the entire region will require a very significant n amount of time to repurpose the land use and the entire project. The project is planned to develop the region as a commercial hub that will allow the region’s commercial growth. The 6-story building will have the commercial workers under them as the commercial official. The low-level housing will be purposed for the staff quarter.
Details of the proposed commercial development project
Transformation of the community structure:
The construction, operations, and decommissioning of the Site 2 project will have several environmental effects on the surrounding physical localities. The project will involve various large-scale and small-scale changes that will further provoke transformations within the entire community structure and present several consequences due to this drastic change. The landscape of the entire place will change due to the project transformations and construction, and this will impact the land as vegetation, and other natural resources will have to be cut down. Cutting down the vegetation and greenery will impact the environment, and the intensive use of land will deplete the natural resources faster than they can regenerate themselves. Construction and pre-construction will affect the natural resources of the area as it is considered to be the biggest exploiters of natural resources. Construction uses various non-renewable resources such as sand, soil, raw stones, gravel, and Virgin wood. The extensive use of these natural raw materials affects the environment and contributes to the depletion of these non-renewable sources. The construction of the Site 2 will use the natural resources from the surrounding water body, which will also incur damage and depletion of natural resources. Excessive pollution resulting from the construction will also have a severe impact on the aquatic life as well as the people inhabiting the surrounding localities. The use of modern technologies can help lessen the impacts on the surrounding environment and water bodies, but the construction sector of the United Kingdom is still considered the least technologically advanced and digitalized industry in the world.
Detrimental impact on the biodiversity:
Construction activities and actions also have a detrimental impact on the biodiversity present within the surrounding areas. Construction creates several types of pollution, which include noise pollution as well. Noise pollution affects human activities and disrupts the daily lives of the animals living in and around the areas, in addition to forceful relocation. The natural day cycle of various animals such as birds, bats, and badgers is heavily impacted due to the high light as well as noise pollution, which is an irreversible effect of the construction that will be taking place in site 2. Construction also contributes to population fragmentation which is not just for the wildlife but can also include relocating homeless people inhabiting that particular area. The hydrological impacts will also affect the animals and wildlife as their access to clean and drinkable water will be diminished due to the excessive water pollution. This way, the way of life of these animals, wildlife, and some people inhabiting the immediate neighborhood and surroundings are highly affected and may also contribute to mental and physical stress and loss of health and well-being. Stakeholders are typically not aware of these small implications of construction projects as these impacts are more visible after the completion of the construction project.
Impact on air quality:
The construction project in site two will most definitely impact the atmosphere as it involves the release of several greenhouse gases, which is the primary cause of global warming and the consequent climate change. The construction sector is known to contribute highly to the process as well as energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide. The high percentage of these carbon emissions primarily stems from the transportation activities, construction site 2 actions, as well as the manufacturing of several building materials. The extensive dust that is generated due to the construction activities also affects the surrounding environment and localities as well as the health of nearby inhabitants, both humans and animals. The dust particle is known as PM10, which is made from stone, wood, as well as cement and is mostly invisible to the naked human eye but has significant health impacts. It can also contribute to the worsening of the health of already sick patients suffering from respiratory diseases such as asthma. These dust particles can carry themselves for extended periods as well as long distances.
Potential impacts of the construction project on the environment
The United Kingdom construction company is also known for its large-scale contribution to waste materials generation. Of the total waste that is typically generated, the construction company contributes about 59 to 60 per cent to the waste material generation. Site 2 construction has been planned in such a way that it uses cheap as well as fast construction solutions to make their work faster as well as complete the overall project in a limited period of time. Although the emphasis on recycling is high due to the global environmental impacts, however, the construction sector in the United Kingdom is not known for using recycling as a waste management technique. The project will create disposable facilities so as to dispose of their liquid effluents and/or solid wastes but this can also be dangerous and harmful to the environment as those areas are extremely polluted. Without proper treatment of these wastes disposal and materials, there will be more harmful side effects such as difficult smell and accumulation of bacteria and microbes.
The construction of new roads and connecting points are also necessary for this project as site 2 is surrounded by the River Irwell on all its sides which is why new roads and bridges need to be built so as to create faster access points to the construction site 2. The new roads that will be constructed will also have several detrimental effects on the environment as well as the surrounding water bodies. The need to increase transportation for better access to neighborhood localities can also be bad for the environment as more transportation would mean more carbon emissions and pollution. New pipelines that are connected to the river will give direct disposal to the construction workers and later on to the commercial users of the place which will only contribute to future water pollution and as a result will harm the aquatic life residing in the River Irwell. The project will also involve a long-term restoration and or dismantling work which will have its share of environmental effects. The overall project will most definitely have a significant impact on the native genetic diversity as well as the indigenous species inhabiting the area. The project will also harm the environment in terms of loss of biodiversity-rich protected areas which were initially under government care. The project will harm the environment in terms of waste generation and disposal, but it will also involve different types of pollution and loss of biodiversity and indigenous species. The use of more fuels and electricity will also deplete the non-renewable resources due to the project.
The project has a significant impact on the environment. The construction would heavily impact the local biodiversity. The region is in the local eco hub, which will be greatly disturbed by the new construction (Aaltonen et al., 2021). During the construction, the noise of the construction machine would make huge noise pollution that may hamper the local habitats and the residents. It is a well-known fact that the machines of the construction industry create huge noise, making it unbearable for both local animals and local inhabitants. Adding over the fact the air pollution is one of the huge outcries that has been caused by the harmful pollutants the released in the air. The project description said that it is one of the biggest open natural fields in the region, which means the construction would clearly make the ecosystem out of order.
Evaluation of the benefits and limitations of the project
Moreover, as the region is highly populated, attracting more people would further pressure the available resource pool in the region. The construction will also create a significant amount of impact on the river and other ecology of the region. The fisheries and the release of the harmful effluent in the water would create a significant impact on the aquatic diversity; the chemicals and the sewage released by the newly constructed plots would create a huge impact that may even cause the rise of the toxicity level in the water leading to the death of the huge number of fishes (Bamgbade et al. 2019).
The construction debris that the project may release into the water has a very high chance of narrowing down the river’s flow and may also increase the chances of flooding in the region (Brusselaers et al., 2019). An explosion will greatly hamper the water life and the demolitions that occur in the region. The construction of the project will also take away the scenic beauty of the region. As already mentioned, the region is no longer in use for any commercial purposes, but the locals still use the region as picnic grounds which also will be taken away.
The only positive impact the project is trying to implement in the region is the use of self-energy generation units that will meet the region’s total energy needs. As the energy will be generated using sustainable methods, it will create a huge amount of positive impact on the resource energy generation.
Description of scoping methodology:
After analyzing the entire environmental issue, the stakeholders are now required to be engaged and involved in the project. The identified stakeholders who have an interest and stake in the entire project are the project management, the local authority and government and the local community.
Project management is one of the primary stakeholders in the entire project who has the highest stake in the entire project. They are the ones who will need to be engaged. The project management will be engaged directly in submitting a report about the future consequences of the proposed project (Ajmal et al., 2018). The project management would be called to a meeting as well as a well-detailed report about the project would be submitted to the project manager regarding the project. The project manager will also be suggested various eco- friendly method that would create a value and have a beneficial impact on the environment. The project management would introduce the economic savings that the site would make after introducing the environmental factor. The project manager will also be engaged in meaningful meetings where the stakeholders’ points of view will also be understood. This would create a stronger engagement with stakeholder which would help in the generating a greater stake in the decision making process and comply with the making new regulation (Lamptey et al. 2018).
The local authority has a medium to low stake in the project. The government has got only because of the entire economic growth that will bring. The government is also responsible for the environmental protection and the cultural environment of the region Therefore the local authority needs to involved in the process. The government as a stakeholder will be engaged through the process of reporting and telling them about the project and their progress (Bamgbade et al 2019). The project will also involve the government I different resource acquisition and allocation. The government will also be responsible for looking after ethicality and distress of the local community. They would also require look after the evident success of the project and this project will lead to the betterment. The government will also be engaged through providing different information that would help the company to overcome the same A government official could also be involved within the team who would ensure that the organization follows all the govenenment policy .
Project timeline and resource allocation
The local community has the highest stake an interest in the project . The local community needs to be engagement (Bamgbade et al 2019). The local community are the one’s who will the most affected in the group. The local community will at first be briefed about the project and the possible impact they would have in the life of the community people. They are responsible for maintaining the local community (Aaltonen et al 2021). The local commun9ity stake holder reprehensive would be included in the group who would become the voice of the local community members . The local community will also be briefed about how current project and the possible negative as well as positive impact. The representative from the Project management team could also go the local people and know the world.
Conclusion
Therefore, in conclusion, the above paper elaborates on the necessity of environmental consciousness. In addition to this, the paper also discusses the impact of construction on environment. This mainly lays emphasis on the fact that the above paper discusses at great length about the various impacts that construction work can have upon the environment. This brings to light the fact that the above paper discusses how construction work can also affect the environment through waste production. This illuminates the idea that the production of waste materials do not only harm the environment but also contribute to ruining the overall well being of the wildlife present within that environment. This means that the above paper elaborates on the fact that the creation and construction of a commercial property also elaborates the production of waste which is detrimental for the environment. Moreover, the above paper also elaborates on the fact that the government plays an integral part in the decision making process that will aid the construction of this commercial project. This brings to light the fact that the above paper elaborates on the various ways in which the government of the country strives to aid the project by creating new roads and bridges since the project is situated near a river. The above paper elaborates on the various ways in which the impact of construction on the environment can not only be assessed but also managed. This also means that in order to combat the harmful impacts of construction, the company can not only take the help of new age technologies to create less waste but also involve several methods to conduct their business in a sustainable and environment friendly way. Finally, the paper elaborates on the necessity of environmental benefit and discusses its importance through the discussion.
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