Create the built environment: health, safety and environmental influences
Unit summary
Students will gain an understanding of how to protect and maintain the environment during construction, the health, safety and environmental factors influencing the creation of the built environment, how to conserve natural resources and recycle waste and the principles of renewable energy and its technical and social implications.
Unit details
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05 Construction, Planning and the Built Environment
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05.2
Building and Construction
| Learning Outcome |
Assessment Criteria |
| 1 Know the legislation relating to Health, Safety and Welfare and project planning in the construction of the built environment |
1 Legislation relating to Health, Safety and Welfare, and project planning in the construction of the built environment
a analyse the legislation used to control health, safety and welfare and project planning:
i Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
ii Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2007
iii Construction Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1996
iv Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
v Work at Heights Regulations 2005
b identify and describe the procedures used by construction companies and employers to ensure compliance with such legislation:
i risk assessments
ii permits and method statements
iii safe systems of work
iv induction and training
v good site management
vi health and safety signage
vii personal protective equipment (PPE)
viii checklists
ix safety inspections
c prepare and interpret risk assessments
d formulate method statements from risk assessments
e select appropriate PPE for use in specific construction tasks. |
| 2 Know about the application of Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations during construction |
2 The application of Construction Design and Management Regulations during construction
a compare and contrast roles and responsibilities as defined under the CDM Regs 2007:
i client
ii designer
iii contractor
iv sub-contractors
v users
vi planning supervisor
vii health and safety officer. |
| 3 Be able to analyse the causes and consequences of accidents during the construction process, and recognise trends relating to them |
3 Accidents in the construction of the built environment
a analyse accidents in terms of:
i the common causes of non-fatal injuries and fatalities
ii comparisons of UK and European statistics
iii consequences and costs
iv human effects (on individuals, families and friends)
v financial effects (direct or hidden, insured or not)
vi loss of reputation, delays to work, lost work
b discern trends in the official data relating to fatalities and non-fatal injuries. |
| 4 Understand environmental issues relating to construction, and potential ways of overcoming them. |
4 Environmental issues relating to construction
a evaluate environmental issues inherent in the construction process:
i supply chain:
• availability of materials
• local procurement of materials
• access and delivery
• manual and mechanical methods of unloading
• storage and handling of materials
ii sustainability of resources
• recycling and re-use of materials wherever possible
• conservation of natural resources by use of eco-friendly materials
• processing of raw materials
• embedded (embodied) energy issues
• amount of carbon dioxide emitted to air during processing
• extraction implications of local procurement
• disposal of materials at end of useful life (bio-degradability)
• waste management issues
iii modern methods of construction:
• generate fewer on-site environmental issues
• produce less noise and dust
• reduce project durations
b analyse the use of a range of modern and sustainable methods of construction in terms of efficacy and relative cost. |