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Construction and building trades

Building siteThis guidance is for anyone working in building, demolition, civil engineering and building trades.

How can construction and building trades affect the environment?

Guidance for your construction business

Civil engineering

  • Asphalt planing and laying

  • Blasting

  • Continuous flight auger (CFA) and cast in situ piling

  • Demolition

  • Drilling and boring

  • Driven piling

  • Earthworks

  • Excavations

  • Reinforcement fixing

  • Site clearance

  • Tunnelling, pipejacking and shaft sinking

Building and trades

  • Bricklaying

  • Cladding

  • Electrical installation

  • Fencing

  • Floor and wall covering

  • Glazing

  • Installing insulation

  • Joinery

  • Lift and escalator installation

  • Painting

  • Plastering

  • Plumbing

  • Roofing

  • Scaffolding

  • Shuttering

  • Welding (small scale operation using welding rods)

Other

  • Hiring out plant and equipment

  • Operating and refuelling plant and equipment

  • Site waste management plans

  • All construction and building trades guidance

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© NetRegs 2009

Author: Emma Davies | enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Last updated: 17 December 2009