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7 SWPPP Objectives for Construction Site Operators
What Are the Federal Requirements for Stormwater Runoff from Construction Sites? Clearing, grading, and excavating activities that disturb one acre or more, including smaller sites in a larger common plan of development or sale The Clean Water Act and associated...
Read moreThe primary stormwater pollutant at an unstabilized and unmanaged construction site is sediment!
5 Types of Erosion on Construction Sites
The primary stormwater pollutant at an unstabilized and unmanaged construction site is sediment! Weather events cause stormwater runoff Precipitation events, such as rain events, and temperature events, such as snowmelt events, cause stormwater runoff. The EPA defines...
9 Steps of SWPPP Development & Implementation
Failure to implement a SWPPP can result in substantial fines from the EPA or a state environmental agency! The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan: A Guide for Construction Sites for...
Read moreThe construction site operator must obtain pollutant discharge authorization under NPDES.
About the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
The construction site operator must obtain pollutant discharge authorization under NPDES. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan: A Guide for Construction Sites for construction site...
Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan: A Guide for Construction Sites for construction site operators, including general contractors (GC), construction managers (CM), and EPC contractors...
5 Benefits of Stormwater Runoff Management in Construction
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides numerous instructional resources for developing effective Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), as a part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and the NPDES Stormwater...
Safety Risks of Immersion Foot in Early Spring Weather
Trench foot or immersion foot can occur at air temperatures as high as 60°F. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) publishes OSHA Quick Card, Protecting Workers from Cold Stress for outdoor workers, including construction workers and trade craft....
Read moreOSHA Quick Card, Protecting Workers from Cold Stress warns of frostbite risks.
Frostbite Safety Risks for Construction Workers
OSHA Quick Card, Protecting Workers from Cold Stress warns of frostbite risks. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) publishes OSHA Quick Card, Protecting Workers from Cold Stress for outdoor workers, including construction workers and trade craft....
Protecting Construction Workers from Cold Stress
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) publishes OSHA Quick Card, Protecting Workers from Cold Stress for outdoor workers, including construction workers and trade craft. The OSHA Quick Card highlights the following five areas about cold stress...
Concrete Impacts in Low Temperature Events
The mission of ACI Technical Committee 306 – Cold Weather Concreting is to develop and report information on cold weather concreting, in low temperature events. The American Concrete Institute (ACI, www.concrete.org) web session entitled the Effect of Frozen Rebar on...
Field Research on Cold Weather Concrete and Rebar
The American Concrete Institute (ACI, www.concrete.org) web session entitled the Effect of Frozen Rebar on Surrounding Concrete During Cold Weather Placement addresses monitoring for cold weather concrete and cold rebar during low and high intensity, low temperature...
Read moreCold Weather Concreting: Prevent damage to concrete due to freezing at early ages.
Cold Rebar and Cold Weather Concreting Practices
Cold Weather Concreting: Prevent damage to concrete due to freezing at early ages. The American Concrete Institute (ACI, www.concrete.org) web session entitled the Effect of Frozen Rebar on Surrounding Concrete During Cold Weather Placement addresses monitoring for...