Environmental Monitoring of Ecological Safety During Construction Works

Environmental monitoring of the construction works must consists of the modern scientific methods and techniques of physical, chemical, and biological measurements for monitoring the construction sites intermittently or continuously. It determines the pollutant factors and makes the right environmental quality assessment. During the construction period the environmental monitoring subjects are the construction waste water and the sanitary sewage, the surface water around construction site, the noises around the site and from the construction site engines (if the construction period has continuous operations, the monitoring takes place 24 hours a day) and the dust. Particular attention should be paid to monitor the concentration of fine dust particles, due to the negative impact on human health. In order to get the effective data about the PM2.5 and PM10 fine dust particles concentration in the air during the construction operations a slightly polluted area was studied according to the map of the dust emission. This area is located in Zheleznodorozhny district of Rostov-on-Don up to the Seversky Donets River. The large residential development «Ekaterininsky» is under construction there. The environmental monitoring of this fine dust polluted area included the study of three subjects. The results of local dust emission showed the significant amount of fine dust from any height levels where construction works are carried out. This article describes the results of environmental monitoring of dust pollution in Rostov-on-Don and environmental requirement and measures which should be designed in the Construction method statements and the Work performance projects for reducing the environmental impact during construction operations.