Asbestos Survey in Abu Dhabi & UAE Before Demolition
Why asbestos is still a risk? The UAE banned the import and production of asbestos in 2006, but buildings put up before then often still contain it. The most common form is asbestos cement: roof sheets, wall panels, and water, drainage and irrigation pipes. When old farms, nurseries and labour camps are demolished, that cement […]
Soil Contamination Surveys in the UAE: What Developers and Construction Industry Need to Know
Why soil contamination matters A site that looks like clean sand can still hide fuel, pesticides, heavy metals or asbestos from its past use. In the UAE, much of today’s development land was once a farm, a nursery, a labour camp, a workshop or a storage yard. If that soil is contaminated and nobody checks, […]
Environmental Compliance & CEMP in Abu Dhabi: Contractor Guide
Highlight The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) can fine up to AED 1 million per violation, stop works and revoke environmental permits without going to court. Commitments in the approved EIA are enforceable through the environmental permit, even if they were left out of the contractor’s CEMP. Each main contractor needs a project-specific CEMP […]
Construction Vibration Compliance in the UAE: Rules, Standards and What Contractors Should Do
There are three type of vibration problems on a construction site. First; human exposure due to use of hand tools; Second, human exposure on site due to various machinery; and Third, the vibration in a nearby structure like school, mosque, hospital, residential buildings etc. First 2 are covered under OSHA or worker saftey guidelines. This […]