1. The document outlines recommendations from a technical committee to improve environmental practices in the Malaysian construction sector.
2. It identifies 59 recommendations across five areas: strengthening development approvals, enhancing laws and enforcement, promoting self-regulation, increasing capacity and awareness, and addressing knowledge gaps.
3. The recommendations include notifying neighbors of new developments, considering environmental impacts in project proposals, contractors obtaining ISO 14001 certification, educating contractors on environmental impacts, and incorporating environmental costs into total project costs.
1. The document outlines recommendations from a technical committee to improve environmental practices in the Malaysian construction sector.
2. It identifies 59 recommendations across five areas: strengthening development approvals, enhancing laws and enforcement, promoting self-regulation, increasing capacity and awareness, and addressing knowledge gaps.
3. The recommendations include notifying neighbors of new developments, considering environmental impacts in project proposals, contractors obtaining ISO 14001 certification, educating contractors on environmental impacts, and incorporating environmental costs into total project costs.
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1. The document outlines recommendations from a technical committee to improve environmental practices in the Malaysian construction sector.
2. It identifies 59 recommendations across five areas: strengthening development approvals, enhancing laws and enforcement, promoting self-regulation, increasing capacity and awareness, and addressing knowledge gaps.
3. The recommendations include notifying neighbors of new developments, considering environmental impacts in project proposals, contractors obtaining ISO 14001 certification, educating contractors on environmental impacts, and incorporating environmental costs into total project costs.
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Ad v er t o r i al Cr eat in g a w o r ld - class, in n o vat ive an d kn o w led g eab le g lo b al so lut io n p r o vid er PRO LO G U E IN TRYING to address the numerous weaknesses in the construction industry delivery system which often result in excessive cost overrun and quality deficiency in the final output, the construction industry stake- holders have agreed that a long-term construction industry development plan is needed. Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), in conjunction with the Works Ministry, the relevant government departments and agencies, industry- players and organisations representing industry stakeholders, have sat together and collectively ad- dressed the issues and successfully developed the first Construction Industry Master Plan (CIMP). To keep the public informed of CIMP which will be launched on December 10, CIDB will publish articles regularly outlining and explaining the rationale of the seven Strategic Thrusts of the CIMP and the Enabling Recommendations. It is hoped that through this ex- ercise we shall together be able to mould our con- struction industry into a world-class, innovative and knowledgeable solution provider. To obtain further information and to provide feed- back, please email to cimpinfo@cidb.gov.my and c i m p f e e d b a c k @ c i d b. g ov. my Improving environmental practices in Malaysian construction sector THE construction sector can be an industry which is innovative, based on the willingness of its players to experiment and to adopt new approaches and tech- nolog ies. Unlike other industries, the construction industry has a more significant impact on the environment. As such, the industry has to take special precautions to ensure that its activities harmonise with the e nv i r o n m e n t . As the construction in- dustry continues to develop the built environment within the natural environment, stakeholders are accountable to achieve the highest stand- ards of quality, occupational safety and health and envir- onmental practices. The long-term develop- ment of the industry requires these social responsibilities be upheld to ensure that a proper balance is achieved between the nations social and economic goals. It is not surprising that the highest standard of quality, oc- cupational safety and health and environment- friendly practices have been adopted by the industry as one of the strategic thrusts of the re- cently approved Construction Industry Master Plan. Recognising the import- ance of long-term impact of good environmental prac- tices in the construction in- dustry, the Construction In- dustry Development Board (CIDB) has released one of the most important documents ever on environmental sus- tainability in the country. The document titled Stra- tegic Recommendation for Improving Environmental Practices in Construction In- dustr y addresses some of the more pressing issues on the degradation of the en- vironment and advances a number of steps to promote best practices in environ- mental management, as it relates to the construction industr y. The strategic document is the culmination of a six-year effort of the CIDB Technical Committee on Good Envir- onmental Practices in the Construction Industry (iden- tified officially as Technical Committee No. 9) chaired by Assoc Professor Dr Joy Jac- queline Pereira. The recommendations from the more than 30-mem- ber team mark another mile- stone in strategic partner- ship between the public and the private sectors in draw- ing up the necessary pro- grammes to ensure the sus- tainability of the built en- vironment. Malaysia has still a long way to go in its journey to- wards an environmentally developed status. What the strategic recommendations have done is to pave the way to put the industry on the right track to an environ- mentally sustainable future. Following a series of roundtable dialogues and workshops, 59 recommend- ations have been made. These are grouped under five major focus areas strengthening the develop- ment approval process, en- hancing law and enforce- ment, promoting self-regu- lation, increasing capacity and public awareness and addressing knowledge gaps. For the development ap- proval process, it was recom- mended that adjacent land owners be notified of any new development in their vicin- ities. Also recommended is the taking into account en- vironmental impacts in the Development Proposal Re- ports (DPR) for conversion and allocating suitable and adequate space for collection of recyclable waste. In enhancing law and en- forcement, guidelines for de- velopment on the hill sides and water front have ad- equately addressed the issues and there is also a strong recommendation on the Tr e e Preservation Order requir - ing states to adopt the tree preservation order and to cease the cutting and felling of certain types of trees. Unfortunately, until today only Selangor has complied with the requirement. Other recommendations include developing guide- lines for stage construction which require development to be done in phases to re- duce environment impact during earthwork stage, ef- fective erosion and sedi- mentation control during construction and the intro- duction of policy statement for construction wastes. As part of self-regulation promotion, contractors are encouraged to get MS ISO 14001 certification and of- fering incentives for achiev- ing them. Also recommen- ded are, all professionals in- volved in environment prac- tices and management must be held responsible and ac- countable for their respect- ive recommendations and for the development of a code of practice for environment- al protection. Meanwhile, the emerging green consumerism will her- ald the coming of a green revolution, requiring such initiatives as eco-labelling, sustainability first, etc, for construction products and methods meeting the envir- onment sustainability re- quirement. When increasing capacity and public awareness, the document recommends among other things, the cre- ation of a more flexible or- ganisational structure in the local authorities allowing secondment of more senior technical personnel to the local authorities. The contractors and de- velopers should also be edu- cated through an awareness programme on the impact of their work activities on the environment and how they can achieve good environ- ment practice without sac- rificing their profits. Another recommendation which is expected to draw the interest of the developers is the introduction of Nation- al Recognition Programme which recognises and awards developers who are selling environmentally- friendly products. The recommendations to ad- dress the knowledge gaps in- clude continuous development of a checklist on guidelines and regulations applicable to the construction industry. As part of the whole life cost of a project, the cost of implementing good environ- ment practice is also recom- mended to be incorporated into the total development cost of a project. Other recommendations include intensifying re- search on environmental preferable products, creat- ing a market for construction and demolition materials, creating a need for auditable practice and identifying haz- ardous materials and repla- cing them with alternative mater ial. As with quality and occu- pational health and safety, the commitment from all stakeholders are required to transform the Malaysian construction industry into one that meets the human need for development in har- mony with nature. While we continuously strive to become a fully de- veloped nation, development will continue to expand to meet our socio-economic ob- ligations, but the focus should be on the quality of the de- velopment that is pursued. Much of the what is going to happen to the environ- ment in the future is being shaped by what we are doing to it today. 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