CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (CEMP)

INTRODUCTION

Overview

This Employers Framework Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) proposes a framework for environmental control and best practice measures that have to be adopted within a project-specific Contractor’s Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP), which shall be developed and maintained by the contractor. This framework includes all actions which may be required during the construction phase of the Project to avoid, minimize, or offset likely environmental and social impacts that are attributable to the Project. It provides a framework and structure for the CEMP which incorporates the following:

1. Mitigation measures identified during the EIA process
2. General best practice mitigation measures; 
3. Monitoring measures are to be undertaken during the construction phase.

Before the commencement of construction, the requirements of this CEMP shall be detailed in full within a comprehensive CEMP document, which shall be developed by the Contractor and approved by the consultant.

Scope 

This document is mandatory and applies to all employees, contractors, their subcontractors and suppliers who undertake works on the [YOUR COMPANY/CLIENT’s NAME] Projects.

Compliance with this document does not absolve the Contractor or its staff of their responsibility to comply with statutory requirements including all health, safety and environmental laws, regulations or standards imposed on them either by legislation or the contract.

Purpose

The purpose of the CEMP is to ensure that the environmental and social issues are properly considered during the construction phase of the Project and that negative impacts are minimised or prevented and positive impacts enhanced. 

The CEMP will therefore provide a logical extension of the EIA process and will ensure that recommendations contained within the EIA are implemented, assuring that the mission does no longer deviate from the environmental and social profile that formed the idea of this report. In a similar vein, the CEMP will serve to ensure that regulatory requirements are also met and serve as a clear and auditable indication as to how those requirements are implemented during the construction phase. A CEMP shall be a dynamic document, which has to be reviewed, revised, or updated as required during the construction phase of the Projects. 

The primary objective of the Contractor’s Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) has to be to provide a clear direction and guideline on the requirements of the construction contractor and all subcontractors in their activities; every and each requirement is measurable; hence any non-compliance can be identified and addressed swiftly and essentially.

The objectives of the CEMP are defined as follows:

1. Prescribe an overall management structure with clearly, apparently, and in detail explained accountabilities and responsibilities accordingly.
2. Ensure an environmental management structure responsible for implementing the relevant measures within the Contractor’s Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).
3. Ensure adequate and relevant environmental induction training for all contractors and subcontractors (including construction workers);
4. Incorporate Emergency Planning into the management system; 
5. Stipulate a programme of deliverables, meetings, audits, communication protocols and reporting requirements to monitor and manage the construction works;
6. Define objectives and targets for environmental and social management on the construction activities (these objectives and targets which have to be captured in the detailed Environmental Control Plans of the full CEMP);
7. Implement Mitigation Measures and Monitoring Programmes;
8. Prescribe a mechanism for recording and reporting environmental and social concerns, improvement, complaints or incidents;
9. Define the communications protocols for liaison with local communities and regulatory authorities on environmental and social matters; 
10. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and guidelines, where relevant; 
11. Stipulate a mechanism for periodical review for the CEMP.

Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) 

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