Environment
Environmental Management Tools for Road Maintenance Contracts
- Publication no: AP-R255-04
- ISBN: 0 85588 708 7
- Published: 28 June 2004
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The purpose of these Guidelines is to assist road agencies and their contractors in developing a systems approach in the management of environmental issues. The guidelines are structured in four parts to allow the reader to readily access information as required: Part 1 Agency Management Issues - concentrates on the environmental issues that road agencies will need to consider when developing the documentation for routine maintenance contracts, as well as the operational elements involved in achieving good environmental performance from their contractors. Part 2 Contractor Management Issues - reports on the environmental issues that contractors will need to consider when developing EMPs for routine maintenance contracts and the operational elements in achieving good environmental performance and management of roadsides. Part 3 Performance Indicators - reports on environmental performance indicators that are relevant to contract management in road maintenance, including examples where they are presently being developed for use. Part 4 Key Findings and Areas for Improvement - provides a summary of the major findings of the study that involved consultation with personnel within each of the Member Authorities.
- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS
- INTRODUCTION
- WHY THE NEED FOR GUIDELINES?
- ABOUT THESE GUIDELINES
- TERMINOLOGY AND ACRONYMS
- 1. ROUTINE ROAD MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS
- 2. ROADSIDE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
- 3. PRE - CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
- 4. MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES DURING THE CONTRACT
- 5. RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FRAMEWORK
- 6. TRAINING OF SITE PERSONNEL
- 7. SITE INSPECTIONS, TEST PLANS AND AUDITS
- 8. CONTRACTOR REPORTING
- 9. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- 10. DEVELOPMENT OF A ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE INDICATOR
- 11. ASSESSMENT OF ROADSIDE CONDITION
- 13. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- 14. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE
- 15. MEMBER AUTHORITY CONTACTS
- APPENDIX I AGENCY BENCHMARKING STUDY
- APPENDIX II TYPICAL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY ITEMS
- APPENDIX III ROAD MAINTENANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD MATRIX
- APPENDIX IV RISK FACTORS AND IMPACTS: BIODIVERSITY ON ROADSIDES AND IN ADJACENT WATERWAYS
- APPENDIX V SAMPLE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES OR OPERATIONAL STANDARDS
- APPENDIX VI ENVIRONMENTAL CODES OF PRACTICE FOR BIOREGIONS
- APPENDIX VII EXAMPLE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY SPECIFICATIONS
- APPENDIX VIII EXAMPLE WORK INSTRUCTION FOR CLEARING VEGETATION
- APPENDIX IX ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL MEASURE CHECKLIST
- APPENDIX X FIELD SURVEILLANCE CHECKLIST
- APPENDIX XI WORKSITE SURVEILLANCE RESOURCE NOTES
- APPENDIX XII ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT CHECKLIST
- APPENDIX XIII ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MATRIX
- APPENDIX XIV DAILY RUNNING SHEET
- APPENDIX XV ROADSIDE ASSESSMENT SHEET AND GIS REPRESENTATION OF RESULTS
- APPENDIX XVI SAMPLE OF GIS MAPPING OF RQM TRIAL RESULTS
- APPENDIX XVII DATA SHEET – RAPID ASSESSMENT OF VEGETATION QUALITY
- APPENDIX XVIII EXAMPLES OF IMAGES FOR EACH VEGETATION QUALITY RATING VALUE
- APPENDIX XIX EXAMPLES OF PAIRED VIDEO IMAGES
- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
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