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Construction

Construction Infrastructure

• Develop site protection requirements covering
  • Specify site utilization requirements including preferred locations for site camps, access roads etc and which areas of the site are to be protected; how waste should be handled and Designation of habitats for protection and how they are to be protected
  • Specify requirements for site access
  • Specify requirements for site clearing and grading – how, minimize disturbance, stockpiling of topsoil and/or excavated material for reuse.
  • Stormwater management during construction
• All construction infrastructure, including that for related and associated facilities will be decommissioned and rehabilitated.

Borrow areas and quarries

• For borrow areas and quarries opened specifically for the development the following shall be met
  • Areas to be managed in accordance with national legislative requirements
  • Selection of materials location should take into consideration standards relating to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement, biodiversity conservation and cultural heritage under section Site Selection.
  • Excavation and rehabilitation plans to be developed prior to opening and communicated to operators

Pollution Abatement and Control

• Control soil erosion, waterway sedimentation and airborne dust generation.
• Dust emissions will be controlled using watering and speed reduction
• Provision of secondary containment1 for the storage of hazardous materials and use of drip containment measures
• Collection and appropriate disposal of oil and oil contaminated wastes
• Noise should not exceed the levels below or result in a maximum increase in background levels of 3 dB at the nearest receptor location off-site

Waste

• Reduce the quantity of construction waste disposed of in landfills3. 

Cultural Heritage

• Chance find procedures will be established on sites where cultural heritage is expected to be found.

Labour and Working Conditions

• Materials will not be procured from entities employing child labour or forced labour in the production of those materials
• Contractors will be expected to follow working conditions that protect the basic rights of workers and be able to demonstrate
  • That working conditions and terms of employment to their employees are documented and communicated to employees at the time of hiring;
  • Respect for collective agreements and where these do not exist that reasonable working conditions and terms of employment are met that, at a minimum, comply with national law;
  • Respect for a worker’s right to organize and bargain collectively
  • Non discrimination and equal opportunity
  • No use of child labour
  • No use of forced labour
  • Provision of safe and healthy work environment and demonstration of heath survelliance e.g. periodic hearing checks for workers exposed to high noise levels.
• Contractors will be expected to have an occupational health and safety management system in place and adheres to IFC’s General EHS Guidelines Section 2.0 pp 60 – 76.
• No employee will be exposed to a noise level greater than those indicated in IFC General EHS Guidelines p 65 without adequate ear protection.
• Exposure levels to particulates, volatile organic compounds and pathogens will be in accordance with internationally accepted occupational exposure standards including: Threshold Limit Value (TLV) occupational exposure guidelines and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) published by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) www.acgih.org/TVL , the United States National institution for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/ , Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States (OSHA) www.osha.gov, European Union Indicative Occpuational Exposure Limit Values www.europe/osha/eu.int/good_practice/risks/ds/oel/and information contained on the Material Safety Data Sheets.

Community Health and Safety

• Control and Monitor access to site.
• Limit the risk of communicable and vector-borne disease transmission through a combination of health awareness and education initiatives and control measures e.g. provision of prophylactics, repellents, bed nets.
• Adopt traffic safety measures to reduce the risk of traffic accidents including: driver education, speed controls, minimizing pedestrian interaction with construction vehicles, traffic signage, emergency preparedness & response plans for traffic accidents, procedures for transport of hazardous materials (refer to IFC General EHS Guidelines p82-84).
• Potential indoor air quality contaminants will be below internationally accepted concentration prior to occupancy in particular formaldehyde, particulates (PM10) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC)