Draft Construction Regulations

Bishop D (1994) The professionals view of the Heal A and Safety Commission s draft Construction (Design and Management) Regulations. Construction Management and Economics, vol 12 pp 365-372. 

CEN TC351 Working Draft (Annex B) Construction products-Assessment of emissions of regulated dangerous substances from construction products- Determination of emissions into indoor air ... 

In the allocation procedure, a special allocation for the electricity production from CHP plants was catered for in order to compensate incentives to reduce the electricity production from CHP. The construction of this regulation comprises a special allocation for the historical production of electricity by CHP, which is subjected to an expost adjustment. If electricity production from CHP is reduced in the course of the period, the return of the special allocation for CHP is requested in the ratio of five times the special allocation for a reduction of 1 million kWh electricity production from CHP. After the special allocation for the electricity production from CHP had borne 35 EUA per million kilowatt-hours in the first draft of the NAP, this special allocation was reduced to 27 EUA as a result of political negotiations, and also in order not to make the compliance factor too ambitious. Annually, 2.02 million EUA were additionally allocated to the CHP plants. 

Section 1926.97 is derived from several national consensus standards but drafted in simpler performance terms. This regulation for construction is divided into three paragraphs ... 

Worth mentioning are, for instance, the programming regulations drafted and issued on specific journals by the fib Task Group 9.3, the European fonnding committee in 1998, or the official journals of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), whose aim is to provide new guidelines for the design and construction of HiP concrete structures. 

The draft Regulations also extend this duty to require co-operation between different projects on the same or adjoining sites. An example would be during the construction of an industrial estate, where different projects are dealing with roadways/construction of the shells and fitting them out. There needs to be co-operation to ensure safe access. 

The HSC propose to amend the Workplace Regulations to implement these requirements, as a large part of the TMCS Directive was copied over from the Workplace Directive. This enables these draft Regulations to focus on the issues that contribute significantly to injuries during construction work. 

Vapours on construction sites may arise from a number of sources. Many paint strippers used to contain benzene which has an insidious toxic effect. The result of the draft regulations currently in preparation will be to ban its use as a solvent, but many other solvents are used in paints, adhesives and surface treatments which may give rise to risks to health. 

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