Environmental assessment of major civil engineering projects

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Question 1. Explain the how the Environmental Assessment of major civil engineering projects is considered by the planning system in England by using a case study of a completed project.

Question 2. Classify the fundamental differences in philosophy between Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) and traditional urban drainage practices. Assess what the planned implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act Schedule 3 in England will mean for SUDs adoption and implementation.

Question 3. Identify the main impacts of a high density, mixed use, development on the Horsea site could have on social issues. Explain the impacts in the context of Portsmouth and assess how they could be predicted and mitigated.

Question 4. Review the use of site investigation in the assessment of land contamination and archaeological features. Assess the residual risk to developers if the investigation and assessment is not effective and the potential consequences.

Question 5. Identify, analyse and categorise the potential risks in the following Contaminated Land development scenario. For each risk suggest how the risk could be removed. Present your answer in the table format used in class.

"A brownfield site is to be developed as new park and ride scheme with a permeable surface. Shallow groundwater beneath the site connects with a nearby ecologically sensitive harbour. Site investigation has shown the ground is contaminated with a range of PAHs, partitioning to both solids and water. The investigation also encountered fly tipped waste containing sodium cyanide, some in an area next to housing used informally by children playing."

Question 6. Calculate the concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) at ground level on the centre-line of the plume 3 km from a waste incinerator with a chimney of 5X m effective height. The VOC discharge rate is 5Y g/s and the wind velocity at the top of the stack is 3.Z m/s. Atmospheric conditions at the site can be classified as neutral.

X= 1ST letter of your student number; Y= 2ND letter of your student number; Z= 3RD letter of your student number.

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