المملكة: Special requirements for construction projects… and a 50,000 riyal fine for violators
The National Supervision Center announced on Environmental Commitment In cooperation with the Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh, (19) special requirements for the control and control of dust caused by Construction workin the city of Riyadh, with the aim of enhancing the commitment of development projects to environmental standards, in order to improve air quality and reduce the effects of dust emissions.
The official spokesman for the center, Saad Al-Matrafi, explained that the procedures will be applied in the city of Riyadh to the construction work of projects with an area of no less than 2000 square meters or more, in accordance with dust control and control procedures, indicating that failure to comply exposes the project to a fine of up to 50,000 riyals for each requirement. contrary; Commitment to dust control and control procedures prevents violations in establishments.
Restantaneous monitoring
Among the most prominent measures to deal with dust-provoking activities, including the use of dust suppressants and daily spraying at construction work sites, commitment to the movement of trucks and covering them tightly, in addition to installing air quality measuring devices at sites and linking them to the unified platform for monitoring dust resulting from construction projects in the city of Riyadh, and sending periodic reports on the environmental performance of projects.
Al-Matrafi pointed out that the center has redistributed its air quality measuring stations based on the size of the impact of major construction projects in Riyadh, stressing that real-time monitoring of air quality indicators continues on all development activities throughout the Kingdom in accordance with the executive regulations for air quality, and that the new procedures to control dust-producing activities come in conjunction with the increasing growth of development projects in the Kingdom.
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