Environmental Impact Assessment for Construction Project
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE HRDF: CLAIMABLE
Six (6) CPD Hours approved by MBOT
TRAINER:
Professor Dr Nasir Shafiq
28 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2022
MS TEAMS
9.00AM - 5.00PM
RM 970 FOR PROFESSIONALS
10% Discount for Early Bird (until 28 August 2022) / Group / Students
CONTENT SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
After rolling out of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015 in Paris Declaration for protecting our mother planet from environmental disaster, rapid developments and industrialization may result. Therefore, implementing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of engineering projects is becoming a legal requirement in many countries throughout the project's life cycle. In current practices, all development and investment projects initiated by the government, corporate, or private sectors must undergo a comprehensive EIA that should assess the environmental performance from feasibility or planning stage to the design, execution, operation, and end of life stages. Ecological Impact Assessments guide project owners and decision-makers to select appropriate mitigation measures that can be integrated with all life cycle phases (design, execution, operation) of a project to avoid or minimize environmental damages. Many EIA studies are being conducted on various projects (building & infrastructure, industrial, recreational, or similar). Still, many of them are not done correctly due to a lack of the required skills in many instances.
Consequently, decision-makers often have no clear idea of what type of information is needed to make rational and timely decisions when appraising projects. Furthermore, too much emphasis is usually given to data collection not enough on their analysis, interpretation, and overall environmental implications. Another major problem stems from the fact that monitoring and evaluating projects' actual ecological impacts are mostly inconspicuous. The absence of proper monitoring and evaluation is now a significant handicap for rational environmental management. Therefore, this training course is aimed to make the fundamental concept of EIA regarding philosophy, components, goals, and methodology of conducting EIA of the designated type of project.Module 1: An Introduction and Background of Environmental Impacts Assessment (EIA)
- An environmental outlook of the Mother planet (Earth) and Sustainable Development Goals
- Context and challenges for developing countries and countries in transition
- Introduction to EIA: Purpose and Need
- Concept Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) and EIA
Module 2: Approaches, Principles, and Elements of EIA Good Practice
- Approaches for making the EIA process effective
- Principles and Elements of EIA
- Challenges and Issues in Conducting EIA for Construction Projects
Module-3: Step-by-Step Procedure - EIA work and impact studies
- Establishing an environmental baseline
- Review of alternatives
- Environment/project interactions
- Social/environmental interactions
- Associated developments and secondary/cumulative effects
- Coping with uncertainty and determining riskļ§ Evaluation of impact significance
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Portray an understanding of Sustainable development goals (SDG) and Environmental Impacts;
- Communicate skill among participant to set the goals, propose basic EIA procedures for identification of environmental impacts and how to minimize them, and to prepare the EIA terms of reference (TOR);
- Understand sources of impacts and the roles of stakeholders in addressing them;
- Understand the role of public participation in the EIA process.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Sustainability Practitioners, promoters, and preachers
- Construction industry practitioners
- Decision-makers
- Policymakers
- Academicians
OUR TRAINER
1. Professor Dr Nasir Shafiq (UTP)
Professor Dr Nasir Shafiq from Civil & Environmental Engineering Department,Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak. Prof Nasir have qualification Ph.D. in Built Concrete Structures from University of Leeds, UK Malaysia, M.Sc. in Structural Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, and Bachelor Engineering (1st Class) Civil Engineering from NED University, Karachi Pakistan.Area of expertise in Structural Engineering, Materials and sustainability, Low carbon building materials and technology, Decision Support Systems, Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis, Green Building Design, Structural Retrofitting, Building Information Modelling, Sustainable Cities and Fire Resistant Concrete Structures. Prof Nasir have membership in Member American Concrete Institute, USA, Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Member (Life), Board of Engineers Malaysia, Member and PE (Life) Pakistan Engineering Council and Life Member Concrete Society of Malaysia.
REGISTRATION FEES
PROFESSIONALS
MYR970*
*fee quoted does not include SST, GST, HRDF service fee / VAT or withholding tax (if applicable).
EARLY BIRD/ GROUP/ STUDENT
MYR873*
*fee quoted does not include SST, GST, HRDF service fee / VAT or withholding tax (if applicable).
OUR LOCATION
Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)
Level 16, Menara 2,
Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat,
50470, Jalan Travers,
Kuala Lumpur.
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+605 - 368 7558 /
+605 - 368 8485
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