The ‘Environmental Management in Construction’ course offers you the opportunity to specialise in a field that is constantly expanding and of vital importance. In a global context where sustainability and respect for the environment are becoming increasingly crucial, the demand for professionals trained in environmental management continues to grow. This course will provide you with the the tools needed to understand and implement an environmental management system in construction projects, from planning through to performance evaluation and continuous improvement. You will learn how to integrate support and operational processes, ensuring that construction practices are responsible and efficient. On completion of this course, you will be prepared to tackle the environmental challenges facing the sectorr, thereby contributing to a more sustainable future. Furthermore, as this is an online course, you’ll be able to gain this knowledge from the comfort of your own home, working around your own schedule.
Environmental management in the construction industry
Construction Management and Regulations
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- Understand the system from environmental management under development to ensure it is implemented effectively.
- Identify the key processes in the environmental planning in construction projects.
- Assess environmental performance and to propose continuous improvements in construction project management.
- Apply methods from external certification to validate the environmental management system.
- Improve the capacity from manage processes from support y environmental operation Under construction.
- Develop strategies for integrate the sustainability in project planning.
- Analyse the impact from the environmental governance in the efficiency of buildings.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CONSTRUCTION
An Introduction to Environmental Management
Relationship with other standards and management systems
Stages of the environmental management system
Context analysis
Scope of the QMS, processes and other requirements
TEACHING UNIT 2. GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
Leadership, Environmental Policies and Roles
Planning: Environmental Aspects
Planning: Legal and other requirements
Planning: Risks (threats and opportunities)
Planning environmental actions and objectives
TEACHING UNIT 3. SUPPORT AND OPERATIONAL PROCESSES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Support: Resource management
Support: Management of documented information
Support: Environmental communication management
Operation: Environmental management in the company’s production activities
Operations: the environmental management plan and its implementation
TEACHING UNIT 4. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. EXTERNAL CERTIFICATION
Performance evaluation: Monitoring, measurement, analysis and assessment activities
Performance review: Internal Audit
Performance appraisal: Management review
Improvement activities: Non-conformities and corrective actions
External certification