How To Reduce Dust Around Your Building Project
Monday, 16 February 2009 14:29
Author: Edward Jonstone
If you are working on, or in charge of a building project that is resulting in a large amount of dust in the air and consequently worrying people about the site, then you need to take various actions to help check this. Dust can bring up allergies in lots of people, and you could potentially be harming someone's health. Thankfully, there are a variety of things that you can do to stop this from continuing.
If you are working on, or in charge of a building project that is resulting in a large amount of dust in the air and consequently worrying people about the site, then you need to take various actions to help check this. Dust can bring up allergies in lots of people, and you could potentially be harming someone's health. Thankfully, there are a variety of things that you can do to stop this from continuing.
To start with, you can consider putting a plastic tarp over the building and weighing it down. This will prevent dust from rising in the air and spreading around. Of course, this is not possible for very large buildings, but if you are on a site that is considerably smaller and can afford being wrapped up then this surely is a great method for reducing the amount of dust.
More often than not, the amount of dust in the air is directly associated to the amount of uncovered soil on the site and the disturbance on this soil. To prevent a lot of dust from rising up, educate your crews on how to prevent disturbing the soil. This is done by not moving all over the exposed soil and by marking areas where vehicles and people are allowable to move.
In addition, you can spray water on the earth and dampen it. In this way the dust will settle and stay settled for as long as the earth stays damp. You will almost certainly have to repeat the sprinkling process every other day depending on the weather, but this is an inexpensive method of fixing the problem. Putting too much water in the earth will however turn it to mud which could potentially lead to problems such as stuck vehicles.
If you have not begun the building yet, you can have plants or grass planted on the dirt that will not be disturbed. This would be all the exposed soil outside of the demarcated area. Once there is plants on this the dirt will settle, and the wind speeds will also reduce at ground level thus stopping dirt from dispersing into the air.
You can also mulch the soil to prevent it from getting in the air. Another option is tilling the soil so that larger and moister clods right to the surface and hold the soil in place. You can also use stones for a similar reason and spread these as cover where there is uncovered soil. Another option is constructing wind barriers that will slow down or stop the wind, and thus make it difficult for the soil to spread in the air. Tarps, vegetation, or constructed fences can be effective in slowing the wind.
Naturally, you will have to use a variety of these ideas to bring down the amount of dust, as no one method will entirely fix the problem. You will be required to inspect the building area and figure out the best ideas for individual sites so as to make sure that you are employing the accurate methods to reduce the problem.
Dust is widespread in building sites, and it is your job as a planner to contain the harm it does to the nearby land. Earlier planning can aid you in stopping this problem from becoming a large issue.
If you are working on, or in charge of a building project that is resulting in a large amount of dust in the air and consequently worrying people about the site, then you need to take various actions to help check this. Dust can bring up allergies in lots of people, and you could potentially be harming someone's health. Thankfully, there are a variety of things that you can do to stop this from continuing.
To start with, you can consider putting a plastic tarp over the building and weighing it down. This will prevent dust from rising in the air and spreading around. Of course, this is not possible for very large buildings, but if you are on a site that is considerably smaller and can afford being wrapped up then this surely is a great method for reducing the amount of dust.
More often than not, the amount of dust in the air is directly associated to the amount of uncovered soil on the site and the disturbance on this soil. To prevent a lot of dust from rising up, educate your crews on how to prevent disturbing the soil. This is done by not moving all over the exposed soil and by marking areas where vehicles and people are allowable to move.
In addition, you can spray water on the earth and dampen it. In this way the dust will settle and stay settled for as long as the earth stays damp. You will almost certainly have to repeat the sprinkling process every other day depending on the weather, but this is an inexpensive method of fixing the problem. Putting too much water in the earth will however turn it to mud which could potentially lead to problems such as stuck vehicles.
If you have not begun the building yet, you can have plants or grass planted on the dirt that will not be disturbed. This would be all the exposed soil outside of the demarcated area. Once there is plants on this the dirt will settle, and the wind speeds will also reduce at ground level thus stopping dirt from dispersing into the air.
You can also mulch the soil to prevent it from getting in the air. Another option is tilling the soil so that larger and moister clods right to the surface and hold the soil in place. You can also use stones for a similar reason and spread these as cover where there is uncovered soil. Another option is constructing wind barriers that will slow down or stop the wind, and thus make it difficult for the soil to spread in the air. Tarps, vegetation, or constructed fences can be effective in slowing the wind.
Naturally, you will have to use a variety of these ideas to bring down the amount of dust, as no one method will entirely fix the problem. You will be required to inspect the building area and figure out the best ideas for individual sites so as to make sure that you are employing the accurate methods to reduce the problem.
Dust is widespread in building sites, and it is your job as a planner to contain the harm it does to the nearby land. Earlier planning can aid you in stopping this problem from becoming a large issue.
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