Slides presented at the COMIT community day in March 2016 at WorleyParsons in Brenford by George Holder of Costain. Covers some of the environmental monitoring issues that arise from the tunnelling works at Crossrail.

1. George Holder, Costain, 3rd March
2016
Personal Environment
Monitoring

2. Safety, Safety, Safety

3. What about health?

4. Health and Safety
“A construction worker is at least 100 times more
likely to die from disease caused or made worse by
their work as they are from a fatal accident.”
Construction Industry Advisory Committee 2011

5. HSE

6. Construction 2025
‘In particular, occupational
cancers, caused by asbestos
and dust containing silica
are all too common in the
Industry’

7. Our Need
Comply with Control of Substances Hazardous
to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
• Adhere to Workplace Exposure Limits
• Monitor to ensure that controls are effective

8. Vision
• To understand personal
exposure to atmospheric
pollutants in a tunnel
environment
– Respirable dust (RD),
– Respirable Crystalline Silica
(RCS)
– Diesel engine exhaust
emissions (DEEE)

9. Environment and Activities

10. Environment and Activities

11. Environment and Activities

12. Environment and Activities

13. Environment and Activities