Environmental Audit Guidelines for Construction – Road, Rail and Marine Facilities

The Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) is committed to develop and manage:

‘a transport system in harmony with the environment’

DPTI contributes to the well-being of the community by enhancing our environment through:

• minimising pollution
• sustaining ecosystems
• conserving our cultural heritage
• enhancing the amenity.
• As such, sound environmental management forms an important part of all activities conducted by, or on behalf of, DPTI.

To meet this commitment, DPTI has developed a comprehensive, integrated system of environmental management for the construction phase of Road, Rail and Marine Facilities.

Documents forming part of this environmental management system aimed at assisting DPTI to achieve best practice environment management during construction include:

• Environmental Code of Practice for Construction - Road, Rail and Marine Facilities
• Project Environmental Management Plan Guidelines for Construction - Road, Rail and Marine Facilities
• Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan Guidelines for Construction - Road, Rail and Marine Facilities
• Environment Audit Guidelines for Construction - Road, Rail and Marine Facilities
• Environmental Legislation Summary - Construction.

These audit guidelines are designed to assist in all aspects of auditing the environmental impact associated with a construction project. This includes managing, planning and conducting the audit; and reporting and acting on the audit findings.

This document provides guidelines and information including:

• selection of auditors, including qualifications
• responsibility for the preparation and implementation of Audit Schedules
• audit procedures including the preparation, conduct and reporting of audit findings
• responsibility for implementing follow-up action
• relationship to quality audits
• document control.

It is the responsibility of all employees and contractors to adopt environmentally responsible work practices. These Audit Guidelines will provide DPTI with a consistent basis to monitor compliance with DPTI’s aim of achieving best practice environmental management.