What is BS 6349-5- Code of practice for dredging and land reclamation about?
BS 6349 is a British Standard that discusses maritime works.
BS 6349-5 is the fifth part of the series that gives recommendations for dredging and land reclamation works. It also outlines mitigation and monitoring procedures and criteria relating to potential environmental impacts.
Who is BS 6349-5- Code of practice for dredging and land reclamation for?
BS 6349-5 on code of practice for dredging and land reclamation is useful for:
- Entities involved in the maritime industry and those working in the mining industry involved in land reclamation
- Local authorities
- Regulatory bodies
Why should you use BS 6349-5- Code of practice for dredging and land reclamation?
BS 6349-5 promotes a greater understanding of the constraints and requirements for a successful dredging and land reclamation project. In addition, this part of BS 6349 outlines environmental assessment procedures and criteria, in relation to the UK, that is considered illustrative of similar good practices in many jurisdictions.
BS 6349-5 provides best industry guidance on planning of dredging works, dredging environmental design, site investigation and data collection, dredging plant selection, maintenance dredging, capital dredging, rock dredging, dredging of materials for reuse, disposal, displacement and beneficial use of dredged material and reclamation.
Overall, BS 6349-5 is your one-stop guide on best industry practices for dredging and land reclamation activities across the life cycle of projects.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS 6349-5:2016 supersedes BS 6459-5:1991, which is withdrawn. This is a full revision of the standard and introduces the following principal changes:
- Substantial changes to reflect scientific and technological advances since 1991
- Changes to take into account new and revised legislation
- Restructure of text to better facilitate the use of the standard
- Changes for consistency with the updated suite of BS 6349 standards that have been revised to take account of Eurocodes.