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Hiring out plant and equipment

Plant and equipment that you could hire out includes:

  • cement mixers
  • generators
  • compressors
  • small hand tools such as breakers or drills
  • excavators
  • dump trucks
  • concrete pumps.

If you hire out construction plant and equipment you are responsible for the associated environmental issues in between hire periods. This includes storing, refuelling and maintaining equipment.

Land

  • Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and other invasive weeds

  • Land contamination

Materials and equipment

  • Bunds at construction sites

  • Chemical storage at construction and buidling sites

  • Fuelling and fuel storage at building sites

  • Generators at construction sites

  • Oil separators at construction sites

  • Plant maintenance at construction sites

  • Refuelling at construction sites

  • Road sweepers at construction sites

  • Spills at construction sites

  • Vehicle movements and deliveries at construction sites

  • Wheel washing at construction sites

Nuisance

  • Artificial lighting

  • Dust from construction sites

  • Noise from construction sites

Waste

  • Barrels, drums and chemical containers

  • Crushing bricks, tiles, concrete and other materials

  • Fly-tipped material

  • Hazardous/special waste

  • Site waste management plans

  • Tyres

  • Waste oil

  • Your waste responsibilities

Water

  • Discharges to water or sewer

  • Settlement tanks

  • Water use and abstraction

  • Working close to a river or stream

Further information

  • Construction resources

  • Construction trade associations

  • Construction PPGs

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© NetRegs 2011

Author: Emma Davies | enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Last updated: 01 February 2012