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Posted By leethorne
Anyone had any experience relating to construction works being affected by adjoining chimney fumes, with specific respect to the duties placed on Designers under Reg 13 of the CDM Regulations 1994?
Many thanks in advance.
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Posted By GSP
Are the chimneys related to the works being carried out, or on a neighbouring property?
what are the fumes?
How bad are the fumes?
Is it not a Local Authority/ Environment Agency Issue?
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Is this risk arising from your design? Is this not more of a site /environment issue which the Client & Planning Supervisor(CDMCo-ordinator)should be flagging up, i.e. not a Reg13 issue?
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Posted By leethorne
The chimneys relate to an adjacent hospital building. Fumes are in the process of being tested. The underlying issue is whether the emissions should have been picked up at design stage, as having a foreseeable an effect on persons undertaking construction works (and obviously the end user). I am looking for written guidance on this matter, or any similar example of what designers should pick up on within the immediate environment as part of their Reg 13 duties.
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Posted By GSP
A Planning Supervisor is highly unlikely to pick up on a fume related issue like your describing.
Is it a 24hr issue or at certain times of the day?
In summary i would say it has nothing to do with design issues.
Fumes may not have been present on the day of the visit. And whether the fumes are harmful or just a nuisance is probably open to debate anyway, and not something a designer or planning supervisor has a duty to find out.
LA/EA issue i say? who is doing the testing?
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