The substantiation of the volume of investigations of physical factors at the construction site in terms of hygienic regulation

The necessity of carrying out field observation of physical factor parameters (noise, infrasound, vibration) in the process of engineering-and-environmental exploration on the areas allotted for capital construction is regulated by current sanitary-hygienic documents and standards related to the construction. Capital construction objects cover industrial and nonproduction buildings and facilities, as well as linear objects: highways, railways, underground lines, pipelines. Requirements for a scope and a list of measured indices of the effect of physical factors with taking into account the purpose of projected buildings and facilities are not established in the available documents. While realizing expert activities by the inspection body at the North-West Public Health Research Center, studies of parameters of physical factor in certain fields were executed on construction allotted areas to be redundant and often useless (that is, inapplicable for further use). As regards the problem under consideration, requirements according to current sanitary-hygienic and construction regulations were analyzed. A short record of sheet review of explorations made by North-West Public Health Research Center and those undergone expert examination by the inspection body at the North-West Public Health Research Center within the period of 2014-2016 is given. A list and a scope of indices of physical factors (noise, infrasound, vibration) which should be measured in field conditions during environmental investigations of the areas allotted for construction with taking into account function and specific character of the projected object. The reported study resulted in grounding the necessity to develop “Guidelines on assessment and measurement of physical fields on the areas of engineering-and-environmental surveys” which can enhance the effectiveness of accomplished studies, to optimize the scope and to eliminate excessive requirements in designing and expert examination, and in the long run will help in saving funds invested into construction, including state budget ones.