G - Engineering Code Assessment

3.0 EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL CODE

Performance outcomes                Acceptable outcomes                 response

PO1                                 S1.1 Construction works are        Complies
                                    designed, planned and
Development design, density,        executed with respect to the       Erosion and sediment control
layout, and staging provide for     principles of erosion reduction,   measures shall be
erosion control, drainage control   drainage management and            implemented on site in
and sediment capture and            sediment capture in accordance     accordance with Healthy
treatment during the                with Appendix 2, Table A of the    Waterways best practice
construction phase.                 Queensland State Planning          management of erosion and
                                                                       sediment control during
                                    Policy and International Erosion
                                                                       construction, and the
                                    Control Association Best
                                                                       requirements of the QLd
                                    Practice Erosion and Sediment
                                                                       SPP (2017) Appendix 2
                                    Control (BPESC) 2008; AND
                                                                       Table A.
                                    S1.2 Construction works are
                                    designed and managed to
                                    restrict the extent of clearing
                                    and soil exposure to that
                                    necessary for access, and safe
                                    construction; AND

                                    S1.3 Clean stormwater is
                                    diverted or managed around or
                                    through the site without
                                    increasing the concentration of
                                    total suspended solids or other
                                    contaminants in the flow and
                                    without causing erosion (onsite
                                    or offsite); AND

                                    S1.4 Cleared areas are
                                    effectively stabilised prior to
                                    rainfall if works are delayed or
                                    works are not intended to occur
                                    immediately; AND

                                    S1.5 For buildings,

                                    a) upstream runoff must be
                                    diverted around the construction
                                    site; and

                                    b) sediment barriers are
                                    provided downslope of
                                    disturbed areas to prevent
                                    sediment washing into gutters,
                                    drains and watercourses either
                                    on or off the site; and

                                    c) exposed soil and construction
                                    access must be managed in
                                    accordance with International
                                    Erosion Control Association
                                    Best Practice Erosion and