Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia

Development projects need to integrate environmental dimensions into project management functions to ensure successful implementation of environmental management and control practices throughout the development process. The management functions include the scope of work for environmental control, th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman, Asyirah Abdul Rahim, Fera Fizani Ahmad Fizri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2006
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/1/2006_8_Nik%26Asyirah.pdf

id	ukm-2242
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-22422016-12-14T06:31:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/ Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman, Asyirah Abdul Rahim, Fera Fizani Ahmad Fizri, Development projects need to integrate environmental dimensions into project management functions to ensure successful implementation of environmental management and control practices throughout the development process. The management functions include the scope of work for environmental control, the quality of work or performance to be delivered, the scheduling for environmental works, and the most important one is the budget for environmental control. The aim of this paper is to examine and discuss about the environmental dimensions of Beris Dam during its construction and development process. The environmental dimension criteria and elements of the project were examined by means of reviewing environmental control documents used in the project’s construction and development, and site visits. The review reveals that in general the Beris Dam EIA and EMP reports scored between ‘unsatisfactory’ to ‘good’ for the criteria and elements of good environmental practice. These findings indicate the need to increase both effort and implementation of environmental dimensions in project management to help improve the success of implementing environmental management activities in the construction and development of a project Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/1/2006_8_Nik%26Asyirah.pdf Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman, and Asyirah Abdul Rahim, and Fera Fizani Ahmad Fizri, (2006) Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 7 . pp. 113-128. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	Development projects need to integrate environmental dimensions into project management functions to ensure successful implementation of environmental management and control practices throughout the development process. The management functions include the scope of work for environmental control, the quality of work or performance to be delivered, the scheduling for environmental works, and the most important one is the budget for environmental control. The aim of this paper is to examine and discuss about the environmental dimensions of Beris Dam during its construction and development process. The environmental dimension criteria and elements of the project were examined by means of reviewing environmental control documents used in the project’s construction and development, and site visits. The review reveals that in general the Beris Dam EIA and EMP reports scored between ‘unsatisfactory’ to ‘good’ for the criteria and elements of good environmental practice. These findings indicate the need to increase both effort and implementation of environmental dimensions in project management to help improve the success of implementing environmental management activities in the construction and development of a project
format	Article
author	Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman, Asyirah Abdul Rahim, Fera Fizani Ahmad Fizri,
spellingShingle	Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman, Asyirah Abdul Rahim, Fera Fizani Ahmad Fizri, Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia
author_facet	Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman, Asyirah Abdul Rahim, Fera Fizani Ahmad Fizri,
author_sort	Nik Norulaini Nik Ab. Rahman,
title	Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia
title_short	Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia
title_full	Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia
title_sort	environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of beris dam, malaysia
publisher	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate	2006
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2242/1/2006_8_Nik%26Asyirah.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:35:35Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:35:35Z
_version_	1777405249031503872

Environmental management activities of an infrastructure development project: the case of Beris Dam, Malaysia

Similar Items