Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control
The essential reference for building and construction site erosion and sediment control for Australia
To order your copy please down load the order form.
Book 4 - Design Fact Sheets
Book 5 - Field Guide
Book 6 - Standard Drawings
IECA Australasia is proud to publish Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control. This publication is the most recent and comprehensive erosion and sediment control document currently available in Australia. It has had a long gestation. Its origin lies in the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control, Engineering Guidelines for Queensland Construction Sites published by the then Institution of Engineers, Australia back in 1996.
Historically, strategies for the reduction of soil erosion and land degradation have primarily been developed by the agricultural sector and soil scientists. However, soil erosion and land degradation is not restricted to just agricultural areas. Uncontrolled sedimentation, pollution and hydrological changes resulting from construction sites are one of the largest contributors to land and water quality degradation in Australia.
Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control is indicative of the significant contribution currently being made to the practice of urban soil erosion and sediment control by other professions, including engineers, ecologists and civil contractors. It contains the necessary strategies and techniques to assist erosion and sediment control practitioners to reduce the degradation of land and water from uncontrolled erosion and sedimentation.
Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control is an essential reference for erosion and sediment control professionals nationally.
We have been advised by the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency that Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control is likely to be listed in the draft Queensland State Planning Policy Healthy water due to be released in April 2009 as the erosion and sediment control best practice reference for Queeensland.
In addition to the 3 hard copy volumes purchasers will be provided with a unique code that will allow them access to a restricted web page that will include volume 4 of the document and a host of free downloadable extras. Volume 4 contains a comprehensive range of erosion and sediment control fact sheets that will be updated regularly to reflect current knowledge.
In the years since the publication of the original document the author Grant Witheridge has comprehensively and selflessly developed Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control in consultation with industry peers and experts to form a receptacle of erosion and sediment control best practice that is applicable Australia wide.