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ing. Despite the intense and greater concern with health and safety training enforced by the Brazilian Regulatory NR 18 standards (MTE 2013), this indicator showed a fall in September 2013 for
different reasons, such as not using individual safety equipment (Hearing Protectors, Footwear,
Glasses) and also equipment for delimitation of areas and guardrails in bad conditions. In terms of
the Low- impact Environmental Good Practice Index (LIEGPI), performance increase was noticed,
despite a drop in October 2013, which might be attributed to the amount of work in progress in
the last two months of the construction and the focus of the project team on meeting the construction schedule rather than the environmental issues.

Conclusion and Recommendations
The main contribution of this paper is the establishment of conditions, criteria, and metrics to
evaluate the implementation process of practices for low environmental impact construction
sites and also the effect of a comprehensive on-site sustainable practice program. Despite the
limitation of implementation of these criteria and metrics in a single project, this technique can
be tested to evaluate different implementations that involve various levels of training and incentives.
Through this case study, it was observed that construction site projects should be developed
redeeming design solutions and management practices adopted for permanent buildings and
exploiting them in the design of temporary facilities, with assigned technical responsibility in
order to assist in achieving sustainability on construction sites.
In addition, the implantation of sustainable construction sites also depends on an entire supply chain that must also be engaged with achieving sustainable development, requiring a commitment from all parties involved. It is necessary to encourage enterprises to develop training
programs and use local labor, training engineers and architects and creating new public policy
agendas, promoting forums aimed at strengthening the link between the construction industry,
academia and government.
Incentives are required for the development of industrialized materials and technologies decentralizing factories as a whole in Brazil. Subsidies should be created in order to make innovative
technologies that promote energy efficiency and rational resource use more economically feasible. It is important to develop certification systems and other methods to ensure compliance and
quality of materials, products and systems.
From this study a methodology for deploying low environmental impact construction sites was
developed. However, further studies should be carried out for its validation. A best practices manual is under development in alignment with national and international protocols on reducing
environmental impacts on construction sites.

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