Pre-construction Phase: Silt Control & Surface Water Management

Remote training

2 hours

≤ 10 ppll

Discover how to plan and prepare your construction site for water pollution prevention in the pre-construction phase and how it can save you time and money in the long run.

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The pre-construction phase offers the greatest opportunity to manage pollution risk effectively. This session focuses on planning ahead — helping your team embed good practice into the earliest stages of project delivery. The result? Better compliance, smoother delivery, and long-term cost savings.

Designed for:

Contracts Managers
Quantity Surveyors
Site Engineers
Pre-construction & enabling works teams

Why it matters:

Early assessment and a structured, process-driven approach provide the greatest opportunity to save time, reduce costs, safeguard the environment, and protect your reputation.

Remote training | 2 hours | Up to 10 participants

Key learning outcomes:

Understand how silt pollution risk changes throughout a project lifecycle
Learn how to assess risk based on geology, site drainage and receptors
Develop a strategy for managing surface water and discharge
Align your Material Management Plan and permits with water control plans
Discover value engineering options for sustainable silt control

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Well presented webinar. Very thorough discussion of all aspects of silt management and good practice. I was knowledgeable but learnt much more about the latest good practices and what to consider in management – mainly drainage and run-off! Now time to up my game introduced new techniques and practices.

SOCOTEC UK Ltd

I learned a lot about water management that I didn’t know and prevention measures.

Aimee Duffy
Keepmoat Homes Ltd

It’s good to see Frog getting involved with GT at the earliest stages of the project to help with planning out water management in advance of needing it.

Galliford Try

I really enjoyed learning how to identify which measures are best suited to the site conditions.

TACP (UK) Ltd

It was very informative, with good examples of best practice.

Lee Bulman
Galliford Try

The knowledge of the legislative and financial impacts on our business, which I know will get our wider management teams and the workforce focused.

Carl Jones
Walters

It was to the point, factual and covered the required info for the large sites I work on.

Natasha Woest
MacArthur Green

Quite informative and interesting. Really enjoyed learning about the measures to be put in place for silt pollution.

Kier Transportation

I liked the wide breadth of issues covered and the range of examples of best practice techniques that can be employed.

Cormac Construction

It was very informative and good to see the technical side between silt pollution and shown in depth background on the ways it can be reduced.

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Ferrovial Construction UK & Ireland

Innovative solutions I’d not considered before.

Jacobs

You’ve given full and detailed explanations and insight into industry best practices.

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Powys County Council

A very informative session, the presentation itself was visually engaging and well put together.

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Keepmoat Homes Ltd

What I enjoyed about the training was the practical techniques for sediment control with examples and case studies, the slides demonstrating how effective the correct intervention can be, and the costings which showed prevention is better than cure.

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Aire Rivers Trust

The training is necessary in an industry where it’s often overlooked. You get told too many times that “water is water!” If more of these sessions are run, there will slowly be a mindset shift in the right direction. By demonstrating the importance of surface water management on construction sites empowers us ECoW.

The Association of Environmental Clerks of Works

Join us for an informative session that empowers you to work near or in water responsibly and sustainably.

If you are looking for more in-depth and in-person training and discussion, we also offer more extensive tailored for groups of either up to 6 or 10 people.

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