Excavation and Earthwork Safety Considerations for SWPPP Compliance The construction stormwater permit requires the developer or contractor to ensure two things. First, that subcontractors or other outside service providers understand and follow the requirements found in the construction permit and the site’s SWPPP. And second, that the subcontractor follows the stormwater requirements. The municipality is […]

Don’t Sub on a Stormwater Regulated Site Until You’ve Read This Article The stormwater permit for construction requires the developer/contractor to ensure that subcontractors or other outside service providers understand and follow the requirements of the permit and the SWPPP pertaining to the specific project and that the subcontractor follows the stormwater requirements. Why is

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Informing Subcontractors About Stormwater Requirements Stormwater Compliance Intro for Vertical Construction Subcontractors The stormwater permit for construction requires the developer/contractor to ensure that subcontractors or other outside service providers understand and follow the requirements of the permit and the SWPPP pertaining to the specific project and that the subcontractor follows the stormwater requirements. Failure of

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The Top 5 Ways to Improve Your Current Stormwater Inspections If you are like many stormwater inspectors, time flies so fast when you are in the field inspecting. Adding to the ongoing complexities and changes of regulatory requirements are changing weather, construction demands, communication, and BMPs. Spending a little time up front to make sure your

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What Does Stormwater-Specific Inspections Software Offer that General Inspections Software Cannot? It’s all about specialization.  Our stormwater industry is a highly specialized, unique and niche business, full of acronyms like NPDES, SWPPP, CGP, SPCC, BMP, RECP, SWMP, NOI, and NOT that are unmatched in numbers by most other professional fields. And that’s not even mentioning

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Alternate Ways to Manage SWPPP’s and Other Documentation Does stormwater inspections management software include Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs), SWPPP maps, and NOI permit management?   Many stormwater inspections management software do not include the management of other required types of documentation that involve stormwater inspections; namely SWPPPs, SWPPP Maps, and NOI Permits. In 2014,

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What is Stormwater Inspections Management Software? If you’re interested in stormwater inspections management software but don’t know what it’s for, this article is for you. Stormwater Inspections are Necessary The EPA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program imposes and regulates a Construction General Permit (CGP) for construction activities that disturb 1 acre or greater

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Stormwater Software is Essential to Complete Industrial Inspections There are several factors to consider when deciding whether or not you need to invest in stormwater and SPCC  industrial inspection software to perform your NPDES MSGP inspections for industrial compliance.   Here are 8 determining factors for Stormwater Industrial Compliance that will help you in making your

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Why You Need Software to Complete Stormwater Inspections There are several factors to consider when deciding whether or not you need to invest in stormwater inspection software to perform your NPDES CGP construction inspections.   Here are 8 determining factors for stormwater compliance that will help you in making your decision: High Volume of SWPPP Inspections:

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Do You Know Which Watershed You Are In? Do you? Because I didn’t! I didn’t even know what a watershed was before I started working with stormwater. So let’s begin by defining it. Essentially watersheds are any piece of land that water runs off of to a waterbody — which is pretty much everywhere. Therefore,

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