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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ARMENIA EMPHASIZES CONSTRUCTION QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND PRACTICES
armradio.am
03.12.2010 18:10
The focus of the U.S. Government funded Millennium Challenge Account
Armenia Program (MCA-Armenia) is rehabilitation of Armenia's vital
irrigation infrastructure complemented with extensive technical and
financial assistance to rural farmers and to the government irrigation
entities that support them. In addition to these programmatic
activities MCA-Armenia emphasizes such aspects of the Program as
quality of construction and environmentally sound practices.
On December 3-4 a Workshop on Quality Control, Health and Safety,
Environmental and Social Aspects of MCA-Armenia's Irrigated Agriculture
Project is held in Yerevan under the MCA-Armenia Program.
During Day 1 the Construction Supervisor/Project Manager Consultant
presented its activities targeted at quality control, and health
and safety aspects of construction works, sharing lessons learnt and
combining the presentations with practical demonstrations. Some topics
of interest during this part of the workshop included factory tests of
imported pumps, use of geomembranes in rehabilitation of main canals or
use of rubbers gaskets in gravity and tertiary systems. During Day 2
of the Workshop the Environmental and Social Assessment and Oversight
Consultant presented a summary report of its annual activities, which
included results of environmental/social oversight and monitoring.
Separate presentations focused on such important issues as guidelines
for handling asbestos containing materials or water quality monitoring
under Ararat Valley Drainage Program. and highlighted such important
issues as guidelines for handling asbestos containing materials or
water quality monitoring under Ararat Valley Drainage Program.
MCA-Armenia emphasizes the importance of the issues discussed during
the workshop not only throughout the Program implementation, but also
as a way of introducing best international experience of construction
quality and environmentally sound practices to Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
03.12.2010 18:10
The focus of the U.S. Government funded Millennium Challenge Account
Armenia Program (MCA-Armenia) is rehabilitation of Armenia's vital
irrigation infrastructure complemented with extensive technical and
financial assistance to rural farmers and to the government irrigation
entities that support them. In addition to these programmatic
activities MCA-Armenia emphasizes such aspects of the Program as
quality of construction and environmentally sound practices.
On December 3-4 a Workshop on Quality Control, Health and Safety,
Environmental and Social Aspects of MCA-Armenia's Irrigated Agriculture
Project is held in Yerevan under the MCA-Armenia Program.
During Day 1 the Construction Supervisor/Project Manager Consultant
presented its activities targeted at quality control, and health
and safety aspects of construction works, sharing lessons learnt and
combining the presentations with practical demonstrations. Some topics
of interest during this part of the workshop included factory tests of
imported pumps, use of geomembranes in rehabilitation of main canals or
use of rubbers gaskets in gravity and tertiary systems. During Day 2
of the Workshop the Environmental and Social Assessment and Oversight
Consultant presented a summary report of its annual activities, which
included results of environmental/social oversight and monitoring.
Separate presentations focused on such important issues as guidelines
for handling asbestos containing materials or water quality monitoring
under Ararat Valley Drainage Program. and highlighted such important
issues as guidelines for handling asbestos containing materials or
water quality monitoring under Ararat Valley Drainage Program.
MCA-Armenia emphasizes the importance of the issues discussed during
the workshop not only throughout the Program implementation, but also
as a way of introducing best international experience of construction
quality and environmentally sound practices to Armenia.
From: A. Papazian