BS 6349 is a British Standard that discusses maritime works.
BS 6349-5 is the fifth part of the series that gives recommendations for dredging and land reclamation works. It also outlines mitigation and monitoring procedures and criteria relating to potential environmental impacts.
BS 6349-5 on code of practice for dredging and land reclamation is useful for:
BS 6349-5 promotes a greater understanding of the constraints and requirements for a successful dredging and land reclamation project. In addition, this part of BS 6349 outlines environmental assessment procedures and criteria, in relation to the UK, that is considered illustrative of similar good practices in many jurisdictions.
BS 6349-5 provides best industry guidance on planning of dredging works, dredging environmental design, site investigation and data collection, dredging plant selection, maintenance dredging, capital dredging, rock dredging, dredging of materials for reuse, disposal, displacement and beneficial use of dredged material and reclamation.
Overall, BS 6349-5 is your one-stop guide on best industry practices for dredging and land reclamation activities across the life cycle of projects.
BS 6349-5:2016 supersedes BS 6459-5:1991, which is withdrawn. This is a full revision of the standard and introduces the following principal changes: