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activities related to the transportation, destination and treatment of CDW. This might
be explained by the economic situation in Brazil in 2018, aggravated by change of
government, which affected construction, leading to a reduction in investments in
real estate projects in 2018.
The inadequate disposal of construction and demolition waste has relevant environmental impacts due to the toxicity of metals, paints, varnishes and oils frequently
found in CDW. Therefore, special attention must be given to construction activities
and this must be taken into consideration in the preparation of a proposal for the new
Environmental Inspection and Surveillance Plan from CREA-AM.
The expected result of increasing the registration of ARTs with the CREA-AM
Inspection Plan implemented in 2017 and 2018 was not verified in the construction
industry, since registered ARTs decreased from 160 in 2017 to 44 in 2018—a 72.5%
reduction. This demonstrates that the Inspection Plan was not fully implemented in
this activity sector, so improvement suggestions are proposed for a new CREA-AM
Environmental Inspection and Surveillance Plan. As presented above (Table 1), in
the scope of the 2017–2018 Inspection Plan the actions to be performed internally
in CREA-AM were the search for contracts published in the Official Gazette of the
Brazilian Government and the analysis of Technical Responsibility Notes in order to
find the need for ART registration of complementary activities, possible excessive
attributions or finalization error. External actions involved the use of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), the investigation of online complaints, the detailed
inspection of large-scale works, the inspection of residential condominiums in the city
of Manaus (sampling 10 condominiums), the supervision of engineering companies
(foundations, concrete and asphalt), and the supervision of works in the municipalities of the interior of the Amazon region, such as Atalaia do Norte, Benjamin
Constant, Tonantins and Tabatinga, in the Alto Solimões gutter region of Amazon.
Detailed oversight of large-scale works focused companies manufacturing prefabricated concrete and steel, companies that perform geotechnical survey reporting
services, the solid waste management plan, the supervision of bids for the registration of ART regarding the preparation of budgets and the preparation of basic
projects, and the inspection of ART records for the preparation of Technical Reports
required by the Common Justice. Inspection reports would be biweekly. This former
Inspection Plan had also financial purposes, aiming to increase ART registrations in
CREA-AM, in 2017 and 2018, and therefore increase CREA’s financial resources
with ART registration fees.
The new proposal for the CREA-AM Environmental Inspection and Surveillance
Plan suggests the intensification of surveillance in the area of CDW collection, transportation, disposal and treatment, to curb illegal companies from causing serious
environmental impacts through improper CDW handling. CREA-AM’s new Environmental Inspection and Surveillance Plan recommends the registration and tracking
via GPS of the CDW collection boxes that are stored in construction sites and renovation works in general. Currently in Manaus there are many clandestine and illegal
landfills that receive CDW without the slightest technical condition, causing environmental impacts that affect the Amazon Rainforest and the population of Manaus,
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activities related to the transportation, destination and treatment of CDW. This might
be explained by the economic situation in Brazil in 2018, aggravated by change of
government, which affected construction, leading to a reduction in investments in
real estate projects in 2018.
The inadequate disposal of construction and demolition waste has relevant environmental impacts due to the toxicity of metals, paints, varnishes and oils frequently
found in CDW. Therefore, special attention must be given to construction activities
and this must be taken into consideration in the preparation of a proposal for the new
Environmental Inspection and Surveillance Plan from CREA-AM.
The expected result of increasing the registration of ARTs with the CREA-AM
Inspection Plan implemented in 2017 and 2018 was not verified in the construction
industry, since registered ARTs decreased from 160 in 2017 to 44 in 2018—a 72.5%
reduction. This demonstrates that the Inspection Plan was not fully implemented in
this activity sector, so improvement suggestions are proposed for a new CREA-AM
Environmental Inspection and Surveillance Plan. As presented above (Table 1), in
the scope of the 2017–2018 Inspection Plan the actions to be performed internally
in CREA-AM were the search for contracts published in the Official Gazette of the
Brazilian Government and the analysis of Technical Responsibility Notes in order to
find the need for ART registration of complementary activities, possible excessive
attributions or finalization error. External actions involved the use of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), the investigation of online complaints, the detailed
inspection of large-scale works, the inspection of residential condominiums in the city
of Manaus (sampling 10 condominiums), the supervision of engineering companies
(foundations, concrete and asphalt), and the supervision of works in the municipalities of the interior of the Amazon region, such as Atalaia do Norte, Benjamin
Constant, Tonantins and Tabatinga, in the Alto Solimões gutter region of Amazon.
Detailed oversight of large-scale works focused companies manufacturing prefabricated concrete and steel, companies that perform geotechnical survey reporting
services, the solid waste management plan, the supervision of bids for the registration of ART regarding the preparation of budgets and the preparation of basic
projects, and the inspection of ART records for the preparation of Technical Reports
required by the Common Justice. Inspection reports would be biweekly. This former
Inspection Plan had also financial purposes, aiming to increase ART registrations in
CREA-AM, in 2017 and 2018, and therefore increase CREA’s financial resources
with ART registration fees.
The new proposal for the CREA-AM Environmental Inspection and Surveillance
Plan suggests the intensification of surveillance in the area of CDW collection, transportation, disposal and treatment, to curb illegal companies from causing serious
environmental impacts through improper CDW handling. CREA-AM’s new Environmental Inspection and Surveillance Plan recommends the registration and tracking
via GPS of the CDW collection boxes that are stored in construction sites and renovation works in general. Currently in Manaus there are many clandestine and illegal
landfills that receive CDW without the slightest technical condition, causing environmental impacts that affect the Amazon Rainforest and the population of Manaus,