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The development and operation of an Environmental Monitoring Plan requires a wide range of knowledge concerning all the different environmental components.

VDP works in this field since the early 90s, undertaking multidisciplinary environmental monitoring on various important national projects and gaining considerable experience in the various environmental components that compose a monitoring plan. Thanks to the wide experience in the sector and the use of high precision instrumentation, VDP is also able to support Public and Private entities in the different phases of environmental monitoring campaign.

For proper execution of an environmental monitoring campaign it is essential to have a good knowledge of the area, in order to better define the location of the stations of detection. It is then required to proceed with the obtainment of relevant authorizations to place the instrumentation for surveys.

Each environmental component being monitored needs qualified technicians and experts on the field, able to handle both standard activities (according to the environmental component and the equipment used) and any anomalies that may arise from time to time .
The correct correlation between the recorded data and polluting activities in place is of crucial importance for the interpretation of data collected.

Therefore, it is basic to link the monitoring to the relative phase of the investigation.

The overall process of monitoring is generally divided into three phases described below:

  • Ante-operam Monitoring : this step aims to provide a snapshot of the status quo, before any change related to works occurs for its development, and it ends before the activation of construction site.
  • Monitoring during construction phase: it covers the period of construction of the project, from the opening of construction sites up to their complete dismantling and restoration of sites. This is the phase with the greatest variability as it is closely linked to the advancement of works.
  • Post-operam Monitoring: this stage is divided into pre-operation and operation phase of the work, and should absolutely not start before the complete dismantling and restoration of sites. The monitoring duration can last several years after the completion of the Work and is variable depending on the specific environmental component being monitored.

After construction site activities and the removal of equipment used, is performed the processing and display of the monitored data and is drafted a Report according to a format defined from time to time with the Client .
The reporting activity also requires a deep professional knowledge in order to correctly analyze data.