we have a LEED ND project in South Africa, which we registered early this year at Stage 2. Some of the roads and infrastructure have been constructed and at the time of first registering, construction of one building was well under way.

GIBp4 specifically requires that an ESC plan is in place for the entire project. Our project has an EMP (environmental management plan) in place - for the overall precinct as well as the buildings, which conforms with South African environmental legislation. Erosion and sedimentation is dealt with in the EMP, but certainly not to the same detail that the referenced standard requires.

Going forward we are now writing an ESC plan into the EMP for all other buildings and overall further infrastructure development within the precinct, but what ramifications - if any - will there be for our project given that we were not in full compliance with all GIBp4 requirements from the word go?

Many thanks!

Jutta