• Using water sprays or sprinklers to suppress dust during dust generating activities such as filling skips, breakout of concrete and managing stockpiles.
• Washing the wheels of vehicles leaving the site if they are carrying mud or debris.
• Erecting solid barriers to the site boundary.
• Ensuring that lorries leaving the site carrying debris of waste are properly covered.
• Cleaning the road and footpath near the site entrance as required.
• Where disk cutters are to be used they should have a dust bag, have water suppression or the working area should be wet prior to use of the machinery.

Where demolition or construction is due to occur over greater than one week, Public Protection recommends that the contractor should follow guidance in the GLA's 'Best Practice Guide for Dust', which details the identification of dust generating activities, their location, duration and the means by which the dust shall be suppressed. This GLA document is seen as the most comprehensive dust management protocol. Contractors should be aware of its details regarding the efficient management of dust and particulates on site

Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, dust from a demolition or construction site may, like smoke, be a statutory nuisance. As is the case with smoke, the Local Authority may serve an Abatement Notice on the person responsible and take legal proceedings if the notice is not complied with.

Detailed guidance on dust issues relating to construction sites can be found in the Building Research Establishment documents, 'Control of dust from construction activities' and 'Improving air quality in urban environments: Guidance for the construction industry'.