Dive summary:

• The collected wisdom of experts from 11 U.S. contracting companies has been poured into "The Contractor Guide to Developing an Environmental Program," a guide for managing environmental aspects of  construction projects.
• Growing out of summit meetings held under the auspices of Associated General Contractors' Environmental Forum Steering Committee, the 34-page document's goal is to help companies work up "a defined management structure and set of processes intended to address the impacts of an organization’s activities, products and services on the environment as well as the organization’s environmental compliance responsibilities."
• The guide does not try to tell exactly what to do, acknowledging that the needs will vary among companies and among projects, but it outlines the policy, legal, training and other aspects of a successful project.

From the article:

The guide acknowledges that different organizations have varying needs depending on their size, the nature of the work they perform, and environmental risk associated with the work. ...