EIA is an effort to anticipate measures and weigh the socioeconomic and biophysical changes that may result from
a proposed building construction project. Best practice EIA identifies environmental risks, lessens conflicts by promoting
community participation, minimizes adverse environmental effects, informs decision makers, and promotes
environmentally sound projects. EIA of building construction projects focuses on the prediction of environmental impact of
the different components of the construction activity, ways and means to reduce adverse impacts by shaping the project to
suit local environmental conditions, and presents the predictions and options to the decision-makers.