With the rapid development of social economy,people pay more and more attention to the implementation of the concept of sustainable development,but also pay more attention to the harmonious development of human and nature.In the field of environmental engineering,environmental impact assessment can play a supervisory and management role based on the subject of the project and combined with the actual situation,so as to correct the hidden problems in the project construction,and formulate targeted solutions,so as to further improve the overall level of project construction.Based on this,this paper focused on the important role of environmental impact assessment in engineering construction,described its application measures,and put forward the application strategy,in order to provide reference for colleagues in the industry.