M4 East EIS Volume 2C App I Part 02 Noise and Vibration

M4 East EIS Volume 2C App I Part 02 Noise and Vibration (pdf)

Contents	Pages
10.6.2 Work area establishment (continued from part 1)	87
10.6.3 Temporary road and intersection modifications	90
10.6.4 Construction ancillary facilities	93
10.6.5 Roads works	99
10.6.6 Tunnelling site operations	103
10.6.7 Demolition of acquisition properties	106
10.6.8 Ventilation facilities construction	109
10.6.9 Sleep disturbance	112
10.7 Cumulative noise impacts	112
10.8 Construction noise mitigation	113
10.8.1 Restriction of construction hours	113
10.8.2 Restriction of construction noise levels	114
10.8.3 Construction noise mitigation measures	116
10.8.4 General mitigation summary	120
10.8.5 Construction ancillary facilities mitigation summary	120
10.8.6 Construction environmental management plan	122
11 Assessment of construction noise – public road network	123
11.1 Construction road traffic noise goals	123
11.2 Construction traffic noise assessment	123
11.3 Proposed local road use	125
11.4 Mitigation and management measures	125
12 Construction ground-borne noise assessment	127
12.1 Ground-borne noise from tunnelling during roadheader activity	127
12.2 Ground-borne noise management levels	127
12.3 Ground-borne construction noise modelling	127
12.4 Excavation of main tunnels	128
12.5 Discussion	131
12.6 Rockbreaking and Blasting	131
12.7 Ground-borne Noise Mitigation	132
13 Construction vibration assessment	133
13.1 Vibration damage criteria overview	133
13.2 Vibration damage goals	133
13.2.1 Australian Standard AS 2187 and British Standard BS 7385	133
13.2.2 German Standard DIN 4150	134
13.3 Project vibration goals	135
13.4 Human comfort goals for construction vibration	136
13.4.1 Perception of vibration	136
13.4.2 Vibration Goals	136
13.5 Safe working distances for vibration intensive plant	137
13.6 Estimated working distances and vibration intensive plant	138
13.6.1 Cosmetic damage assessment summary	140
13.6.2 Human comfort vibration assessment summary	141
13.7 Cumulative vibration impacts	141
13.8 Blasting	141
13.8.1 Project blasting criteria (human comfort)	141
13.8.2 Project blasting criteria (control of damage)	142
13.8.3 Recommended blasting hours	142
13.8.4 Blasting assessment	142
13.8.5 Blasting recommendations	143
13.8.6 Other blasting methods	143
13.9 Vibration mitigation	144
14 Overall Impact Summary	146
14.1 NCA01	146
14.1.1 Operation	146
14.1.2 Construction	146
14.2 NCA02	147
14.2.1 Operation	147
14.2.2 Construction	147
14.3 NCA03	148
14.3.1 Operation	148
14.3.2 Construction	149
14.4 NCA04	149
14.4.1 Operation	149
14.4.2 Construction	150
14.5 NCA05	150
14.5.1 Operation	150
14.5.2 Construction	151
14.6 NCA06	151
14.6.1 Operation	151
14.6.2 Construction	152
14.7 NCA07	153
14.7.1 Operation	153
14.7.2 Construction	153
14.8 NCA08 and NCA09	154
14.8.1 Operation	154
14.8.2 Construction	155
14.9 NCA10	155
14.9.1 Operation	155
14.9.2 Construction	155
14.10 NCA11	156
14.10.1 Operation	156
14.10.2 Construction	156
14.11 NCA12	157
14.11.1 Operation	157
14.11.2 Construction	157
14.12 NCA13	158
14.12.1 Operation	158
14.12.2 Construction	158
14.13 NCA14	159
14.13.1 Operation	159
14.13.2 Construction	159
14.14 NCA15	160
14.14.1 Operation	160
14.14.2 Construction	161
14.15 NCA16	161
14.15.1 Operation	161
14.15.2 Construction	162
14.16 NCA17	162
14.16.1 Operation	162
14.16.2 Construction	163
14.17 NCA18	164
14.17.1 Operation	164
14.17.2 Construction	164
14.18 NCA19	165
14.18.1 Operation	165
14.18.2 Construction	165
14.19 NCA20	166
14.19.1 Operation	166
14.19.2 Construction	167
14.20 NCA21	167
14.20.1 Operation	167
14.20.2 Construction	168
15 Recommendations for further analysis at detailed design	169
15.1 Operational road traffic noise	169
15.2 Operational ventilation facilities	169
15.3 Construction noise and vibration	169
16 References	171
Appendix A … Acoustic terminology	A
Appendix B … Site plan and noise catchment areas (continues in part 3)	B