'Vibration and Noise monitoring activities in the construction industry: how communication technologies help offering efficient services'

摘要

The construction of large infrastructures in dense urban areas comes along with a number ofenvironmental challenges. Roads, railways, subways and large building construction necessarilyhave a significant impact on residents, and on surrounding buildings as well. This becomes aserious concern for large projects extending over months or even years.In this context, noise and vibration induced by the construction activities are major source ofannoyance to the community and may also induce potential damages to the immediatesurroundings. Both issues have thus to be properly monitored in order to reduce adverse effectson residents, help mitigate risks and prevent potential interruption of the construction site’sactivity which would increase the overall project costs.The proposed paper will present how today’s communication technologies provide anessential added value to noise and vibrations monitoring activities that can be proposed byengineering & consultant offices. Operational requirements for system deployment will bereviewed on an illustrative project. Benefits to the different parties will be further highlighted onselected examples where adequate measures could be taken in the right timing and kept theproject running while minimizing its environmental & noise impact.