Technical Memorandum on Noise from Construction Work Other Than Percussive Piling

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ON NOISE FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK OTHER THAN PERCUSSIVE PILING

1. PRELIMINARY

1.1

Citation and Commencement

This Technical Memorandum is issued pursuant to section 9 of the Noise Control Ordinance and may be cited as the Technical Memorandum on Noise from Construction Work other than Percussive Piling. This Technical Memorandum shall replace the existing one that was originally published under section 11(1) of the Noise Control Ordinance in Special Supplement No.5 to Gazette Extraordinary No.38 Vol. CXXX on 7 November 1988 and came into operation on 7 December 1988. This Technical Memorandum shall come into operation in accordance with section 12 of the Noise Control Ordinance.

1.2

Application and Scope

This Technical Memorandum details the procedures that should generally be adopted by the Authority:

for the assessment of noise from construction work other than percussive piling;

for the issuing of Construction Noise Permits for construction work other than percussive piling pursuant to section 8 of the Ordinance; and

for determining whether or not any such Construction Noise Permit is being complied with.

1.3

Interpretation

In this Technical Memorandum, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply:

"Authority"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"construction site"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"Construction Noise Permit"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"construction work"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"Ordinance"	means the Noise Control Ordinance;
"percussive piling"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"pile"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"piling"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"powered mechanical equipment"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance;
"restricted hours"	means the time between 1900 and 0700 hours and any time on a general holiday, including Sunday;
"Secretary"	has the same meaning as in the Ordinance; and
"site boundary"	means the boundary of a construction site as specified in a Construction Noise Permit.

Standard acoustical terminology is used throughout this Technical Memorandum. Other terms are as defined in the Ordinance or in the text of this Technical Memorandum.