Construction in Practice 3 - Building Description, Environmental Issues, and Impacts on Local Infrastructure

This presentation provides an overview of the Macquarie Park project, including its building description and general information such as its retail units, basements, and parking capacity. It also discusses the environmental issues associated with the project, such as noise emissions and pollution, and proposes preliminary recommendations to minimize their impacts. Additionally, it examines the project's impacts on local infrastructure, particularly the traffic noise and noise disturbance caused by outdoor entertainment areas, as well as its effects on sewage and refuse collection. The presentation concludes with a list of references.

Construction in Practice 3
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82-84 Waterloo Road, Macquarie Park
Building Description and General Information
• Classified as a 2 twenty-storey building
• Four common podium shared by the two
storey buildings
• 357 retail units
• Retail space 167m2
• Four level basements
• Parking capacity of 363 cars

Environmental Issues and Special
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• Issues include
• noise emissions, pollutions, and sound related problems,
rapid impacts of vibrations as well as impacts on the
traffic and road network (Gomez 2015).
• Preliminary Recommendations Proposed:
• Minimizing Gym opening hours
• Reducing and limiting the utilization of the dumbbells
• Creating a secondary slab
• lower deflection as well as higher natural frequency

Macquarie Park Project Impacts on Local Infrastructure
• One of the adverse impacts of the project on
the local infrastructure is the traffic noise
associated with the Waterloo Road project.
• Outdoor entertainment areas also contributes
to a significant noise disturbance
• Sewage and refuse collection also records a
significant noise impacts which have adverse
environmental impacts (Bryce et al. 2017
p.116).

References
• Bryce, J., Brodie, S., Parry, T. and Presti, D.L.,
2017. A systematic assessment of road
pavement sustainability through a review of
rating tools. Resources, Conservation and
Recycling, 120, pp.108-118.
• Gomez, A.V., 2015. New Procedure For
Loudness Assesment and Noise Attenuation of
Ventilation Kitchen Range Hoods(Doctoral
dissertation).