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Abstract- Noise pollution is the spread of
noise which has harmful effects on human
activities and animal life. Building sites
contribute to most noises that are
experienced outside. The main objective of
this report is to discuss the matter of noise
pollution in a construction site.
Construction sites produce noise which is
one of major acoustic polluting factors in the
society (Janissa, 2018). The main impacts
of noise pollution include interference with
communication, cause sleeplessness and
other inconveniences. Acute effects of noise
pollution in a construction site include
mental problems and hearing disorders.
There have been campaigns to minimize
noise pollutions through enhancement of
construction rules, public education by the
governments and other Non-Governmental
Organizations (Babisch & Ahmad, 2010).
Keywords: Pollution, Noise, Construction
sites, Construction noise, Impacts of noise,
Human health
I. Introduction
Noise is undesirable sound which has
volume or amplitude of loudness, class of
noise, or any other modality making
resonance or obscene. Irritating noise and
subsequent challenges, introduction of noise
pollutants from building constructions,
assemblage and all have come over to be
exponentially significant. The
inconveniences have impacts on workers
and the local residences. Construction sites
happen to be one of the known sources of
noise pollution (Dinesh, 2017).
Construction activities and demolition of
buildings usually take place in residential
places which are usually found out of towns.
Construction noise come from construction
site activities such as demolition, strategic
works and building renewal work. In urban
areas most of the construction noises come
from construction of buildings, highways
and city streets. Contributors of construction
noise include loaders, pneumatic equipment,
trucks, machine mounted percussion drills,
breaking equipment and air compressors
(Buket, et al., 2014).
Construction sector is a significant
contributor of pollution, attributed to release
of exhaust particles and a lot of noises
mostly from machinery and heavy
equipment that are used in fields of
construction. Too much noise is a source of
confound and irritation to human beings and
can end up causing hypertension, loss of
hearing and irregular heartbeat.

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