Construction in Practice: Analysis of a Building Project and Impacts

This report provides an analysis of a construction project, focusing on the building's description, environmental impact, and potential solutions. The report examines a 20-story building with retail units and parking, highlighting the environmental issues such as noise pollution and its impact on the local infrastructure. It explores the adverse effects of the project on the traffic and road network, and provides recommendations such as minimizing gym operating hours, reducing the use of dumbbells, and creating a secondary slab. The report also addresses the noise disturbances from outdoor entertainment areas and the impact of sewage and refuse collection. This assignment is a valuable resource for students studying construction and civil engineering, offering insights into project analysis and environmental considerations. The report references relevant literature on the subject.

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).