Abstract:With the construction boom presently being experienced in Singapore and further massive construction and demolition programs expected for the proposed new Mass Rapid Transit system, construction noise is now a major problem that has to be controlled with urgency. Studies for the development of a suitable Singapore Code of Practice for control of noise from construction and demolition sites began in 1978 with investigation of the standards of other countries available at that time. Local construction methods an… Show more
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