What actually reduces construction noise
The main noise-control options, what each one is good for, how much difference it makes and where it falls short. Most sites need more than one.
Acoustic barriers up to 2 metres high
Acoustic panels that clip onto temporary fencing, hoarding or scaffold. The everyday answer for perimeter screening and ground-level plant.
Read more →Acoustic barriers up to 8 metres high
Freestanding acoustic walls for tall plant, piling, demolition and neighbours in upper-floor flats, where a 2 m fence line can't help.
Read more →Transparent acoustic barriers
See-through noise screens for when people need to see in or out: sightlines for safety, light for neighbours, visibility for shops and traffic.
Read more →Rock breaker shrouds
Acoustic covers fitted round a hydraulic breaker, so the noise is cut at the machine instead of at the site boundary.
Read more →Pile rig shrouds
Purpose-made acoustic shrouds and enclosures for driven piling. Why wrapping ordinary barrier panels round a rig does very little.
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