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South Dublin County Council N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade Environmental Impact Statement Arup Consulting Engineers • Replacement of any trees removed during construction with similar native species and the replacement of the removed mature trees in the north-east corner of Newlands Golf Course with large semi-mature trees. • Reinstatement and repair of any damaged footpath / road surfaces, boundaries etc. • Through the design of the acoustic barrier, located along a portion of the road corridor, to incorporate a high quality treatment on its elevation to reduce its visual impact. 15.2.3 Noise and Vibration 15.2.3.1 Construction Phase – Noise The contractor will be required to develop and agree the following documents relating to the control of noise and vibration prior to the commencement of construction activities: • The ‘Noise and Vibration Management Plan’ (forming part of the General Environment Plan and dealing specifically with noise and vibration monitoring), and; • The ‘Plan for Control of Noise and Vibration’ which will be part of the Method Statement for each area of the Works. The former will deal with procedures for construction noise monitoring and reporting, whereas the latter will contain a detailed appraisal of construction noise generation and control. The contractor will be obliged to present noise predictions for all relevant activities for comparison with the construction noise limits outlined in Chapter 8. Where it is anticipated that construction noise levels may exceed the limits, or activities may occur outside the periods for which the NRA have recommended any such limits, the contractor will be obliged to present clear justification and details of mitigation measures proposed. Where night-time works are required, the Contractor will be obliged to seek approval from South Dublin County Council and the NRA and also to notify local residents likely to be affected of the nature, duration and extent of the works. Other specific steps that must be followed by the contractor are laid out below. • The Contractor will be required to provide suitably qualified personnel to ensure compliance with the requirements and procedures stated in the Contract. • At all Sites and Working Areas and at all times the Contractor will be required to employ Best Practicable Means as set out BS5228 Part 1, to minimise noise and vibration from all construction activities. • The Contractor will also be required to design and implement such suppression measures deemed necessary to comply with: • Best Practicable Means; • The contractual minimum requirements for noise and vibration as defined; • Noise and vibration control measures agreed as part of the EIS or Statutory Procedures. The generic measures that the Contractor will consider in pursuance of Best Practicable Means are presented in the following order of priority: December 2007 Page 237
South Dublin County Council N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade Environmental Impact Statement Arup Consulting Engineers (i) Noise and vibration control at source: for example, the selection of quiet and low vibration equipment, location of equipment on site, control of working hours, and the provision of acoustic enclosures; (ii) Screening: for example local screening of equipment or perimeter hoarding; (iii) Noise insulation. Specific measures that the Contractor will consider in respect of control of noise at source or through screening will include the careful selection of equipment, construction methods and programming with the objective of reducing noise and vibration wherever possible. Only equipment, including road vehicles, conforming with the relevant national or international standards and directives on noise and vibration emissions will be used. Additional measures will include: • Use of hoardings or specific noise barriers, where practicable and necessary, to provide acoustic screening. These should be erected, where practicable, prior to any construction activities being undertaken in the Working Areas; • Location of equipment, as far as is reasonably practicable, away from adjacent occupied buildings or as close as possible to noise barriers or hoardings where these are located between the equipment and the buildings; • Provision of properly lined and sealed acoustic covers for all compressors where work is being carried out, which shall be kept closed whenever the machines are in use; • Use, where practicable, of solid doors and gates which shall not be located opposite occupied noise-sensitive buildings. The mechanisms and procedures for opening doors/gates shall minimise noise, as far as reasonably practicable. The operation of gates in hoardings and fencing shall be controlled to minimise the time they are open for the passage of vehicles and thereby to minimise stray noise emissions from the Working Areas. The number of access points will be minimised; • Erection of permanent noise barriers (both wayside and earthwork barriers) – those being constructed as part of the works to provide noise reduction for the operation of the motorway – as early as practicable in the construction process to provide additional protection against construction noise; • Regular maintenance of all equipment such that it continues to meet relevant national or international standards, directives and recommendations on noise and vibration emissions; • Operation of equipment, whatever practicable, in the mode of operation that minimises noise emissions; • Shutting down equipment which is in intermittent use in the intervening periods between work or throttling down to a minimum; • Prohibition of works vehicles waiting or queuing on the public highway, with engines running; • Construction of temporary infrastructure laid to convey materials and personnel (such as haul roads) in a form which minimises the noise and vibration generated during its operation; • Where practicable, rotary drills and bursters actuated by hydraulic or electrical power shall be used for excavating hard material; December 2007 Page 238
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