An Empirical Analysis of Environmental Pollutants (Noise Pollution) on Building Construction Sites for determining the Real-Time Monitoring Indices

Authors

  • Viraat Engle Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engg., School of Research & Technology, People’s University Bhopal (M.P.)
  • Hirendra Pratap Singh Asst. Prof. Department of Civil Engg., School of Research & Technology, People’s University Bhopal (M.P.)
  • Rakesh Sakale Prof.& HOD,Department of Civil Engg., School of Research & Technology, People’s University Bhopal (M.P.)

Keywords:

Large machinery, sound emissions

Abstract

The construction development sector has become one of the key causes of noise emissions. The growing working population, occupational health and safety effects, and declining profitability are the issues of the construction development sector. Chemical emissions generated from numerous construction activities and heavy machinery from construction building sites that are unacceptable to the human community.
As per the study, several big health questions are being questioned and the results given indicate the percentage of significant health conditions among employees. Issues such as mental exhaustion, irritability, focus, etc. that explicitly or implicitly influence the quality of function are often raised on a regular basis and the performance is given on the basis of the ranking. A rating chart is created from the information collected and the result obtained by these day-to-day problems. During this study, the primary emphasis was on the sound emissions generated by heavy machinery at the construction work site and its potential effect on the staff working at the site.

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Published

2020-05-30

How to Cite

Engle, V., Pratap Singh, H., & Sakale, R. (2020). An Empirical Analysis of Environmental Pollutants (Noise Pollution) on Building Construction Sites for determining the Real-Time Monitoring Indices. Innovative Research Thoughts, 6(5), 1–11. Retrieved from https://irt.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/997