Prediction and mitigation of construction noise in an urban environment

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 659-672

  Gilchrist, A ^a   Allouche, E N ^a   Cowan, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RJ Burnside and Associates Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Construction; Mitigation; Modeling; Monte Carlo simulation; Noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION NOISE; FIELD MEASUREMENTS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; NOISE POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0242407041     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l03-019     Document Type: Article

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