Construction noise prediction and barrier optimization using special purpose simulation

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2073-2081

  Gannoruwa, Anupama ^a   Ruwanpura, Janaka Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; FINANCE; MACHINERY; OPTIMIZATION; WELL EQUIPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION NOISE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DEVELOPED MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; MITIGATION MEASURES; NOISE BARRIERS; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE SOURCES; PLANNING TOOLS; SIMULATION MODELLING; SPECIAL-PURPOSE SIMULATION;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 49749146366     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419839     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. AbouRizk, S. and Y. Mohammed. 2000. Simphony-An integrated environment for construction simulation. In Proceeding of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
2. Decibel page, University of New South Wales. Available via [accessed May 13, 2007]
3. Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (elCOSH). Hazard alert-Construction noise. Available via [accessed May 14, 2007]
4. Gilchrist, A., Allouche E.N., and Cowan, D. (2003). Prediction and mitigation of construction noise in an urban environment. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 30(4), 659-672.
5. Gilchrist, A., Cowan, D., and Allouche, E.N. (2002, June 5-8). Modeling the impact of construction projects on urban environments. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1-12.
6. Hajjar, D. and AbouRizk, S. (2002). Unified Modeling Methodology for Construction Simulation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 128(2), 174-185.
7. Harris, C. (1991). Handbook of acoustical measurements and noise control. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
8. Remmer, D. and Rocha, J. (2005, August 20-24). Photovoltaic noise barrier-Canada. SESCI 2005 Conference, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
9. Simphony (2000). Guide to the development of special purpose simulation templates with Simphony. University of Alberta.
10. Thumann, A., and Miller, R. (1976). Secrets of noise control. Atlanta, Georgia: The Fairmount Press Inc.
11. Wilson, C. (1989). Noise control. New York: Harper & Row.