Older piling techniques were not as effective as they are in today’s construction industry. These dated systems had many environmental issues including noise pollution and caused aggressive vibration that had some serious repercussions.
These were big issues at the time as piles were driven using high impact hammers. These hammers were not enclosed or soundproofed in any way leading to unbearable noise levels that not only created intolerable levels of disruption to local residents but could also be detrimental to public health.
When planning permission goes ahead for any modern piling solution, environmental issues need to be taken into consideration and systems need to be put into place in order to reduce the noise and vibration pollution that piling causes.
Noise pollution effects
There are more rights in place for residents in terms of local construction to keep them safe and not to interrupt their day to day lives. The piling process may be relevantly short in comparison to other sections of a building’s construction, but it is by far the loudest and most disruptive time.
Modern processes involve noise reducing techniques that take extra care at avoiding excessive noise pollution. Through better advisory processes with the public and better planning methods we also work on prime times to coordinate piling to create the least disturbance as possible.
Vibration pollution
The vibrations caused by piling doesn’t just contribute towards the noise pollution it also puts strain on nearby buildings as the vibrations can often be of sufficient magnitude to damage nearby buildings, not just cause disturbance to residents.
All piling in Manchester must be evaluated and measured for vibrations to ascertain whether vibration pollution is within acceptable parameters and doesn’t affect buildings within the vicinity.
