STUDY OF NOISE PRODUCED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN ACADEMIC AREA

Abstract

Noise has been a problem since our country is a developing country. The noise pollution came from the traffic as well as the development of construction industry. In 2012, there was a case in Johor Bahru where a project has been delayed for months due to the residents in the area of the construction blocking the roads for lorries and other transports to pass through. This is because the residents were disturbed by the noise of piling activities. In this research, a study was made on the relationship of the noise level produced by the construction activities and the annoyance level in the academic area. The method used is by taking the reading of the noise level and the questionnaire method. The main purpose of the questionnaire method is to rate the annoyance level produced by the construction activities. As expected, most of the respondents were annoyed by the noise produced by the construction activities even though the reading of the noise level is not that high. From this result, we may conclude that even though the noise level produced by construction activities is not that high, it is still a disturbance for people in an academic area.