Construction noise

[CorrectHorseBattery]

I moved into a flat in a new build a few months ago.

They're building a new set of flats next door. They're currently as I understand it doing ground works and installing a basement car park.

Noise wise it was fine - my flat is quite well insulated - until this last week where it has become very loud. I just wondered if people know if this is the "loudest" part or whether it will get louder?

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

I've just been sent the construction plan.

Can anyone help me figure out the noisy parts? I will buy some noise cancelling headphones.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

This is a serious thread.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

Groundwork’s are likely the noisiest phase, particularly if they have to do any piling.

Thank you very much.

This thread can be closed. No thanks to everyone who did not take it seriously.

 

[CorrectHorseBattery]

I write these things for a living, using that same software. 20 years on here and first time I have seen anything like this mentioned.

Assuming they are on track then piles are done so they are digging the basement. Capping bean is a concrete ring beam that sits on top of all the piles, this then allows you to dig in sections and depending on ground conditions they may well be drilling and putting in anchors into the soil to hold it all up until they come through with the floors at which point they will de-stress them.
It will look a bit like this. https://www.agconstruct.com.au/double-basement-retention-works-are-now-complete-at-armadale/

If this drilling rig is hitting rock then thats where the noise will be, same if the excavator is having to pull it out as he'll need to break it out in smaller chunks or he'll smash a whole through the truck he's loading it into. They likely moved a pile location if it was hitting rock depending how big the rig is, it drills rather than bashes (the A in CFA stands for auger) so you may not have noticed it so much. If the noise is them breaking rock then assuming they stay on track they'll be doing it along lines 19 and 20 as they are digging the footings and foundations so up to September but construction is an inherently noisy activity so get used to it

This is brilliantly helpful thank you.

Right now they’ve put these sort of metal bendy looking things into the ground and they’ve put what to a layman looks like a concrete wall on top of them.

I don’t know if this means anything to you.