DR.DANIEL SALASPERAZA MINISTRO DE SALUD
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• Document all the conditions attached to the project’s approvals and licences.
• Conduct any further noise or vibration investigations that might be needed to address concerns and to refine the concept design.
• Develop final concept designs, including responses to noise and vibra- tion-related planning approval and environment protection licence conditions.
• Refine the noise and vibration related aspects of the draft performance
requirements for tenderersto reflect the final design concepts and all relevant planning approval and any environment protection licence conditions.
Phase 4: detailed design and implementation
• In liaison with other design team members and the EPA, and in consul- tation with local communities, prepare the noise and vibration related
aspects of the RTA’s PEMP, addressing all noise and vibration issues, standards, safeguards and noise management practices for the construc- tion and operational phases of the project, including the maintenance of roadside noise treatments.
¤ For projects likely to have significant noise and vibration impacts,
the RTA’s PEMP must include a requirement for the successful tenderer to prepare a NVMP as part of its CEMP (a model
NVMP is provided in Practice Note VI).
• If preliminary detailed design is being undertaken by the project’s RTA design team, carry out the noise and vibration related aspects of this work.
• Finalise the noise and vibration related aspects of tender documenta-
tion, including the final form of the performance requirements for tenderers progressively developed during Phase 3 and from the PEMP.
Phase 4:
Detailed design and implementation
Detailed design and documentation and project delivery within agreed cost and time limits
Detailed design and documentation, tendering and land acquisitions Final Concept Design Report Construction Detailed design completed Construction completed
• With other members of the RTA’s design team, assess the noise and
vibration related aspects of tendersusing pre-defined selection criteria — including, in the case of D&C, DCM and BOOT projects, the tenderers’ noise and vibration related design resources and designs.
• If the RTA’s design team is undertaking detailed design and documen-
tationprior to the letting of construction tenders or prior to construc- tion by the RTA,
¤ Finalise the selection of noise control options.
¤ Finalise the development and documentation of detailed noise-re-
lated designs consistent with the project’s planning approval and any environment protection licence, again taking account of all other relevant design considerations, including practicality, cost ef- fectiveness, visual impacts, community preferences, equity, storm- water flows, maintenance requirements, community access and severance, safety issues and heritage issues.
¤ Refer the complete noise treatment design plan to the RTA Noise
Wall Panel for review. (The Noise Wall Panel reviews and makes recommendations on noise wall design proposals and advises on whole-of-life maintenance issues relating to noise wall treatments and associated landscaping.)
• If contractors are undertaking detailed design and documentation (under a D&C, DCM or BOOT contract structure), then prior to applying for an Environment Protection Licence (or, where this is not required, prior to the commencement of construction):
¤ Refer the complete noise treatment design plan to the RTA Noise
Wall Panel for review, as discussed above.
¤ With other RTA design team members, review and agree to the
CEMP, including any NVMP.
¤ Monitor the compliance of the successful tenderer’s designs with:
– The noise and vibration-related performance specifications and standards set out in the final tender documentation pre- pared by the RTA, including the PEMP, and
– Planning approval and environment protection licence re- quirements.
• Before construction, review and agree to the CEMP, including any
NVMP, if this has not already been done.
• The NVMP should include documentation of the “design noise level
for year 1” for each of the selected noise-mitigation options. This is the noise level for the road development at the year of project opening, after all feasible and reasonable mitigation strategies have been applied.
• It is important to undertake accurate modelling of the treatment
measures. If post-construction monitoring later shows that any treat- ment design goals established by Planning NSW have not been met, additional noise treatments may then be required.
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Phase 5: Operation
After completion:
• For projects to be maintained by the RTA, ensure that the contractor prepares a Project Maintenance Plan which addresses all aspects of the project affecting its noise and vibration performance, including the maintenance of road surfaces, vegetated noise mounds and noise barriers.
• Monitor and review the effectiveness of the “as built” designs and assess the need for modifications.
¤ A protocol for post-construction monitoring and evaluation of
noise-control performance is provided in Practice Note VIII.
• Report the results of this monitoring and review to the community.
• Record the provided noise treatments on the RTA’s Noise Abatement
Program (NAP) database (see Section 8).
Further reading
EPA (1999) Environmental Criteria for Road Traffic Noise
RTA (2001) Environmental Impact Assessment Policy, Guidelines, Procedures RTA (1998) Community Involvement: Practice Notes and Resource Manual RTA (1998) Roadscape Guidelines
RTA (1999) Economic Analysis Manual, Version 2
RTA (1999) Beyond the Pavement: RTA Urban Design Practice Notes.
See Appendix E for a model consultant brief for post-construction noise monitoring. Construction completed Phase 5:
Handover and operation
Handover Operation and maintenance Project opening Monitoring and review of performance