What does 6.1-BLDG require?

Those who design buildings and structures build noise control in from the first planning stage and bring structure-borne noise down to the lowest level as far as is reasonably practicable; AS/NZS 2107 gives recommended design sound levels and reverberation times for building interiors. For a new building the designer should think about how reverberation will affect noise levels; where workstations sit relative to plant and to outside sources such as busy roads or loud customers; choosing frames, floors and machine bases so that every source of disturbance can be vibration-isolated, giving heavy noisy equipment rigid heavy bases and, where possible, bases decoupled from the building frame; isolating sources such as plant rooms; acoustic treatment of noisy spaces, including absorbent ceilings (and walls where ceilings are very high) and floating floors; flexible construction joints; walls, floors, windows and doors that provide the needed sound transmission loss; and carpet in office areas. Where a process can be run remotely, a sound-insulated control room is built from materials with enough transmission loss, with tight seals at doors, windows and cable and pipe penetrations, and with adequate ventilation or air conditioning in hot areas so that nobody props the door open and defeats the insulation.

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6.1-PLANT Designers of plant ensure the design is without noise risk so far as is reasonably practicable, provide noise emission values, the operating conditions when measured, the measurement methods and conditions for safe use to everyone given the design, and design out noise by preventing impacts, quieter materials, acoustic guards, enclosing noisy parts, quiet drives, motors, fans and transmissions, vibration isolation, sealed doors, cooling that avoids air jets, low-speed pipelines and ducted mufflers, allowing for maintenance
6.2-INSTALL Installers ensure plant and structures are installed, constructed or commissioned without noise risk so far as is reasonably practicable, following the designer's specifications including isolating vibrating sources on separate bases or away from the building structure, and give users information on conditions for safe use including maintenance
6.2-MANUF Manufacturers ensure plant and structures are manufactured without noise risk so far as is reasonably practicable, with noise emission as low as reasonably practicable where it cannot be eliminated and no new hazards introduced, using and testing the designer's safety measures and low-noise materials and techniques, and provide importers and suppliers with the emission values, measurement conditions and methods and conditions for safe use
6.2-SUPPLY Importers and suppliers ensure plant is without noise risk at supply so far as is reasonably practicable, take all reasonable steps to obtain the manufacturer's noise emission information and pass it to everyone supplied, supply all noise controls as set up in the noise test results, and provide maintenance information for safe use
6.3 Give purchasers and users the information needed for safe use, including results of calculations, analysis and testing, the noise emission values with measurement conditions and methods, peak and where relevant continuous levels, preferably sound pressure at the operator position, the Table 5 minimum test information, and safe-use instructions in a form easily understood
6.4-CONTROL Control acoustic shock in headset work: high-quality headsets with acoustic shock protection, prompt repair of damaged equipment and network faults, proper fitting, use and maintenance of headsets, reduced background noise through room and workstation design, absorption, barriers, quiet conduct, relocated office machines and managed hot-desk changeovers, training to detect warning sounds and remove headsets, turning volume down after changeover, managing psychosocial hazards, keeping mobile phones out of call centres, and baseline audiometry at commencement
6.4-INCIDENT Manage acoustic incidents: the worker removes the headset at once, moves to a break-out area where appropriate, reports the incident and symptoms and discusses continuing work; the PCBU records and logs the event, discusses the worker's ability to continue, refers persistent or severe symptoms to a GP or audiologist, investigates the internal or external cause, checks and removes damaged or faulty equipment, and reviews the noise controls and working environment

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