Standard Number BS 5228-1:1997
Title Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Code of practice for basic information and
procedures for noise and vibration control
Status Current
Publication Date 15 May 1997
Cross References BS 5228:Part 2:1997, BS 5228:Part 3:1997, BS 5228:Part 4:1992, BS 5228:Part 5:1997, BS 5330:1976,
BS 6472:1992, BS 7385:Part :19901, BS 7385:Part 2:1993, BS 7445:Part 1:1991, BS 7445:Part 2:1991, BS 7445:Part 3:1991,
BS EN 24869-1:1993, Control of Noise (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 1983, Control of Noise (Appeals)
Regulations 1975, Control of Noise (Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978, The Noise at Work Regulations
1989, Land Compensation Act 1973, Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, Noise Insulation (Amendment) Regulations
1988, Noise Insulation Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation (Scotland) Regulations 1975, Environmental Protection Act
1990, Environment Act 1995, Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993, Control of Pollution Act 1974, Pollution Control
and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Noise Insulation Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation (Amendment)
Regulations 1988, Noise Insulation (Scotland) Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1995,
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Noise at Work
Regulations 1989, Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990, 86/188/EEC, BS 3015:1991, BS 4727:Part 3:
Group 08:1995, BS 7580:Part 1:1997,
BS 7580:Part 2:1997, BS EN 60651:1994, BS EN 60804:1994
Replaces BS 5228:Part 1:1984
Amended By AMD10394
Draft Superseded 96/101064 DC98/100337 DC
Descriptors Noise control (acoustic), Noise (environmental), Vibration, Acoustic engineering, Building sites,
Construction engineering works, Construction operations, Construction equipment, Safety measures, Occupational
safety, Legislation, Sound intensity, Acoustic measurement, Mathematical calculations, Sound insulation, Enclosures,
Vibration control, Earth-moving equipment, Bulldozers, Dumper trucks, Site-levelling machines, Scrapers (earthmoving
equipment), Pile drivers, Loaders, Excavating equipment, Boring equipment (earthworks), Drilling rigs, Compacting
equipment, Vibrators (compacting), Concrete vibrators, Concrete mixers, Concrete spreaders, Concrete breakers,
Percussion drills, Pneumatic equipment, Drilling machines, Air compressors, Electric generators, Cranes, Hoists,
Lifting equipment, Tip lorries, Road rollers, Industrial tractors, Mining equipment, Welding equipment, Water pumps,
Circular saws (machines), Demolition, Site clearance, Excavating, Compacting, Piling, Road surfacing, Roads,
Motorways, Coal mining, Quarrying, Dredging, Scaffolding processes, Riveting
ICS 17.140.20 (Noise emitted by machines and equipment)
ICS 17.160 (Vibrations, shock and vibration measurements)
ICS 91.200 (Construction technology)
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Standard Number BS 5228-2:1997
Title Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Guide to noise and vibration control legislation
for construction and demolition including road construction and maintenance
Abstract To be read in conjunction with BS 5228-1:1997
Status Current
Publication Date 15 May 1997
Cross References BS 5228:Part 3, BS 5228:Part 5, BS 6472, BS 7385:Part 1, BS 7385:Part 2, Environmental Protection Act
1990, Environment Act 1995, Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993, Control of Pollution Act 1974, Pollution Control and
Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Health and Safety at Work
(Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Noise at Work Regulations 1989, Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990,
Land Compensation Act 1973, Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland)
Order 1973, Noise Insulation Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation (Scotland) Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation
(Northern Ireland) Regulations 1995, Noise Insulation (Amendment) Regulations 1988, Noise Insulation (Railways
and Other Transport Systems) Regulations 1995, Control of Noise (Appeals) Regulations 1975, Statutory Nuisance
(Appeals) Regulations 1990, Control of Noise (Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978, Control of Noise (Appeals)
(Scotland) Regulations 1983, Building (Scotland) Act, 1959, Highways Act 1980, BS 5228:Part 1
Replaces BS 5228:Part 2:1984
Draft Superseded 96/101065 DC
Descriptors Noise control (acoustic), Noise (environmental), Vibration, Demolition, Roads, Maintenance, Building sites,
Construction engineering works, Construction operations, Sound insulation, Legislation, Bibliography
ICS 17.140.20 (Noise emitted by machines and equipment)
ICS 17.160 (Vibrations, shock and vibration measurements)
ICS 91.200 (Construction technology)
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Standard Number BS 5228-3:1997
Title Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Code of practice applicable to surface coal
extraction by opencast methods
Abstract To be read in conjunction with BS 5228-1:1997
Status Current
Publication Date 15 May 1997
Cross References BS 6472, BS 7385:Part 1, BS 7385:Part 2, Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, Opencast Coal
Act, 1958, Control of Pollution Act 1974, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Town and Country Planning General
Development Order 1988, Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988, Noise at
Work Regulations 1989, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Noise and Statutory
Nuisance Act 1993, Coal Industry Act 1994, Environment Act 1995, Pollution Control and Local Government
(Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Noise at Work Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 1990, 85/337/EEC, BS 5228:Part 1
Replaces BS 5228:Part 3:1984
Draft Superseded 96/101066 DC
Descriptors Noise control (acoustic), Noise (environmental), Vibration, Quarrying, Coal mining, Mining, Blasting,
Legislation, Earth-moving equipment, Mining equipment
ICS 17.140.20 (Noise emitted by machines and equipment)
ICS 17.160 (Vibrations, shock and vibration measurements)
ICS 73.020 (Mining and quarrying)
91.200 (Construction technology)
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Standard Number BS 5228-4:1992
Title Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Code of practice for noise and vibration control
applicable to piling operations
Abstract Recommendations for noise and vibration control measures which can be adopted to ensure good practice and
enable piling to be carried out economically with as little disturbance to the community as is practicable.
Status Current
Publication Date 01 May 1992
Cross References BS 5228:Part 1, BS 6472, BS 6841, BS 7385, Public Health Act, 1961, Land Compensation Act 1973, Land
Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, Control of Pollution Act 1974, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Noise
Insulation Regulations 1975, Control of Noise (Appeals) Regulations 1975, Control of Noise (Appeals) Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 1978, Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Pollution Control and Local
Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Control of Noise (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 1983, Statutory Nuisance
(Appeals) Regulations (as amended) 1990, Environmental Protection Act 1990
Replaces BS 5228:Part 4:1986
Amended By AMD7787
Draft Superseded 90/14249 DC
Descriptors Noise control (acoustic), Noise (environmental), Piling, Pile driving, Construction operations,
Legislation, Sound intensity, Piles, Depth, Width, Building sites, Vibration control, Vibration hazards, Vibration
intensity, Vibration
ICS 17.140.20 (Noise emitted by machines and equipment)
ICS 91.200 (Construction technology)
ICS 93.020 (Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works)
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Standard Number BS 5228-5:1997
Title Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites. Code of practice applicable to surface mineral
extraction (except coal) sites
Abstract Gives recommendations on measures for the control of noise and vibration to be adopted to ensure that the
community is subject to minimum disturbance.
Status Current
Publication Date 15 November 1997
Cross References BS 4142:1990, BS 6841:1987, BS 7385:Part 1:1990, BS 7385:Part 2:1993, Noise and Statutory Nuisance
Act 1993, Control and Pollution Act 1974, Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978,
Noise Insulation Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation (Amendment) Regulations 1988, Noise Insulation (Scotland)
Regulations 1975, Noise Insulation (Northerm Ireland) Regulations 1995, SOEnD Circular 26/1992, Planning and
Compensation Act 1991, The Quarries (Explosives) Regulations, S.I. 1988 No:1930, BS 5228:Part 1:1997, BS 6472:1992,
Environmental Protection Act 1990, Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972,
Planning and Compensation Act 1991, Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, Environment Act 1995, MPG 11 The
Control of Noise at Surface Mineral Workings, NPPG 4 Land for Mineral Working, PAN 50 Controlling the Environmental
Effects of Surface Mineral Workings, PAN 50 Annex A The Control of Noise at Mineral Surface Workings, MPG 9
Planning and Compensation Act 1991
Draft Superseded 96/106677 DC
Descriptors Noise control (acoustic), Noise (environmental), Vibration, Vibration control, Extraction (minerals),
Quarrying, Mineral extraction equipment, Blasting, Vibration measurement
ICS 17.140.20 (Noise emitted by machines and equipment)
ICS 17.160 (Vibrations, shock and vibration measurements)
ICS 91.200 (Construction technology)
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