Legislation, policy, standards & guidance

Updated: Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 09:08

The following list will be developed to include key documents describing transport noise and vibration legislation, policy, criteria, and standards, from New Zealand and overseas:

Road noise criteria

Road noise prediction

Construction noise

  • New Zealand Standard NZS 6803:1999 Acoustics – Construction noise is available from Standards New Zealand.
  • British Standard BS 5228-1:2009 Code of practice for noise and vibration control on construction and open sites – Part 1: Noise can be purchased from the BSI Group.