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1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE
August 2006		 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
Final Report, January 2004 – August 2006
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
FHWA Highway Construction Noise Handbook		 5. FUNDING NUMBERS
HW-66/CS036
6. AUTHOR(S)
Knauer, Harvey(4), Pedersen, Soren(5), Reherman, Clay N.(2), Rochat, Judith L.(2), Thalheimer, Erich S.(3), Lau, Michael C.(2), Fleming, Gregg G.(2), Ferroni, Mark(1), Corbisier, Christopher(1)
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division, RTV-4F
Cambridge, MA 02142		 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER
DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-06-02
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Natural and Human Environment
Washington, DC 20590		 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING
AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
FHWA-HEP-06-015
11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
(1) U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Natural and Human Environment   
Washington, DC 20590
(2) U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center   
Environmental Measurement and Modeling Division
Cambridge, MA 02142


(3) Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc.
75 Arlington St.
Boston, MA 02116
(4) Environmental Acoustics, Inc.
5801 Grayson Rd., Unit 1
Harrisburg, PA 17111		 (5) Catseye Services
26 Warrender Ave.
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada M9B 5Z2		  
12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The NTIS Accession No. is PB2006-109012. 		12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE
13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)
The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Acoustics Facility (VCAF), in support of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Natural and Human Environment, has developed the Highway Construction Noise Handbook (the Handbook). The Handbook provides guidance to U.S. state transportation agencies in measuring, predicting, and mitigating highway construction noise and developing noise criteria. In order to help users predict construction noise, the Handbook includes the User’s Guide for the FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM). This Handbook, which is accompanied by a CD-ROM, reflects substantial improvements and changes in the way highway construction noise has been addressed since the 1977 publishing of the FHWA Special Report, Highway Construction Noise: Measurement, Prediction and Mitigation. This updated Handbook, and the companion CD-ROM, address both acoustical and non-acoustical issues associated with highway construction noise. While it is understood that both similarities and differences exist between construction-related noise and construction-related vibration, the focus of the Handbook and CD-ROM is confined to noise-related issues.
14. SUBJECT TERMS
construction noise, noise levels, dBA, noise models, community impact, Federal Highway Administration		 15. NUMBER OF PAGES
175
16. PRICE CODE
17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT
Unclassified		 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE
Unclassified		 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF ABSTRACT
Unclassified		 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT
Unlimited
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METRIC/ENGLISH CONVERSION FACTORS
ENGLISH TO METRIC METRIC TO ENGLISH
LENGTH (APPROXIMATE) LENGTH (APPROXIMATE)
1 inch (in)   =   2.5 centimeters (cm)
1 foot (ft)   =   30 centimeters (cm)
1 yard (yd)   =   0.9 meter (m)
1 mile (mi)   =   1.6 kilometers (km)
1 millimeter (mm)   =   0.04 inch (in)
1 centimeter (cm)   =   0.4 inch (in)
1 meter (m)   =   3.3 feet (ft)
1 meter (m)   =   1.1 yards
1 kilometer (km)   =   0.6 mile (mi)
AREA (APPROXIMATE) AREA (APPROXIMATE)
1 square inch (sq in, in2)   =   6.5 square centimeters (cm2)
1 square foot (sq ft, ft2)   =   0.09 square meter (m2)
1 square yard (sq yd, yd2)   =   0.8 square meter (m2)
1 square mile (sq mi, mi2)   =   2.6 square kilometers (km2)
1 acre = 0.4 hectare (he))   =   4,000 square meters (m2)
1 square centimeter (cm2)   =   0.16 square inch (sq in, in2)
1 square meter (m2)   =   1.2 square yards (sq yd, yd2)
1 square kilometer (km2)   =   0.4 square mile (sq mi, mi2)
10,000 square meters (m2)   =   1 hectare (ha) = 2.5 acres
MASS – WEIGHT(APPROXIMATE) MASS – WEIGHT(APPROXIMATE)
1 ounce (oz)   =   28 grams (gm)
1 pound (lb)   =   0.45 kilogram (kg)
1 short ton = 2,000 pounds (lb)   =   0.9 tonne (t)
        
1 gram (gm)   =   0.036 ounce (oz)
1 kilogram (kg)   =   2.2 pounds (lb)
1 tonne (t)   =   1,000 kilograms (kg)
    =   1.1 short tons
VOLUME(APPROXIMATE) VOLUME(APPROXIMATE)
1 teaspoon (tsp)   =   5 milliliters (ml)
1 tablespoon (tbsp)   =   15 milliliters (ml)
1 fluid ounce (fl oz)   =   30 milliliters (ml)
1 cup ©   =   0.24 liter (l)
1 pint (pt)   =   0.47 liter (l)
1 quart (qt)   =   0.96 liter (l)
1 gallon (gal)   =   3.8 liters (l)
1 cubic foot (cu ft, ft3)   =   0.03 cubic meter (m3)
1 cubic yard (cu yd, yd3)   =   0.76 cubic meter (m3)
1 milliliter (ml)   =   0.03 fluid ounce (fl oz)
1 liter (l)   =   2.1 pints (pt)
1 liter (l)   =   1.06 quarts (qt)
1 liter (l)   =   0.26 gallon (gal)
     
     
     
1 cubic meter (m3)   =   36 cubic feet (cu ft, ft3)
1 cubic meter (m3)   =   1.3 cubic yards (cu yd, yd3)
TEMPERATURE (EXACT) TEMPERATURE (EXACT)
[(x-32)(5/9)] oF   =   y oC
[(9/5) y + 32] oC   =   x oF





For more exact and or other conversion factors, see NTIS Miscellaneous Publication 286, Units of Weights and Measures.