Every day, approximately half a million workers in the construction sector in Egypt are
exposed to excessive noise. Noise is one of the most prevalent physical contaminants in the
construction sector. The most negative effects of noise exposure are related to the hearing system and
may produce occupational deafness or even permanent deafness. These effects have a very important
influence on people’s health and well-being. The goals of this study are to carry out measurements to
evaluate construction noise levels, which exceed the permissible level set by Egyptian noise standards
and policy to protect the public health of workers, to assess noise exposure, and to develop controls for
proposing preventive solutions. The noise levels to which the workers in the construction sector are
exposed have been studied. A number of representative measurements have been carried out using a
sound level meter and a dosimeter to collect data from workers devoted to different tasks in the
construction process. The most important levels and indexes have been analyzed with those data.