If you live in a high rise apartment building, 99.9% of the time construction work must be reported to the community, announced to those in that building, and a notice posted in the elevator / community bulletin board saying the start and completion dates.
OP, was a notice posted in advance?
I think my community does that (not that I ever read the notices, just learn about it when I start getting woken up by the noise).
Does it make a difference anyway? Presumably if they need to do construction work theyâll end up doing it. Itâs not like they can just turn down the volume on the drillâŚ
It helps if you work from home and can try to make other arrangements. Iâve had construction stopped in my building that didnât meet the parameters of the notice.
Never go to Spain: 8 to 21. But, donât worry, for machinery noise is 8 to 20 only.
Lärmende Bauarbeiten sind nach dem Gesetz von Montag bis Sonntag von 6 bis 20 Uhr zulässig.
Noisy construction work is permitted by law from Monday to Sunday from 6 am to 8 pm.
Donât they have a few hours of siesta?
Thatâs the state law, each city hall can make amendments. So, yes, some cities, towns have siesta times.
The other side of the coin is that those workers are incredibly busy with tight schedules and have a job to do. Also, the people waiting for their house to be finished want it done quickly and there are often changes to deal with. If they follow the rules, I donât see what there is to complain about.
We once made the mistake of being one if the first to move into a new building. Dealt with bad renovation noise for about 6 months. Jackhammers on the floor above nearly rattled stuff off the bathroom shelves once. They tried to start construction at around 6 am, until I had a chat with them. No fun with a newborn, but there was nothing I could do about it after 8 am.
Hope they finish quickly!
People in Africa are starving.
And they donât have the 2h lunch from 11:30 to 1:30 when you can have a nap.
here is pretty god dam civilised if you ask me 
Rick, what are you gonna do when the builders realize thereâs no opposition (from real people, you donât count) and construction starts at 7.30am on a Sunday morning. Trust me, itâs coming.
They only did it for 1 day. Complete surprise, i was expecting the worst.
youâre lucky, i moved from an amazingly cheap 2 story apartment because a new building went up next door. 7 days a week jackhammers, hours of truck hazard-light beeping, 4am concrete inspections, pop music blaring. it takes about 1.5 to 2 years to raise a building. no thx.