Soft start definition
Soft start means a method for starting works where the timing and intensity of noise and/or vibration gradually increases to operational capacity over a minimum of 10 minutes to give nearby animals a warning and opportunity to leave the area before the highest intensity works or noise occurs.
Soft start means turning on the airguns at low power and gradually and systematically increasing the output until full power is achieved (usually over a period of 20 minutes);
Examples of Soft start in a sentence
Soft start will be required at the beginning of each day’s impact pile driving work and at any time following a cessation of impact pile driving of thirty minutes or longer; the requirement to implement soft start for impact driving is independent of whether vibratory driving has occurred within the prior thirty minutes.