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This paper presents an overview of existing Romanian code provisions for industrial sources or human-induced vibrations. Caused by the industrial sources (forge hammers, presses), vibrations are transmitted to the soil, generating different body and surface waves, and to buildings. On the other hand, vibrations due to sounds are significant on walls and non-structural elements, and even there are not recorded severe damages, with important effects on people. Two studies related on the structural effects and on the...