Pounding jackhammers at the World Trade Center site are infuriating residents of the luxury rental building nearby at 90 West Street, according to an article today by Julie Shapiro at DNAinfo.com.

Residents say the noisy work starts before dawn and often continues well into the night, making it difficult for them to relax, let alone sleep, the article said.

Nick Oram lives on the fourth floor of 90 West St., overlooking the muddy pit where workers are breaking apart rocks to make way for the Vehicle Security Center, an underground parking garage to serve the World Trade Center's new office skyscrapers, and she told DNAinfo.com that "it's a huge nuisance."

The article said that "staff at the Port Authority say they have no choice but to work round-the-clock to get the project done: 'Because of the delays we have experienced at [the Deutsche Bank building, the result is that we're working longer hours than we initially anticipated,' said Glenn Guzi, a program director for the Port Authority, at a recent Community Board 1 meeting."

Mr. Guzi said that "the Port Authority plans to continue working up to 19 hours a day, seven days a week, to get the project done by the end of 2013," the article said, adding that "port officials have said they cannot risk the project falling behind, because it must be ready to support the opening of One World Trade Center and developer Larry Silverstein's Tower 4."

Peter Levenson, principal at the Kibel Companies, which owns 90 West St., called the noise "unacceptable" and said he has heard many complaints from residents, the article said, adding that "since the World Trade Center site is owned by the state, the Port Authority does not have to comply with city rules that curtail work hours and construction noise."