In my town there are city ordinances against sound made by machines. It is different than the noise ordinances because it is mechanical noise, trucks, jack hammers, stereos, car horns, etc...it is a 24 hours per day ordinance, there is not a time frame on it. That means that a construction worker has to stop the noise they are making if it is bothering someone and they complain it is too loud. It you can google you city ordinances and find a similar clause you can call the police and, they usually don't have a clue about these ordinances, hand them a copy of the ordinance and ask them to enforce it. They have to enforce it, every time you call them hand the officer another copy. Tell them you have called before and the times, keep a log, and if they do not enforce it or arrest them after the 2nd or third time then start calling their sergeant during the day and complaining. It is an ordinance that is enforceable by law, they must enforce it.
Tell your apartment manager each and every time they do this, it would help if you do it when the noise is on so it can be heard in the background...that gives you credibility. He can evict them for lease issues if others are complaining too. Get your neighbors to help in the calling the police and stuff. The more that complain the more weight the complaints have.
We have done this numerous times when Walmart decided to do construction during the nighttime hours. The manager gets all sassy with me when I call and tell them to turn off the jackhammers at 2 am, they have their permits and there is nothing I can do...I call the officers and hand them a copy then ask nicely if they'd please enforce this city ordinance. They look at it, then the go tell the manager to stop the noise. The manager doesn't like it and says no, the officer asks them if they'd like to ride in the back of their car, the noise stops. They can't start it back up either. During the day when we're not home they can do all they want, but at night time I am going to complain and get it stopped. I also gave each of my neighbors a copy of the ordinance so then could call too. Walmart has not done any after hours construction in about a year.