We just returned. The contruction is on the villas which is on the opposite side of the lodge from the pool facing rooms. I didn't stay in a pool view room but stayed across the hall from one. We never heard anything. As we walked down the rooms, we could see the contruction of the villas building though the hallway windows. When we went outside on a stairway to take pictures of the animals, we were looking right at the construction and could barely hear it.
Now, I'm sure I'd rather not have had a room facing the construction but only to avoid having to look at it, not for the noise.