Lease agreement

My apartment was recently taken over by new landlords and it was required for us to sign a 1 year lease. 3 weeks after the lease was signed, major construction had begun in which the tenants were not told of by the owners, and the noise itself is unbearable and constant. I work overnights as an RN and am not able to get any rest due to the construction. I asked the landlord to terminate the lease or to get an abatement on my rent which was denied. I figured small claims would take care of the problem, however it is only for monetary disputes, in which my case it is to terminate a lease agreement without any extra payments/opening me up to another lawsuit down the road of having to pay the rest of the lease off. How can I legally get out of this lease without giving them the opportunity to take me to small claims for the rest of my lease payments?