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Environmental Noise Assessments |
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Sound Insulation Testing |
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Speech Intelligibility Testing |
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Design Verification Service |
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Acoustic Modelling Noise monitoring |
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Noise, both inside and outside buildings, can be a highly emotive issue in today's built environment. Acoustics Plus Limited has considerable experience in the field of building acoustics and is able to advise on sound insulation, air conditioning noise and room acoustics.
The presence of adequate sound insulation can be paramount in minimising noise within a building. From nightclub sound insulation to the problems associated with neighbour noise, Acoustics Plus Limited can offer a solution to the problem.
With neighbour noise an increasing occurrence, the newly revised Building Regulations contain extensive sound insulation requirements for separating walls and floors in new build dwellings and flat conversions. Acoustics Plus Limited can measure both airborne and impact sound insulation in accordance with requirements set out in the Regulations and further can specify designs for good sound insulation.
Where noise emanating from a place of entertainment is causing nuisance, the need to accurately specify sound insulation is paramount. Acoustics Plus Limited has worked for many prestigious nightclubs in the capacity of minimising noise egress.
The company can also advise on noise generated from air conditioning systems, whether it be the prediction of noise from a proposed system or the mitigation of noise from an existing system. It is also often useful to specify the internal noise requirements prior to the design of an air conditioning system to ensure that, once installed, noise from the system will not require costly mitigation.
Acoustics Plus Limited is also able to measure and predict reverberation time, a key parameter in determining the internal acoustics of a space. In some spaces where intelligible speech is necessary, specifying the internal acoustics can be critical.
The acoustic design of schools is dealt with through the Building Regulations under Building Bulletin 93 (BB93). The aim of BB93 is to provide a comprehensive guide for architects, building control bodies, building services engineers, and others involved in the design of new school buildings.
Acoustics Plus offers the following services to solve your classroom and school acoustic issues with relation to BB93:
- Noise surveys
- Design services
- Sound testing
BB93 gives the performance targets for compliance with Requirement E4 from Part E of Schedule 1 of The Building Regulations 2000 that ‘each room or other space in a school building shall have the acoustic conditions and the sound insulation against disturbance by noise appropriate to its normal use’. All school buildings must conform to BB93 and are subject to detailed design checks on on-site inspections. The document BB93 can be found at http://www.teachernet.gov.uk
Acoustics Plus has particular expertise in relation to Section 1 of BB93 which contains performance standards for speech intelligibility in open plan spaces. The guidance in BB93 states that a computer prediction model should be used to calculate the speech intelligibility using the Speech Transmission Index (STI) in the open plan space. Acoustics Plus has carried out extensive speech intelligibility prediction exercises using computer prediction models for BB93 compliance.
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