We help our clients to achieve and demonstrate compliance with building regulations and standards. Here’s a summary of regulations and standards relating to the acoustic services we provide:

Regulation or standard What is it? Who needs to know about it? When did it come into effect? Our related services
Building Bulletin 93 (BB93) Building Bulletin 93 (BB93) is a document within Approved Document E of the Building Regulations 2000.

BB93 gives the performance targets for compliance with Requirement E4 from Part E of Schedule 1 of The Building Regulations 2000. BB93 provides a comprehensive guide for architects, building control bodies, building services engineers, and others involved in the design of new school buildings.

BB93 can be found on the Teacher Net website.

 School building architects, engineers, and others involved in the design of new school buildings. 2000
  • Acoustic design consultancy for BB93 compliance
  • Accredited sound insulation testing
  • STI and RASTI testing
Approved Document E of The Building Regulations Approved Document E of The Building Regulations gives guidance on how to achieve compliancy with Building Regulation requirements. Building architects, engineers, constructors. 2004

Approved Document E (2004) is part of The Building Regulations, 2000.
  • Acoustic design consultancy for compliance
  • Accredited sound insulation testing
  • Sound insulation advice
Planning Policy Guidance 24 (PPG24): Planning and Noise Planning Policy Guidance 24 (PPG24) guides local authorities in England on the use of their planning powers to minimise the adverse impact of noise. It outlines the considerations to be taken into account in determining planning applications both for noise-sensitive developments and for those activities which generate noise.

Available to download free from the Communities and Government website.

 Local authority planning departments in England, architects, developers, engineers, constructors? Published 3 October 1994 but dated September 1994
  • Planning applications – acoustic reports / noise surveys
  • Noise measurement
  • Noise monitoring
  • Noise testing
  • Air conditioning system noise impact study
BS 5839-8:2008 BS5839-8 is the code of practice for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of voice alarm systems

BS5839 is published by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and is available from the BSI website.

 Voice alarm system (voice evacuation system) designers, installers, commissioners, and maintainers

(The fire detection and fire alarm systems themselves are covered by BS 5839-1)

 May 2008
  • Voice alarm system design (voice evacuation system design)
  • Verification of voice alarm system designs
  • Acoustic modelling – PC based
  • Reverberation time and post installation testing
  • Advice on re-engineering PA systems for voice alarm (voice evacuation)