Building and architectural acoustical services for architects, designers, planners and developers

Good building acoustic design at the project design stage can prevent noise problems such as noise from traffic, mechanical services, plumbing and noise from adjacent residences.

We work with developers, architects and engineers to assist in the design of new buildings or provide advice on modifying existing buildings to minimise sources of internal and external noise and vibration.

For projects where noise measurement is required, we have state-of-the-art NATA calibrated instrumentation for reverberation time, background noise and sound insulation testing of partition walls and floors.

Our experience includes architectural acoustics for residential, commercial and public buildings including hotels, schools, churches, hospitals and universities.

Some of our architectural services include:

• AS2021 assessments and design for aircraft noise;
• Design of facade insulation for buildings against traffic, aircraft and rail noise;
• Noise assessment of pubs as well as design of noise controls for pubs/hotels.
• Design of office spaces to ensure acoustical separation for conversation privacy;
• Design of acoustical treatment of air handling systems including air conditioning and ducting to make sure that internal levels of noise are acceptable;
• Acoustical design of internal spaces including auditoriums and halls using computer modelling with 3D graphics to assess room acoustical qualities such as speech intelligibility;
• Design of wall, flooring and plumbing systems to maximise privacy between adjoining dwellings in accordance with Building Code of Australia (BCA) and local government requirements;
• Classroom acoustics and school hall acoustics - designing classrooms with acceptable background noise levels and reverberation times so that students are not disadvantaged in not being able to hear teachers. While most classrooms need more sound absorbency, it is important to place reflecting surfaces in the right location to ensure that speech is reflected where it is required.
• We use 3 dimensional noise modelling software that allows us to locate absorbing and reflecting surfaces to optimise speech intelligibility within halls and rooms.