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Kings Cross Central |
Client: Argent St. George |
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The developer of the 55 acre site at Kings Cross is designing a redevelopment to be undertaken once the CTRL line into St Pancras is completed. Our role includes providing the masterplanners with advice on the noise and vibration impacts across the site and strategic advice on building design to ensure that suitable noise and vibration levels are achieved within the development. |
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St Ann's Quay, Newcastle |
Client: City Lofts (St Ann's Quay) Ltd |
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St Ann’s Quay is a prestigious new mixed development overlooking the Tyne, in Newcastle. We undertook an initial noise survey to determine environmental noise levels and specified the building envelope to enable internal noise limits to be met. We also recommended criteria for internal sound insulation between flats and commercial areas and worked with the Architects to develop partitions and detailing to meet the criteria. Our role continued through the construction stage to inspect partitions and detailing and undertake sound insulation tests on sample walls and floors. |
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169 Euston Road, London |
Client: CES Ltd |
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site, opposite Euston Station, has been redeveloped as a new commercial
building. We provided a full acoustic design service for the development
from initial studies to determine traffic noise levels and vibration from
the London Underground, which runs under the site, to building envelope
sound insulation, acoustical finishes and building services noise control.
Photograph by permission of CES (Euston Road) Limited |
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Drew Primary School, Silvertown, London |
Client: Borough of Newham |
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The new Drew Primary School is located adjacent to the City Airport and subject to aircraft noise. We carried out an ambient noise survey and advised the architects on building envelope design to ensure satisfactory control of external noise levels in teaching rooms. We also provided advice on architectural acoustics and finishes in classrooms to optimise reverberation times and speech intelligibility. | |
Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington |
Client: Ove Arup & Partners |
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The
former Great Western Royal Hotel (now the Hilton
London Paddington), at Paddington Station, has recently been fully refurbished
to provide modern guest room and conference facilities, while retaining
the historic fabric of the building. The refurbishment of the hotel coincided
with the opening of the Heathrow Express, which has its London terminal
within the basement. The initial studies related to the control of noise
and vibration from the station construction works to the hotel. We subsequently
provided advice on sound insulation and building services noise control
throughout the hotel during the design, construction and commissioning of
the refurbishment.
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Loch Fyne Restaurants |
Client: Loch Fyne Restaurants |
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We have provided advice on noise control for kitchen and restaurant building services to meet local authority planning requirements and to ensure satisfactory internal noise levels at many Loch Fyne restaurants throughout England. Often the restaurants are located in prestigious mixed commercial and residential developments and noise breakout from the restaurant and plant areas has to be carefully controlled to ensure that no noise nuisance will be created. | |
Puzzle Pubs |
Client: Puzzle Pub Company |
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Advice on noise control strategies for various public houses to ensure compliance with local authority planning and licensing conditions. Assessment and advice on acoustic separation of public house from adjoining residential flats. | |
St Antony with St Silas Church, Nunhead |
Client: The Vicar and Parochial Church Council |
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East Ham Town Hall |
Client: London Borough of Newham |
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Built between 1901 and 1903, the East Ham (now Newham) Town Hall is an elaborate brick building, with many original interior features including the main hall and Council Chamber. Newham Council is proposing to refurbish the principal public rooms and we were commissioned to determine the existing acoustic characteristics and sound insulation and provide advice on improvements to these, within the constraints of the building's Grade II* listing. Photograph by permission of Andrew Baker, London Borough of Newham |
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Building Bulletin 93 |
Client: DfES |
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Noise control and acoustics in schools are now included in The Building Regulations 2000, Part E and we were members of the committee commissioned by the DfES to prepare Building Bulletin 93, which provides the performance standards for the acoustics of schools and the means of demonstrating compliance with the Regulations. |
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