What to consider when installing hard floors in Stata Building: Strata By-Laws: Each apartment building will have its own strata plan and associated by-laws. Often older by-laws may have a simple clause such as “any new floor should be covered or otherwise treated to an extent sufficient to prevent the transmission from the floor space […]
Glenn recently presented a paper to the Institute of Acoustics in Bristol, United Kingdom at the Reproduced Sound Conference on the relationship between frequency response and the speech transmission index. The key point to take away from our research and presentation is that when specifying or commissioning an emergency sound system in a road tunnel, […]
Proper acoustic design in educational facilities is ever more crucial as open-plan, technology-filled “innovative learning environments” (ILEs) become increasing commonplace. Proponents of this current trend laud the flexibility provided by these open spaces, but sceptics doubt the effectiveness of these spaces due to various reasons, including the lack of consultation with teachers before implementation and […]