In a previous article, we’ve compared and contrasted the relative efficiencies of Apps and professional sound level meters, highlighting the inherent weaknes...

Excessive noise in the workplace risks more than just the sanity of the workforce. Being exposed to excessive noise while at work can lead to temporary or pe...

If you’re an employer and work in an industry where staff could be exposed to excessive noise, then you’ll need to be aware of the Government guidelines that...

Let’s face it, nowadays there’s an App for everything. From ordering a pizza to medical diagnostics, many of us needn’t leave the house – or our place of wor...

In this post, we’ll examine the various methods for soundproofing walls. Some of these methods will need to be installed during construction

Acoustic Consultants regulate sound. Their work is all around us, it’s one of those jobs that people rarely hear about, but is incredibly rewarding for those...

We detect sound all around us, at all times. Even in what we’d consider complete silence, there will still be a background noise, it’s just not detectable to...

Now in effect, the updated British Standard (BS) 4142 guidelines that determine potential noise impacts on residential areas have been updated and extended t...

December 2014 saw the much-anticipated release of the updated Building Bulletin 93 (BB 93) giving updated criteria and advice for those involved in the desig...

Acoustics is one of those subjects that people just find it hard to "get". ​ Barely a week goes by without someone telling me that acoustics is a "black art"...

On 15 April 2016, the great and the good of the acoustics world gathered at the Royal Society in London to discuss the future of research into acoustics. It w...

The architecture of the typical restaurant of today does little to contribute to a pleasant acoustic environment. Wooden or tiled floors, veneered wooden fu...

In today’s workplace, one of the top staff complaints is the inability to concentrate due to noise levels. As an acoustic consultancy working with many devel...

One of the most basic functions of a hotel is to ensure guests relax in relatively tranquil surroundings. Noise of the wrong kind can be a huge disruption an...

Reverberation is an important issue within room acoustics and is well known to affect both speech intelligibility and the music quality experienced by listen...

The rapid spread of convenience stores across the UK passed under many people’s radars, as our shopping habits gradually reverted back to the ’little and oft...

The design of workplaces is constantly evolving and varies from occupier to occupier, with each design requiring a bespoke acoustic strategy. This seminar di...

As usual, the answer is not straightforward. If we are looking at sound reduction in dB, then foliage is pretty poor at providing attenuation. So, if you pla...

Well, the short answer is – it doesn’t. In fact, your voice travels the same distance, whether the office is noisy or quiet. The element which changes, and w...

Today heralds the first of many Soundbites, a fortnightly series of quick facts, useful snippets, dispelled myths, unrealised truths, cocktail party quips – ...