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 July
2008
Listed
Status No Barrier to Better Acoustics
Acoustics
specialist Hodgson & Hodgson Group has proved that a building's listed
status is no bar to providing better acoustic performance. In a recent
installation in the Victorian Town Hall building at Burton-on-Trent, the
Group worked within the restrictions imposed by its listed status to come
up with the best solution to improve the acoustics.
The
Town Hall's main function facility, the Dove Room, suffered from a great
deal of reverberant noise but, with much of the walls clad in timber panels,
options to solve the problem were limited. Added to this, a large section
of the ceiling is taken up with a huge glass lighting panel that also
could not be disturbed. Hodgson & Hodgson suggested installing 50mm
panels of its dB Absorber product around the upper parts of the walls
and the remaining ceiling space. The specially-cut panels were set at
equal distances around the walls and ceiling and were colour co-ordinated
to blend in with the original décor.
"The
acoustics in the Dove Room are markedly improved following the installation
of the Hodgson & Hodgson panels," said Douglas Liddell, Deputy
Facilities Manager of East Staffordshire Borough Council. "It is
a mark of real expertise to have achieved this without making any negative
impact on the existing fabric of this beautiful room."
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