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Arts
Theatres, Concert Halls, Auditoria
These are acoustically the most sensitive spaces with very stringent
standards applied for allowable levels of intrusive noise and internal
acoustics. Building isolation, sound insulation and sound absorption systems
are used to achieve requirements.
Commerce and Industry
Offices, Board Rooms, Audio Visual Suites, Conference Facilities,
Anechoic Chambers, Factories
Sound insulation and reverberation control solutions are used
to provide suitable privacy, and to allow easy communication. With the
increasing popularity of conference calls and interactive communication,
the importance of acoustically controlled environments is growing.
Community Buildings
Community Halls, Council Chambers, Village Halls
The most common problem in these types of spaces is that long reverberation
times will make communication difficult. Several different sound absorption
solutions are used to reduce reverberation. Choice depends on building
volume and available surfaces.
Domestic
New-build Flats, Refurbished Flats, Houses
The normal design criteria in these areas seek to minimise disturbance
from noisy neighbours, especially in multiple occupancy dwellings. Various
floor and ceiling treatments are available for improving both the sound
insulation and impact isolation problems.
Education
Classrooms, Halls, Lecture Theatres, Leisure and Arts Facilities,
Music Practice Rooms
Educational spaces require reverberation control to allow easy communication
between teachers and pupils. For more critical spaces, such as music practice
rooms, a complete package of sound insulation for the shell and interior
finishing is offered.
Leisure
Cinemas, IMAX Cinemas, Swimming Pools, Gymnasiums
For cinemas, a range of building isolation, sound insulation and reverberation
control treatments is called upon. For swimming pools and gymnasiums proprietary
sound absorption systems have been developed for application in such harsh
environments.
Medical
Audiology Rooms, Clean Rooms, Teaching Spaces
To achieve the special performance demands of audiology suites, room within
a room construction techniques are used. Quiet air handling systems and
highly controlled internal acoustics are a must. Hodgson & Hodgson
Group has wide experience in the design, manufacture and installation
of these suites.
Music, TV and Internet
Recording Studios, Sound Booths, Control Rooms, Music Practice Rooms
All these rooms require good sound insulation and reverberation control.
Often, room within a room constructions are required, alongside slanted
glazing, acoustic doors and aesthetic sound absorption and diffusion systems.
Printing
Acoustic Screens, Noise Refuges
To protect staff from the noise of printing presses and other factory
machinery, refuges or screens are built. These allow noise at work regulations
to be adhered to alongside the provision of suitable acoustic conditions
for communication.
Transportation
Airports, Railway Stations, Coach Stations
Sound insulation is required to cope with the noise generated externally
from buildings. Reverberation control mitigates occupational noise levels
and so allows satisfactory intelligibility from public address and voice
alarm systems.
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