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 March
2008
Bluestone
Chooses Hodgson & Hodgson as Partner in £6 Million Student Accommodation
Project
The
Hodgson & Hodgson Group is celebrating another successful project
after the completion of a consultancy contract for a £6 million
new-build development - Victoria Hall in Nottingham. Builders Bluestone
Plc chose the Group's Consultancy Division to provide comprehensive acoustic design, assessment and planning services
on the scheme.
Situated
in Saint Anne's Well Road, close to Nottingham city centre, Victoria Hall
is an exclusive new-build development consisting of three cylindrical
five, seven and nine storey steel frame blocks for student accommodation.
Hodgson & Hodgson was involved early in the 51 week programme, to
determine if the proposed site was suitable in terms of noise planning
regulations and to assess the sound insulation performance of the proposed
building shells in relation to their future city noise environment.
The
proposed building envelopes were not typical brick/cavity/blockwork construction,
but instead feature rendered insulation on metsec framing, allowing the
building to show off its curves. Glazing and background ventilation also
had to be considered - a challenge, given that the urban location close
to a roundabout. Specialist double-glazing window units, together with
through-wall acoustic air bricks were specified.
Hodgson
& Hodgson provided further acoustic design advice for the separating
walls and floors. For the walls, twin metal stud walls were suggested,
with a resilient bar built on one side. For the separating floors, the
density of the concrete floors were reviewed in terms of the level of
airborne sound insulation they provided. Their impact performance was
in need of improvement and Hodgson & Hodgson worked in partnership
with Building Control to agree that a foam backed carpet could be considered
an integral part of the floor and could be bonded directly to the slab.
Working
closely not only with Bluestone, but also with the project's architects,
The Henry Mein Partnership, Hodgson & Hodgson ensured the acoustic
integrity of the building. All separating walls and floors exceeded the
requirements of Approved Document E whilst internal noise levels also
met demanding ingress criteria.
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