Sound generated inside a building is reflected and absorbed at room surfaces. Some energy propagates through the structure to other adjoining areas. Some energy can escape to the environment and is heard by neighbours. This is the science of Building Acoustics.

Just as sound can escape a building, so to can it enter it too. Usually this is noise and can be from road traffic, aircraft, industrial sources and even people. Often sound escaping a building finds the same routes as noise entering from outside.

There are also external sources of noise associated with buildings, for example rooftop mechanical plant. These add to the potential noise disturbance from a building. So, of course, does the whole process of its construction.

Spectrum undertakes building acoustics studies for a wide range of projects. These can be as part of a planning application, or an Environmental Statement/EIA. They can be as part of initial feasibility reviews or detailed design stages of a building project. They might even be solely during the commissioning and handover of a completed project.

we undertake in different sectors:

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