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Environmental Noise Control

The Hidden Cost of Traditional Noise Control

When an industrial or commercial site faces environmental noise complaints or strict planning conditions, the default industry response is to hide or block the problem. Traditional solutions rely on acoustic barriers, enclosures, and silencers or attenuators.

However, treating the symptoms rather than the cause comes at a cost.

In many cases, these noise control products require significant capital investment, and can have maintenance and equipment performance implications. They are also ineffective at tackling low-frequency noise, which is a common cause of environmental noise issues.

While these products do have their place in the industry, they should not be used without first diagnosing the noise sources and transmission paths, and considering engineering control methods.

Our Approach to Environmental Noise Control

Our expertise in engineering noise control techniques and specialist materials allows us to evaluate all available mitigation options and provide detailed recommendations which are best suited to your circumstance.

A typical environmental noise control project involves:

Best Practical Means (BPM) Audit: An initial audit to identify, rank and diagnose noise sources onsite, and evaluate the available noise reduction options with consideration of Best Practical Means and Best Available Technique (BAT). The audit can be undertaken on it's own, but is often conducted in conjunction with an environmental noise assessment.
Remote BPM Audit: In many instances we're able to conduct the BPM audit remotely. This involves site personnel providing photos and information, combined with smartphone videos which we can analyse using advance soundtrack analysis software.
Noise Control Solutions: Once the BPM audit is complete, we can provide detailed recommendations and outline noise control designs to tackle your specific noise problem in the most effective way practical.
Noise Control Implementation: Our designs and recommendations are developed such that any competent contractor of your choosing can implement the noise control measures. We can liaise with the contractor to ensure the measures are implemented correctly.
Performance Testing: Once the noise control has been fitted, we can repeat the site visit to assess the noise reduction achieved. We can also do this remotely using smartphone recordings to estimate the noise reduction.

When compared with traditional techniques, our approach often reduces noise control project costs by 50% – 80% and project times from years to weeks. Previous clients have saved significant capital by contacting us for a free 2nd opinion. Why not check your options?

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