Noise management for buildings

The inclusion of a new bowling alley operated by Hollywood Bowl at the new Derby intu Shopping Centre required careful acoustic planning. Formed within the existing level 3 car park above the second level retail units, high levels of impact and airborne noise from both the pinsetters, and the dropping and rolling of balls on the lanes and run-up

Following the refurbishment and upgrade of Mencap's sports hall in Sheffield a solution was required to reduce reverberation problems. These were caused by the hall having high ceilings open to the composite steel roof panels, and bare hard walls and floors, all of which meant sounds were being amplified to an uncomfortable level. As well as an

Heavy rain revealed that the metal roof of the 4,500 tonne steel structure located within the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London, and opened by Lord Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, created too much noise and vibration when the heavens opened. The 24-hour media hub, home for some 20,000 broadcasters

The award-winning Halle Orchestra has a new home in the city after the completion of a £6.6 million three-storey extension to a former church dating back to 1859. To ensure that the resulting extension would meet the orchestra’s exacting acoustic requirements, based on prio experience, Architects Stephenson Studio called in acoustic specilists TVS

TVS was selected to design, install and commission 2,169m2 of acoustic jack-up floors over five levels of Chetham's School of Music's new building

TVS Group’s RESi dry floating floor system installed at the new Result Fitness gym in Durham city centre has addressed potential noise issues for the gym, local retailers and shoppers. With the decision to site the new gym in the busy Riverwalk shopping and leisure area of Durham, TVS was approached by Red Acoustics to ensure there were no noise

TVS supplied a Jack Up floor for Anytime FItness Gym to protect neighbouring offices from noise and vibration due to dropping free weights. This is a high performance noise and vibration isolation solution with low construction height, easy adjustability and no maintenance

TVS Acoustics, part of the TVS Group, was tasked with the isolation of a new luxury residential property in Mayfair from ground-borne noise and vibration from the nearby Jubilee line. A target re-radiated noise criterion of 30dB LAmax (slow) within the lower ground floor (the worst affected area) meant that a fully floated raft foundation was

Total Vibration Solutions was required to provide reverberation control to the coffered ceiling of the Co-op Group's HQ in Manchester, before air conditioning was installed in the open plan call centre offices within. TVS supplied melamine foam in white as that was the only colour that could be used as the material would be on show in the offices

TVS Acoustics was approached by Trueline Construction Wigan to manufacture and install TVS Care Lattice Baffles for The Bridgewater Hall concert venue in Manchester. The client had seen a similar product in the marketplace and wanted to utilise them above the open plan kitchenette areas. TVS met with the client on site to discuss the project and

TVS was approached to tackle noisy acoustics in the double external classroom at Crab Lane Primary School in Higher Blackley. After conducting a survey, TVS was contracted to supply and fit 22 TVS ABSorb 1200 x 600mm acoustic wall panels. As there were a lot of existing noticeboards and artwork, TVS took the decision to install the wall panels at

TVS was tasked with helping to reduce the noise in a very busy café within Barton Grange Garden Centre in Lancashire. Working closely with the design team, TVS assisted with selecting the right product both acoustically and visually. 40mm-thick TVS ABSorb foam panels were used for the project, in the shape and colours of leaves. To make sure

TVS worked in partnership with F P Drylining to manufacture a number of wood-veneer metal baffles for the reception and café area within the Wilton Centre in Redcar, the home of business and science in Teeside. The splayed design of the baffles provides an excellent visual look and feel to the project. TVS Metal Baffles showed a considerable

TVS was approached to offer cost-saving alternatives for the metal baffles required on the third phase of the library extension at Lancaster University. Following approval of samples to the client’s satisfaction, TVS supplied a quantity of metal baffles and wall panels with a wood-effect finish to various areas across the scheme. Installed by

TVS Group was approached by 9th Heywood Scout Group, whose new hall was unusable for large groups of people due to high levels of echo. TVS supplied and fitted 21 TVS ABSorb wall panels in various sizes. Class A absorber 40mm-thick material Impact-resistant Cost effective “Many thanks for completing the installation last Thursday. The design