731 St Charles Ave. is a $40 million condominium development currently under construction in the heart of the CBD in New Orleans. The site was renovated to replace a historic concrete building from 1965 that threw several of the city’s earliest Mardi Gras balls. Luxury Condo Soundproofing The five-story development boasts luxury units that range […]
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CAN Community Health is a not-for-profit comprehensive care clinic with 34 offices located throughout Florida and South Carolina to provide medical social and educational services. Recently CAN Community opened their new facility headquarters in Sarasota Florida, where the team at Commercial Acoustics was hired to advise on as well as fabricate and install soundproofing and […]
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Solving acoustic problems in restaurants can be challenging, especially when the restaurant’s design emphasizes its own unique interior aesthetics. Acoustic panels must be able to homogenize with a restaurant’s custom trim, molding, and paint to match the interior environment. Commercial Acoustics has made tremendous progress with the customization of acoustic panels, particularly with custom color […]
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A common complaint that we receive at Commercial Acoustics is when Golf Clubhouse Acoustics are overly reverberant, allowing an excessive echo that disrupts patrons. Clubhouses have a wide range of acceptable reverb times, but they should never exceed 1.3 seconds, especially if amplified speech or speaking engagements are going to be used in the space. […]
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Commercial Acoustics was contacted by St Paul’s Episcopal school to solve their time-sensitive gym acoustics problem. Gymnasiums are fundamentally very reverberant spaces due to their hard, parallel surfaces and large volumes. Along with athletics, school gyms are often used as auditoriums and event spaces. This school in particular had scheduled an upcoming fundraising event that […]
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The Shands Guest House in Gainesville is a large Marriott brand hospitality project on the campus of the University of Florida. The 6 story building was designed to accommodate guests of the University and the adjacent Shands Hospital. During the design the architectural firm, Walker Architects, hired a renowned independent acoustical consulting firm to assist in […]
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Throughout Orlando and the Southeast US, many hotels are still built with stick construction methods, including wood stud partitions and open web truss floors. However, the major hotel brands still require an STC of 55+ for most demising walls, and 50+ for corridor walls and floor assemblies. This can be an extreme challenge, since STC […]
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With so many STC-rated assemblies out on the marketplace, what makes the Wall Blokker soundproofing membrane so unique? Architects, contractors and owners face the issue every day on how to cost-effectively soundproofing their walls and floors. Commercial Acoustics is revolutionizing the soundproofing industry by providing a new EVA polymer-based membrane that hangs quickly and easily […]
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Commercial Acoustics Expands to New Manufacturing Facility to Accommodate Continued Growth
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Firm Specializes in Soundproofing, Acoustic Treatment, and Sound Masking Projects – Expands to 12,000 Square Foot Manufacturing Plant Tampa – Commercial Acoustics, soundproofing company and developer of the award-winning Wall Blokker, today announced the move of its headquarters to 6122 Benjamin Road, Tampa, FL 33634 near the Tampa International Airport. After 5 years of growth […]
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When faced with an acoustical problem such as a noisy office, oftentimes the root cause is overlooked. Modern office design and architecture places a premium on open floor plans and collaborative workspaces which lack the ubiquitous partition walls, carpets, and even the acoustical ceiling tiles that we’ve all become accustomed to seeing. As a result, […]