Project Overview: Soundproofing for Developers Why Modular Construction Hits a STC Problem Modular construction is reshaping mid-rise multi-family. Panelized light gauge steel framing assembled off-site cuts schedule, reduces on-site labor, and limits weather exposure during the build. The Chicago developer behind this project was running the math on a switch to panelized framing for a […]
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Project Overview: Acoustic Treatment for a South Florida Live Music Venue A South Florida live music venue called us in after a recent renovation made the room sound worse. Management swapped the original carpet for a lower-pile commercial product as part of a member-area refresh, and the change pulled enough mid- and high-frequency absorption out […]
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Church Acoustical Design Criteria Church acoustical design balances two goals that pull in opposite directions. The first is reverberation: enough decay time for music to feel full and for the congregation to feel like they are singing together rather than singing alone. The second is speech intelligibility: a short enough decay that every word from […]
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Project Overview: Noise Ordinance Testing for a Bywater Marigny Venue An entertainment venue preparing to open in the Bywater / Marigny district hired Commercial Acoustics to run a baseline noise ordinance assessment ahead of a meeting with New Orleans City Council members. The venue’s outdoor back-patio stage sits within feet of multiple adjacent residences, which […]
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Project Overview: University Acoustic Panels at USF The University of South Florida built out a new laboratory and education center on its main campus and brought Commercial Acoustics in to handle the room acoustic treatment. The space was finished with a hard reflective floor and a suspended acoustic ceiling tile grid, and the architect specified […]
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Project Overview: Acoustic Panels for Three Broadcast Studios at GPB Atlanta-based Georgia Public Broadcasting expanded its broadcast capabilities at its Midtown Atlanta headquarters and built out three new recording studios to meet capacity. Commercial Acoustics was contracted to fabricate and install the acoustic treatment package across all three rooms. An independent acoustic consultant set the […]
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Project Overview: Acoustic Treatment for the Pinellas Park Public Works Auditorium The Pinellas Park Public Works Department Public Works Department called Commercial Acoustics in to fix significant echo and reverb in their public works auditorium. The room functions as both a training space and a public meeting venue, splittable into two halves with a retractable […]
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Project Overview: Church Acoustic Panel Installation Sanctuary Reverberation Challenges at Westcoast Church Westcoast Church in Englewood, Florida pulled the previous wall panels out of its primary sanctuary, and noise complaints followed almost immediately. The room had gone live: gabled acoustic ceiling tile overhead, painted drywall on three sides, drywall and glass on the east wall, […]
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Project Overview: Miami Acoustic Consultant for a Hotel Amenity Lounge Acoustic Consulting Brief, Miami Hotel Amenity Lounge The Miami hotel project came to us in the progress drawing phase. The architect and developer wanted an acoustic consultant to size the reverberation problem in the amenity lounge before the finishes were locked, while changes were still […]
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Project Overview: New Orleans Residential Sound Testing The Test Brief: Shotgun Duplex Demising Wall The duplex owner had a long-running tenant noise complaint between adjacent units of a New Orleans shotgun-style home. Conversations and TV from one side were carrying clearly into the other, and standard troubleshooting (caulking outlets, sealing baseboards) had not moved the […]