Project Overview: Hospital Sound Masking and HCAHPS Study Why HCAHPS Drives Hospital Sound Investment HCAHPS — the federal Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey — is the reason most hospital sound projects get funded. The survey includes a “quietness of the hospital environment at night” question, and that single line item ties […]
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Nov
Nov
Project Overview: Corporate Open Office Sound Masking The Open Office Privacy Problem at a Defense Contractor HQ Tru Simulation + Training is a Textron Inc. subsidiary, headquartered in the Tampa metro and known for developing, manufacturing, and maintaining flight training systems for both civil and defense aviation. The accounting and sales division at the Northpointe […]
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May
May
Project Overview: Counseling Center Sound Masking Why Therapy Sessions Need More Than Wall Soundproofing Counseling and therapy practices live under a stricter speech-privacy bar than most healthcare settings. Therapy notes are protected under HIPAA’s psychotherapy notes provision (45 CFR 164.501) with safeguards above the standard PHI baseline — and the spoken sessions that produce those […]
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May
May
Project Overview: Office Pipe Lagging Why Industrial-Aesthetic Offices Have a Mechanical Noise Problem Industrial-aesthetic offices are designed to expose what most office buildouts hide. Drop ceilings come down. Concrete deck stays raw. Pipes, ductwork, conduit, and structural beams sit naked above the workstations. The look is intentional and reads as modern, but the acoustic consequence […]
Case Studies
Multi-Zone Office Soundproofing: Machine Shop, Open Office, & Auditorium in One Buildout
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Sep
Sep
Project Overview: Multi-Zone Office Soundproofing Why Warehouse-to-Office Conversions Stack Acoustic Problems Warehouses are built for the opposite acoustic profile than offices. Tall ceilings, exposed structure, polished concrete floors, minimal interior walls, and zero soft material on any surface. Every one of those attributes reflects sound rather than absorbing it. The volume that makes a warehouse […]
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Aug
Aug
Project Overview: Call Center Sound Masking Why Call Centers Have a Unique Acoustic Problem A normal open office has intermittent speech. People talk in bursts. Conversations end. The room cycles between active and quiet. A call center never cycles. Every workstation is an active speech source for the entire shift, and every adjacent workstation is […]
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Apr
Apr
Project Overview: Pinellas County Sheriff Interview Rooms The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office was running interview rooms where one suspect could overhear another’s alibi through the wall. The walls themselves looked fine. The investigators could see drywall. What they could not see was the path the sound was actually taking. The ACT ceiling above the walls […]
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Apr
Apr
Project Overview: Crunch Fitness Multi-Tenant Building Assessment Crunch Fitness opened a second-floor commercial gym in December 2016. Within months, the tenants below and the spa next door were filing complaints. The healthcare provider on the floor below was hearing weight drops during patient sessions. The spa next door felt vibration during deep tissue treatments. The […]
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Dec
Dec
Project Overview: Pinellas County Library Reading Room Pinellas County Library had a problem most public libraries face when they add a maker space to a building that was never designed for one. The reading area was quiet by design. The maker space next door was loud by purpose. The demising wall between the two stopped […]
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