Project Overview: GEMLUX Lobby Reverberation Treatment GEMLUX partnered with Commercial Acoustics to address excessive reverberation in their Jacksonville headquarters lobby. The expansive entrance featured high ceilings and reflective surfaces such as tile and glass, which magnified sound reflections. These conditions created challenges for daily operations as well as company events hosted in the lobby. The […]
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Jan
Jan
Project Overview: Bank Sound Masking & Acoustic Treatment Fifth District Savings Bank brought Commercial Acoustics in to fix two problems that quietly chip away at the customer experience inside almost every modern retail branch: a hard-surfaced lobby that broadcasts every conversation, and private banking offices whose lightweight partitions leak audible speech to whoever happens to […]
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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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Oct
Oct
Project Overview: Acoustical Testing in a Corporate Office Why Sound Testing Beats Guessing in a Corporate Office Amgen had done everything right on paper. STC-rated walls, a properly specified Lencore sound masking system, a designer-grade modular partition layout. The TI buildout completed and the noise complaints arrived almost immediately. Conversations between adjacent closed offices were […]
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Jul
Jul
Project Overview: Office Sound Privacy Decision Framework The Office Sound Privacy Problem in Modular Buildouts Modern corporate offices spec modular partition systems for one obvious reason: flexibility. Walls reconfigure in days, not weeks. The trade-off shows up after the buildout, when occupants discover that a partition rated for design flexibility was not rated for speech […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Conference Room Acoustics with Custom Panels Why Office Conference Rooms Are the Worst Acoustic Offenders Of every acoustic problem we get called into on a weekly basis, conference room reverberation tops the list. The reasons are structural: conference rooms are bigger than the average office, they’re built around hard reflective finishes (drywall, glass, […]
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Dec
Dec
Project Overview: Creative Agency Office Acoustic Ceiling Panels Why Open-Plan Creative Offices Are Loud Creative agencies and digital media offices are usually built around the same finish palette. Polished concrete floors, exposed-deck ceilings, glass conference rooms, and minimal soft material on the walls. The aesthetic is intentional and reads as modern, but every one of […]
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Nov
Nov
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, and 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 […]