Case Studies

Case Studies

Acoustic Art Panels for Restaurants: Custom Printed Echo Reduction

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Acoustic Art Panels for Restaurants Custom Printed Echo Reduction Tropical Smoothie
09
Jun
Restaurant · Absorption
Custom dye-sublimated acoustic art panels with brand graphics installed across a Tropical Smoothie Cafe dining room — 2″ mineral fiber core, NRC 1.05 absorption, fabricated and mounted after hours so the quick-service restaurant could open the next morning.
Products:Acoustic Art PanelAcoustic BaffleAcoustic Panel
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Custom dye-sublimated acoustic art panels with brand graphics installed across a Tropical Smoothie Cafe dining room — 2″ mineral fiber core, NRC 1.05 absorption, fabricated and mounted after hours so the quick-service restaurant could open the next morning.

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Cafeteria Soundproofing: Hanging Acoustic Baffles for a School Dining Hall

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Cafeteria Soundproofing Hanging Acoustic Baffles for a School Dining Hall
07
Jun
Education · Absorption
100 PVC-wrapped hanging acoustic baffles suspended over Marchman Technical College's main cafeteria in Pasco County, FL — cutting reverberation across the hard-surfaced dining hall while staying easy to wipe down inside a food-service environment.
Products:Acoustic BaffleAcoustic Panel
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100 PVC-wrapped hanging acoustic baffles suspended over Marchman Technical College’s main cafeteria in Pasco County, FL — cutting reverberation across the hard-surfaced dining hall while staying easy to wipe down inside a food-service environment.

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Office Floor Vibration Testing: ISO 10137 Footfall Assessment

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Office Floor Vibration Testing ISO 10137 Footfall Assessment
06
Jun
Office // Commercial · Consulting
ISO 10137 footfall vibration assessment for the Providence One commercial office building in Lake Mary, FL — measuring Class 3 perceptible (one magnitude under the action limit) across a 3″ slab on 3-1/4″ corrugated deck supported by W21x44 beams.
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ISO 10137 footfall vibration assessment for the Providence One commercial office building in Lake Mary, FL — measuring Class 3 perceptible (one magnitude under the action limit) across a 3″ slab on 3-1/4″ corrugated deck supported by W21x44 beams.

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Student Housing Soundproofing: STC 50 Wood-Stud Demising Walls

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Student Housing Soundproofing STC 50 Wood-Stud Demising Walls
05
Jun
Multi-Family · Blocking
1/8″ Wall Blokker membrane on wood-stud demising walls inside Evolve Student Apartments — a 9-story student-housing tower at the edge of Auburn University built by CA Ventures and Westand Wright — hitting STC 50 without stacking additional drywall layers.
Products:Wall Blokker
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1/8″ Wall Blokker membrane on wood-stud demising walls inside Evolve Student Apartments — a 9-story student-housing tower at the edge of Auburn University built by CA Ventures and Westand Wright — hitting STC 50 without stacking additional drywall layers.

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Hotel Acoustic Consultant: Guest Room ASTC Field Test for Noise Complaints

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Hotel Acoustic Consultant Guest Room ASTC Field Test for Noise Complaints
02
Jun
Hospitality · Consulting
ASTM E336 ASTC field testing across an upscale Tampa hotel three years post-opening — diagnosing window-traffic noise, door undercuts, and bar-speaker flanking that left guestrooms at ASTC 47, well above code but short of the luxury 55-60 target.
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ASTM E336 ASTC field testing across an upscale Tampa hotel three years post-opening — diagnosing window-traffic noise, door undercuts, and bar-speaker flanking that left guestrooms at ASTC 47, well above code but short of the luxury 55-60 target.

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Bathroom Soundproofing: Pipe Lagging for Plumbing Noise

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01
Jun
Multi-Family · Blocking
Two-part pipe lagging — mass-loaded vinyl over fiberglass batting — wrapped across 50+ linear feet of supply and drain piping above living spaces in a single-family home, dropping the toilet flush and kitchen drain noise that had been broadcasting during dinners.
Products:Duct Blokker
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Two-part pipe lagging — mass-loaded vinyl over fiberglass batting — wrapped across 50+ linear feet of supply and drain piping above living spaces in a single-family home, dropping the toilet flush and kitchen drain noise that had been broadcasting during dinners.

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Hospital Noise Reduction: HCAHPS Sound Study & SPL Audit

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Hospital Noise Reduction HCAHPS Sound Study
24
May
Healthcare · Consulting
Hospital-wide HCAHPS sound study across a multi-floor Central Florida acute-care facility — Class 1 SPL meter logging time- and space-stamped noise events, producing a multimodal behavioral plus architectural noise-reduction program for hospital leadership.
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Hospital-wide HCAHPS sound study across a multi-floor Central Florida acute-care facility — Class 1 SPL meter logging time- and space-stamped noise events, producing a multimodal behavioral plus architectural noise-reduction program for hospital leadership.

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Luxury Condo Soundproofing: STC 53-58 Demising Wall Design

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Luxury Condo Soundproofing STC 53-58 Demising Wall Design
01
May
Multi-Family · Blocking
Demising-wall soundproofing design for The Salvador — a 13-story 74-unit green-certified luxury condo tower in downtown St. Petersburg — using Wall Blokker membrane in place of stacked drywall to hit an STC 53-58 luxury target while cutting cost and schedule.
Products:Wall Blokker
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Demising-wall soundproofing design for The Salvador — a 13-story 74-unit green-certified luxury condo tower in downtown St. Petersburg — using Wall Blokker membrane in place of stacked drywall to hit an STC 53-58 luxury target while cutting cost and schedule.

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ACT Ceiling Flanking in Interview Rooms: Sound Masking & Wall Blokker Fix

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ACT Ceiling Flanking in Interview Rooms Sound Masking Wall Blokker Fix
29
Apr
Government // Civic · Sound Masking
Layered sound-flanking fix across 10 Pinellas County Sheriff interview rooms — Sound Masking Classic plus Wall Blokker on the demising walls killed the plenum sound path even with high-CAC ceiling tile, restoring speech privacy at roughly .00-.50 per SF.
Products:Sound MaskingWall Blokker
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Layered sound-flanking fix across 10 Pinellas County Sheriff interview rooms — Sound Masking Classic plus Wall Blokker on the demising walls killed the plenum sound path even with high-CAC ceiling tile, restoring speech privacy at roughly $1.00-$2.50 per SF.

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Commercial Gym Soundproofing: Vibration Isolation for Multi-Tenant Buildings

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Commercial Gym Soundproofing Vibration Isolation for Multi-Tenant Buildings
27
Apr
Office // Commercial · Blocking
Vibration and noise assessment for a Crunch Fitness lifting and group-fitness location on the second floor of a multi-tenant Ohio commercial building — measuring ASTC 53 in the adjacent hallway and tracing the dropped-weight vibration through a 4″ concrete slab.
Products:AcoustiStepSound Masking
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Vibration and noise assessment for a Crunch Fitness lifting and group-fitness location on the second floor of a multi-tenant Ohio commercial building — measuring ASTC 53 in the adjacent hallway and tracing the dropped-weight vibration through a 4″ concrete slab.

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Hotel Window Soundproofing: MLV Curtains for Highway Noise

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Hotel Window Soundproofing for Highway Noise MLV Curtains - Residence Inn
19
Apr
Hospitality · Blocking
Mass-loaded vinyl soundproofing curtains hung over the highway-facing guestroom windows at a Residence Inn property under NDA — designer-grade cotton-canvas drape with an MLV core knocking down traffic noise that hotel glazing alone could not contain.
Products:Fabric Wall
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Mass-loaded vinyl soundproofing curtains hung over the highway-facing guestroom windows at a Residence Inn property under NDA — designer-grade cotton-canvas drape with an MLV core knocking down traffic noise that hotel glazing alone could not contain.

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Multifamily Acoustic Testing: ASTC & AIIC Field Test in New York

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Multifamily Acoustic Testing ASTC & AIIC Field Test in New York
01
Apr
Multi-Family · Consulting
Multifamily field defect investigation for an Upstate New York property — pink-noise ASTM E336 ASTC plus ASTM E1007 AIIC tapping-machine testing from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz, pinpointing the stairway and floor-system defects driving resident noise complaints.
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Multifamily field defect investigation for an Upstate New York property — pink-noise ASTM E336 ASTC plus ASTM E1007 AIIC tapping-machine testing from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz, pinpointing the stairway and floor-system defects driving resident noise complaints.

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Second Floor Soundproofing: IIC 45 Floor System for Custom Home Construction

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Second Floor Soundproofing IIC 45 Floor System for Custom Home Construction
23
Mar
Multi-Family · Blocking
Second-floor footfall fix for a new-construction Tampa custom home — Floor Blokker membrane in the second-story subfloor plus Wall Blokker Pro on walls bringing IIC from the low 30s up to approximately 45 across the playroom and master suite below.
Products:Floor BlokkerWall Blokker Pro
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Second-floor footfall fix for a new-construction Tampa custom home — Floor Blokker membrane in the second-story subfloor plus Wall Blokker Pro on walls bringing IIC from the low 30s up to approximately 45 across the playroom and master suite below.

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Movie Theater Acoustics: STC 65 Wall Build with Low-Frequency Bass Attenuation

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STC 65 movie theater wall build with low-frequency bass attenuation
15
Feb
Entertainment · Blocking
Demising-wall acoustic build for a multi-auditorium Dallas luxury cinema — Wall Blokker membrane on each side of the studs (lab-tested at Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories) delivering STC 65 plus 20+ dB attenuation in the 50-80 Hz cinema bass band.
Products:Wall Blokker
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Demising-wall acoustic build for a multi-auditorium Dallas luxury cinema — Wall Blokker membrane on each side of the studs (lab-tested at Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories) delivering STC 65 plus 20+ dB attenuation in the 50-80 Hz cinema bass band.

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Historic Hotel Soundproofing: STC 50 Retrofit in 1920s Wood-Frame Construction

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Historic Hotel Soundproofing Fenway Hotel Wood Frame Construction
05
Feb
Hospitality · Blocking
Historic restoration soundproofing at The Fenway Hotel — a 1920s wood-frame property in Dunedin, FL — hitting STC 50+ across original 2×6 demising walls with Wall Blokker Pro both sides plus Floor Blokker on the joist system without adding wall thickness.
Products:Floor BlokkerWall Blokker Pro
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Historic restoration soundproofing at The Fenway Hotel — a 1920s wood-frame property in Dunedin, FL — hitting STC 50+ across original 2×6 demising walls with Wall Blokker Pro both sides plus Floor Blokker on the joist system without adding wall thickness.

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