Project Overview: Yeoman’s Cask & Lion Ceiling Panels Why British Pubs Are Acoustically Loud British pubs and gastropubs are built around materials that look great and sound terrible. Exposed brick, dark wood paneling, tile floors, tin ceilings, and large flat windows are the visual language of the category. Every one of those finishes reflects sound […]
Category Archives: Case Studies
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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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Project Overview: Retrofit Soundproofing Between Floors The Between-Floor Noise Problem Mixed-use commercial buildings stack incompatible noise profiles on top of each other. Ground-floor commercial kitchens, food halls, and back-of-house operations generate constant low-frequency rumble, hood noise, equipment cycling, and impact from pots and prep work. Second-floor event spaces need a quiet floor and a clean […]
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Project Overview: Adaptive Reuse Apartment Soundproofing Why Adaptive Reuse Triggers Demising Wall Code Adaptive reuse projects convert an existing building into a different use class. The most common version takes an old commercial or industrial structure and turns it into apartments, condos, or mixed-use residential. The conversion looks like a renovation on paper, but the […]
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Project Overview: Fitness Studio Soundproofing Why Retail Strip Tenants Don’t Tolerate Gym Noise Retail strip buildings are designed for low-decibel uses. Day spas, salons, dental offices, accountant suites, and retail boutiques expect a quiet ambient floor and rarely have any acoustic treatment in the demising walls beyond a single layer of drywall on each side […]
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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 […]
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Project Overview: LVT Soundproofing Underlayment Why LVT Installations Are Acoustically Sensitive Luxury vinyl plank is now the dominant finished floor in mid-market multi-family construction. It looks like wood, costs less than wood, and tolerates moisture better than wood. Acoustically it behaves nothing like wood. LVT is a thin hard surface that transmits impact noise efficiently […]
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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: Live Music Restaurant Acoustic Treatment Why Restaurants With Live Music Have a Double Acoustic Problem A standard restaurant has one acoustic problem to solve. Diner-generated noise (conversation, glassware, kitchen sounds) needs to be controlled enough that guests can hold a table conversation without raising voices. That single problem is hard but well understood. […]
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Project Overview: Hotel Penthouse Ceiling Soundproofing Why Penthouse Suites Sit in the Worst Acoustic Position Penthouses sell on the view. The unit at the top of a tower has the best sightlines, the most natural light, and the highest revenue per night or per square foot. The trade-off most operators undersell is the acoustic position. […]