Project Overview: High-STC Design for a Luxury Condo Build 731 St. Charles Avenue is a $40 million luxury condominium development redefining upscale living in the heart of New Orleans. The project replaces a historic concrete structure that once hosted some of the city’s earliest Mardi Gras balls—transforming a cultural landmark into modern residences that demand […]
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Apr
Apr
Project Overview: Hospital Guesthouse Soundproofing & Wall Assembly Design The Shands Guesthouse at the University of Florida campus was designed to offer comfort and privacy for visitors and families of patients receiving care at Shands Hospital. As part of the project, Commercial Acoustics was engaged to provide soundproofing in healthcare that met Marriott’s acoustic brand […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Hotel Soundproofing for a New-Construction La Quinta Winter Park Construction brought Commercial Acoustics onto its new four-story La Quinta build in Orlando to solve a problem that quietly trips up most select-service hotel projects in the Southeast: brand-mandated STC targets on a wood-frame structure. With over 60,000 square feet of demising walls, corridors, […]
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Dec
Dec
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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Nov
Nov
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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Nov
Nov
Project Overview: Restaurant Soundproof Curtain Partition Why Wright’s Needed Soundproofing, Not Acoustics Wright’s Gourmet recently renovated their large dining room to host private events alongside regular service. The acoustic ask was unusual: instead of softening the room with absorption, they needed to physically isolate one section of dining from another during a ticketed event. That […]
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Sep
Sep
Project Overview: Hotel AC Noise Reduction This project was completed at Homewood Suites by Hilton Sarasota / Lakewood Ranch, an extended-stay Hilton property in the Sarasota UTC corridor at 305 N Cattlemen Rd. The HVAC closet retrofit documented here was rolled out across guest rooms after the in-room cycling noise surfaced repeatedly in overnight guest […]
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Jul
Jul
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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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 […]
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Feb
Feb
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 […]