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Case Studies

Healthcare Sound Testing for Hospitals: Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans

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Healthcare sound testing at Ochsner Medical Center
05
Dec
Healthcare · Consulting
After-hours ASTM E336 field STC testing across key partitions inside Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans — verifying AHCA compliance and protecting patient-privacy targets at the close-out of the hospital's recent major expansion phase.
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After-hours ASTM E336 field STC testing across key partitions inside Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans — verifying AHCA compliance and protecting patient-privacy targets at the close-out of the hospital’s recent major expansion phase.

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Case Studies

New Orleans Noise Ordinance Testing for Entertainment Venues

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New Orleans Noise Ordinance Testing for Entertainment Venues
16
Dec
Entertainment · Consulting
Pre-opening noise ordinance compliance testing for an indoor-outdoor Bywater music venue in New Orleans — Type 2 sound-level meter readings, L10 and Lmax baseline data, and a 10-minute capture plan prepped for City Council review under Chapter 66.
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Pre-opening noise ordinance compliance testing for an indoor-outdoor Bywater music venue in New Orleans — Type 2 sound-level meter readings, L10 and Lmax baseline data, and a 10-minute capture plan prepped for City Council review under Chapter 66.

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Miami Acoustic Consultant: Hotel Reverberation Analysis

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Miami Acoustic Consultant Hotel Reverberation Analysis
06
Dec
Hospitality · Consulting
Pre-construction acoustic consulting for a four-star Miami hotel amenity lounge under NDA — Sabin-formula reverberation modeling and LEED v4 RT60 targeting against a 1.8-second A-weighted baseline submitted with the developer's progress drawings.
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Pre-construction acoustic consulting for a four-star Miami hotel amenity lounge under NDA — Sabin-formula reverberation modeling and LEED v4 RT60 targeting against a 1.8-second A-weighted baseline submitted with the developer’s progress drawings.

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New Orleans Residential Sound Testing: Shotgun House Demising Wall

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New Orleans Residential Sound Testing Shotgun House Demising Wall
05
Dec
Multi-Family · Consulting
ASTM E336 field STC leak check and dBA flanking sweep on a shotgun-style duplex demising wall in New Orleans — documenting an ASTC of 35.6 (well below code) and engineering a retrofit recommendation to lift the wall to STC 45+ for multi-family use.
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ASTM E336 field STC leak check and dBA flanking sweep on a shotgun-style duplex demising wall in New Orleans — documenting an ASTC of 35.6 (well below code) and engineering a retrofit recommendation to lift the wall to STC 45+ for multi-family use.

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Acoustical Testing in a Corporate Office: ASTC Field Study

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Acoustical Testing in a Corporate Office ASTC Field Study AMGEN DC
26
Oct
Office // Commercial · Consulting
ASTM E336 ASTC field testing across 10 partitions inside Amgen Pharmaceuticals' Washington, DC corporate office — measuring values from ASTC 27 to 38 across a Teknion modular wall system and pinpointing the flanking paths driving real-world speech transfer.
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ASTM E336 ASTC field testing across 10 partitions inside Amgen Pharmaceuticals’ Washington, DC corporate office — measuring values from ASTC 27 to 38 across a Teknion modular wall system and pinpointing the flanking paths driving real-world speech transfer.

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Office Sound Privacy: Modular Wall vs. Drywall Decision Framework

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Office Sound Privacy Modular Wall Drywall Decision Framework
24
Jul
Office // Commercial · Consulting
ASTC field testing plus a modular-wall vs drywall decision-tree framework developed for an Amgen Tampa corporate office — comparing Teknion partitions, Armstrong Calla tiles, and Lencore masking against full drywall to lock in office speech-privacy targets.
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ASTC field testing plus a modular-wall vs drywall decision-tree framework developed for an Amgen Tampa corporate office — comparing Teknion partitions, Armstrong Calla tiles, and Lencore masking against full drywall to lock in office speech-privacy targets.

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Pre-Renovation Acoustic Testing: Hospital Atrium Reverberation Study

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Pre-Renovation Acoustic Testing Hospital Atrium Reverberation Study
25
Jun
Healthcare · Consulting
Pre-renovation reverberation baseline taken across the Moffitt Cancer Center atrium ahead of replacing the wood flooring with terrazzo — Type 1 SPL meter plus three impulse sources captured RT60 at 10 frequencies to predict the renovation's acoustic impact.
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Pre-renovation reverberation baseline taken across the Moffitt Cancer Center atrium ahead of replacing the wood flooring with terrazzo — Type 1 SPL meter plus three impulse sources captured RT60 at 10 frequencies to predict the renovation’s acoustic impact.

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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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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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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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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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