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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Oct
Oct
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. […]
Case Studies
Restaurant Speech Intelligibility: Cutting Reverberation Time from 1.6 to Under 1 Second
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Oct
Project Overview: Restaurant Reverberation Reduction Why Hard Surfaces Kill Restaurant Speech Intelligibility Speech intelligibility is the percentage of spoken words a listener can correctly identify in a given environment. It is not loudness. A room can be quiet and still have terrible speech intelligibility if the reverberation tail blurs each word into the start of […]
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Project Overview: Cafeteria Soundproofing Why School Cafeterias Have Severe Acoustic Problems School cafeterias are designed for cleanability first. Tile floors, sealed walls, hard ceilings, stainless serving lines, and minimal soft material on any surface make a cafeteria the easiest building type to mop and the hardest to control acoustically. Every one of those finish choices […]
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Project Overview: Tampa Open Office Sound Panel Install Why Open Offices Need Sound Panels for Conference Calls Open offices used to be measured by speech privacy and noise distraction between desks. Hybrid work changed the test. The new failure mode is the conference call. When a remote participant joins a meeting and hears every keyboard, […]
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Project Overview: Restaurant Acoustic Art Panel Install The Tropical Smoothie Cafe location had the same acoustic problem most quick-service restaurants run into within a year of opening. Hard tile floors, painted drywall, and a metal-and-glass storefront left the dining room with nowhere for sound to settle. During lunch peak, the room turned into a wash […]
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Project Overview: Lake Nona Community Clubhouse The clubhouse was finished beautifully and acoustically broken. Floor-to-ceiling glass on three sides, a charred-and-sandblasted hardwood floor, custom chandeliers, and an exposed corrugated metal deck overhead. Every reflective surface modern design loves. During the first community meeting, speech intelligibility collapsed. During the first yoga class, the instructor needed a […]