The state of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) reached out to Commercial Acoustics to solve a lingering issue that they have encountered with a number of their properties across the state. In a number of FDJJ detention halls it was determined that the reverberation in the space caused unnecessarily loud environments, which contributed to […]
Tag Archives: Industry – Commercial
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Feb
Feb
Highland AG Services in Mulberry FL recently completed a large office renovation for their corporate headquarters. The 2-story office building consisted of polished concrete floors with gypsum walls that did not quite reach the corrugated metal deck. As a result the company had acoustic reverberation in the open areas as well as sound transmission between […]
04
Dec
Dec
WeWork recently expanded their newest office space to Tampa, Florida, providing a co-working space with high-end amenities and luxury finishes, in the heart of bustling downtown. With these luxury features come some downfalls in terms of acoustics. In many of the rooms, hardwood flooring finishes combined with gypsum ceilings provided a reverberant space, not conducive […]
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Sep
Sep
Commercial Acoustics was contacted to help with a lobby reverberation issue in Jacksonville, Florida. While the firm is headquartered in Tampa, they also operate out of their field office in Riverside. Acoustic issues in Office Lobby spaces are commonplace. Lobbies are often tiled or finished with hardwood floors to allow for significant foot traffic with […]
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Apr
Apr
CAN Community Health is a not-for-profit comprehensive care clinic with 34 offices located throughout Florida and South Carolina to provide medical social and educational services. Recently CAN Community opened their new facility headquarters in Sarasota Florida, where the team at Commercial Acoustics was hired to advise on as well as fabricate and install soundproofing and […]
08
Dec
Dec
The Pinellas Park Public Works office was dealing with significant echo and reverb in their conference room. They reached out to Commercial Acoustics to come and do on-site reverberation testing as part of their acoustic consulting capabilities, in order to determine how many acoustic sound panels would be needed to reduce the echo in their […]
05
Dec
Dec
Commercial Acoustics provided ceiling-mounted absorption panels at the New Orleans Police department building on Broadway Street. The architect, Concordia, also based in New Orleans, determined that acoustic treatment was needed in the interview rooms to improve the speech quality. Similar to other Police Stations and Sheriff’s Offices, acoustic absorption is a critical tool for architects […]
03
Dec
Dec
For those that have worked in museums, libraries, and other specialty civic projects, you may have noticed the tendency for architects to use 2# MLV, or 2 lb/sf (2 pounds per square foot) Mass Loaded Vinyl. This is an extremely heavy soundproofing membrane that is used to block noise from loud areas, such as mechanical […]
06
Nov
Nov
Tampa Sound Masking Solution When the headquarters of Tru Simulation + Training in Tampa Florida needed to improve sound privacy within the accounting and sales division of their office space, they contacted the experts at Commercial Acoustics to analyze the space and determine the most efficient way to solve their sound transmission issues. The parent […]
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Oct
Oct
Commercial Acoustics was contracted by Amgen Pharmaceuticals to review the modular partition layout and design of their new corporate offices in Washington, DC and Tampa, FL. While care had been taken to select suitable, STC-rated walls and a Sound Masking system had been installed and implemented, significant noise complaints were immediately evident after the TI […]