Project Overview: Noise Control Solutions for Apartment Amenities Located in downtown St. Petersburg, Marina Club Apartments is a large-scale luxury residential development featuring over 700 units and a variety of high-end amenity spaces. Skanska was tasked with delivering a best-in-class living environment, including thoughtful design elements that address the acoustic challenges common to multi-family buildings. […]
Tag Archives: Product – Acoustic Baffle
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Project Overview: Designing for Acoustics in a Lively Sports Lounge Top Shelf Sports Lounge isn’t just another bar in downtown Tampa—it’s a dynamic social hub where fans gather for live sports, casual dining, and a high-energy atmosphere. With bold design elements, high ceilings, and open seating, the space was visually compelling—but acoustically challenging. Hard surfaces […]
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Project Overview: Acoustic Design Using Decorative Felt Ceiling Baffles Capstan Financial Consulting Group is expanding into Wellen Park with a new, 4,500-square-foot second-floor office in Downtown Wellen, the region’s growing commercial and social hub. As a boutique wealth management firm managing over $1 billion in client assets, Capstan required a high-performance space that reflected its […]
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Project Overview: Ceiling-Mounted Panels at Collierville Elementary Schools The Collierville Schools district in Tennessee set out to improve the sound quality in five elementary gymnasiums across its community. These large-volume spaces were used not only for PE and athletics but also for school assemblies, music programs, and after-school events. Unfortunately, their echo-heavy nature made announcements […]
Case Studies
Impact-Resistant Sound Panels for School Gyms: Holton-Arms Girls School in Bethesda, MD
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Project Overview: Impact-Resistant Sound Panels at Holton-Arms School Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland—a prestigious all-girls private institution—recently renovated its athletic center as part of a broader campus improvement initiative. One of the most critical upgrades involved integrating durable, high-performance acoustic treatments to improve sound quality and withstand the daily rigors of school athletics. Commercial Acoustics […]
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Project Overview: Theater Acoustics for a School Performance Space Why Theater Acoustics Are Different from Other Performance Spaces Theaters live in a much wider RT60 range than most rooms. A restaurant lands between 0.7 and 1.1 seconds depending on whether the operator wants intimate or lively. A theater can run anywhere from 0.8 to 1.6 […]
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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, […]