Acoustic Services
NHBC offers the house-building and construction industry a high quality and comprehensive range of acoustic services delivered by competent and experienced consultants and technicians. Whether you require design advice, surveys, pre-compeltion testing or remedial advice, contact our team today for a competitive quotation.
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or contact our acoustic team on:
0870 850 5370
To download NHBC's Five Point Guide to Acoustic testing, click: Acoustics: Five-Point Guide
Pre-Completion Testing
Our Pre-Completion Sound Insulation Testing determines whether new or newly-converted homes and buildings comply with Approved Document E (2003 Edition) of the Building Regulations 2000. Our service is fully UKAS accredited which means that it has been assessed against internationally recognised standards to demonstrate our competence, impartiality and performance capability.
For more details about UKAS, please view the Why choose UKAS? leaflet (1.3mb pdf).
Building Acoustics
NHBC Acoustic Services has a specialist Building Acoustics capacity offering the following services:
Pre-build environmental noise and vibration survey
This will:
- provide the developer with the noise categorisation of the site in accordance with Planning Policy Guidance Note 24 'Planning and Noise' (PPG24)
- enable the façade specification (such as glazing and ventilation details) to be determined so that the appropriate internal noise levels within dwellings, specified by the planning authority, can be achieved.
Consultancy advice
This covers:
- identifying inherent acoustic deficiencies at the design stage
- providing suitable recommendations so that the design will have the potential to comply with the Building Regulations
- provision of design guidance for mixed use schemes.
Remedial advice
- Should any of the tests fail to comply with the Building Regulations, we can offer remedial advice. We can also carry out site inspections during the remedial work to monitor workmanship.
Noise at Work
- Monitoring employees' and contractors' exposure to noise to ensure the developer complies with the regulations under the Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
- Provision of appropriate noise control advice, where appropriate, to conform with the regulatory levels.
Construction noise and vibration monitoring
- Monitoring of site noise and vibration levels to demonstrate that the developer complies with local authority planning conditions relating to nearby residences.
- Assistance with developing a noise and vibration control strategy for the site, where the target noise levels from construction activities are exceeded.
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