Acoustics Noise Vibration staff understand the design requirements for a wide range of building types including: Auditoria, Music facilities, Church, Community, Commercial, Residential, Retail, Industrial, Green Star, Sports facilities, Defence, Education, Entertainment and Health.

The Acoustics Goal:

The goal of the acoustic design for buildings is to create spaces that meet or exceed the functional requirements of the client within the cost plan. This has included:

• the design of the building façade to control road traffic noise intrusion,
• selecting suitable finishes to optimise open plan office spaces, and
• designing specialised isolation systems for submersible pumps to meet noise and vibration requirements inside an indemnified gallery.

Key Elements:

Building projects have included heritage buildings, refurbishment of existing facilities and new building projects. Acoustic work has included:

• noise and vibration monitoring,
• measurement and testing of room acoustics,
• façade design to control aircraft, road, rail and plant noise intrusion,
• setting suitable internal noise criteria,
• Building Code acoustic design,
• RPEQ certification,
• internal acoustic privacy between spaces (via walls, doors, ceilings, floors, ducting),
• ESD and green star rating requirements,
• design of floating floors to limit footfall noise,
• roof treatments to control rain noise,
• mechanical and electrical plant noise control treatments to meet internal and external noise criteria,
• hydraulic services noise control,
• workplace health and safety considerations for workshop facilities,
• safety in design considerations, and
• defects inspections during construction.

Facilities have included:

• auditoria and music facilities,
• recording studios,
• lecture theatres,
• churches,
• children’s ministry areas and worship spaces,
• community halls,
• private offices,
• open plan office spaces,
• training rooms,
• boardrooms,
• seminar spaces,
• plantroom noise and vibration control, and
• noise control in workshops.

Projects undertaken by Acoustics Noise Vibration staff have included:

Community & Church

• State Library of Queensland (library, central energy, plaza, river pump room)
• Southport Library
• Ashgrove Counselling Centre
• Coomera Youth Centre
• Carramar Recreation hall
• Hosanna Church
• Bridgeman Baptist Church youth facility and meeting rooms
• Gladstone Baptist Church
• Gladstone UC
• Centenary UC
• Gateway Baptist Church
• Revival Fellowship Church Bundaberg
• Kenmore Baptist Church

Commercial

• BHP Billiton offices – 480 Queen Street
• Bechtel Offices Fortitude Valley
• Q Super offices Brisbane City
• Telstra Call Centres (Roma St, Edward St, Townsville)
• Port of Brisbane ‘Green Star’ offices
• Holy Spirit Hospital consulting suites
• University of Queensland green star Learning Innovation Building project
• Call Centre for Social Research – University of Queensland
• Santos Building restaurant Brisbane City
• Council Chambers at Caloundra & Calliope
• Barrister’s Chambers
• Sports Medicine Clinic refurbishment
• Office and reception acoustic privacy – Holy Spirit Hospital
• Office and public spaces in the State Library of Queensland
• Defence offices at bases in Brisbane, Oakey, Townsville, Darwin, Nowra

Residential

• Private residence Indooroopilly
• Longland Street mixed use development Newstead
• Wyandra Street apartments Newstead
• Doggett Street apartments Newstead
• Cornwall Street apartments Woolloongabba
• Highfields Motel Toowoomba
• Coolangatta Aged Care
• South Tweed Aged Care
• Woodford Aged Care
• Finucane Road apartments Alexandra Hills
• Logan Road Mt Gravatt apartments
• Port Douglas apartments and hotel
• Roma Street Backpackers hostel
• Residential Noise Insulation Study for apartments in Fortitude Valley
• North Lakes residential sub-division
• Augustus residential sub-division
• South Bank apartments
• Dockside residential apartments & hotel

Retail

• ALDI facilities throughout Qld and northern NSW
• Logan Hyperdome refurbishments
• Westfields Garden City Expansion Mt Gravatt
• Logan Gym
• Service Station & Fast Food Arundel
• The Gap Village Shopping Centre
• Myer Centre retail and bus interchange
• Broadway on the Mall
• Data Centre tenancy Kenmore shopping centre
• Centro Milton
• Homemaker Centre Maroochydore
• Shopping Centre Expansion Rockhampton

Hospitality

• Café Fortitude Valley
• Tank St Restaurant
• Wool Store Function Centre Cairns
• Cheers Taverns
• Dicey Reilly’s Taverns

Industrial

• Port of Brisbane offices
• Caltex oil refinery offices
• Industrial Estate Mackay
• Taroom Workshops
• Defence workshops and hangars – Townville, Oakey, Nowra
• Power Station noise at farm residence
• Helicopter workshops and hangar Cairns
• Industrial Estate Beaudesert

Sports

• Physio gym and indoor hydrotherapy pool Royal Brisbane & Womens Hospital
• Kelvin Grove Gym
• Logan Gym
• Jindalee Sports Centre
• Youth Hall Bridgeman Church
• Toowoomba Sports Grounds
• Coomera Youth Centre
• Lions AFL Club Auditorium under the Gabba Stadium
• Sports Hall and Music Facility Moreton Bay College
• Mercy College Sports Hall Mackay
• Indoor shooting facility Oxley

Auditorium and Music Facilities

Defence

Entertainment

Education

Health