13 March 2020
Contractors are often required to undertake vibration monitoring during construction or demolition projects in order to ensure there is no damage to sensitive structures […..]
28 November 2019
This project provides a typical example of how Surge Analysis can be used to solve a potentially dangerous problem on a Petrochemical Plant […..]
30 September 2019
Spectrum are often approached by clients who wish to prepare a planning application for a speculative industrial warehouse scheme and where a noise impact assessment or the pursuit of BREEAM credits forms part of the acoustic design process […..]
14 June 2019
Spectrum were pleased to be asked by Howden Thomassen Compressors (HTC) to undertake a full API 618 Design Approach 3 (5th Edition) Acoustic and Mechanical Pulsation Study for the SASREF Project, Saudi Arabia […..]
28 February 2019
Spectrum routinely act as an office Acoustic Consultant; either providing valuable input early in the design stage, or diagnostic testing and remediation advice for existing problematic offices […..]
15 October 2018
Public Address General Alarm and Voice Alarm (PAGA/PAVA) systems may have to convey vital safety information, often in hazardous work areas where lack of clarity could have catastrophic consequences. So why are so many systems barely audible and what is the key to achieving good speech intelligibility? […..]
19 June 2017
Spectrum has worked with Meda International and BDB Design Build, as well as XLB Projects, on a number of car showroom developments across the country for Audi, JLR, Volvo, and Kia, being involved both at the planning stage as well as assisting with achieving BREEAM credits. In relation to noise and acoustics, credits under BREEAM sections Pol 05 and Hea 05 are often sought […..]
14 June 2017
Galliard Homes wanted to develop a former car dealership site at Merrick Road in Southall for housing. The site is near some busy roads, and not far from Southall Railway station and though not especially noisy, did need careful acoustic design as part of the planning permission […..]
03 May 2017
Principal Consultant, Nick Treby, of Spectrum was invited by Saint-Gobain Ecophon UK to provide acoustic insight on an architectural visit to several education sites in Sweden and Denmark. The trip was for architects and related fields, so included project managers and an FFE specialist […..]
28 April 2017
Spectrum has a long history of pipework vibration studies through the 100’s of API618 studies carried out for reciprocating compressor installations over the past 28 years. More recently the Energy Institute “E I Guidelines for the Avoidance of Vibration Induced Fatigue Failure in Process Pipework” has brought together the consideration of all potential vibration mechanisms as part of a single process which can be carried out for new or existing process pipework installations […..]