Standing on my doorstep last night at 19.55 hours it was peaceful, sun still shining, birds singing and the quietest I have ever known it. Suddenly, there was a calamity of noise, clapping, whistling, bells ringing, pots and pans being beaten. The support for the NHS and other key workers around my home was incredible. This week I was much more organised and set a sound level meter up in my garden to record the event. Now the key question to me is who was louder, Somerset or London? Before I explain the results, a few fundamental should be understood. On the carts below the following ..read more

Given the current situation, we would like to give our clients an update on the measures we have in place at Acoustic Consultants Ltd to continue supporting our clients.  The health of our staff, clients and the communities in which we operate are at the top of our agenda and all our staff have been briefed on the recommendations from the Government regarding hygiene and best practices. The office is currently open, although the majority of staff are working from home as much as possible. This is not a new practice to us and staff often do work from home on a weekly basis. Our staff have full ..read more

We had another CPD event yesterday presenting with Cook Brown Building Control and Cook Brown Energy at Cheltenham Racecourse. Steve Lucking of Cook Brown Building Control kindly provided the introductions and Q+A, Hugh Forster of International Fire Consultants presented on the changes to Approved Document F. Matthew Hodges of Cook Brown Energy presented Approved Document L changes. Blake Lucas of Acoustic Consultants Limited presented on Approved Document E. Our presentation covered the Approved Document E regulations, differing construction techniques and how construction techniques have pr ..read more

It was a great day yesterday presenting with Cook Brown Building Control and Cook Brown Energy at Ashton Gate, Bristol. James Cook kindly provided the introductions and Q+A, John Lynch of Cook Brown Building Control presented on the changes to Approved Document E. Matthew Hodges of Cook Brown Energy presented Approved Document L changes and Blake Lucas of Acoustic Consultants Limited presented on Approved Document E. Our presentation covered the Approved Document E regulations, differing construction techniques and how construction techniques have progressed since its release in 2003. The pre ..read more

Thanks to a team of local businesses, charities, property experts and Bristol City Countil (all of whom are donating their time for free), a derelict building in Bedminster will soon become “East Street Mews”. This will be a development of 11 studio apartments which will offer much needed accommodation to help the young people in the area.         As part of our desire for community social responsibility, we were thrilled to be involved with such a ground-breaking and worthwhile initiative. Firstly, we carried out a Baseline Noise Survey to determine the existing noise climate across the si ..read more

Due to continued growth at Acoustic Consultants Limited we have welcomed two new team members to the company over the last few months to support our current and future clients. Both have joined us after graduating from Southampton Solent University where they studied Audio Engineering. They will be getting involved with all aspects of consultancy work and are working toward gaining their IOA (Institute of Acoustics) membership. Fergal Denman joined the team in March 2019 as a Trainee Acoustic Consultant.     Ricki Demmery joined the team in July 2019 as a Trainee Acoustic Consultant. The post ..read more

In 2017, AKS Architects & Engineers appointed Acoustic Consultants Limited to carry out an assessment to address the noise climate affecting the proposed sports club, specifically noise from the Buffadero Military shooting range.   The proposed development comprised an underground car park with running track and football pitch above, sports stadium and internal swimming pool.    Our scope of works included assessing the impact of the Military shooting range to protect both the users of the sports arena and the operations of the military base. The assessment was completed in accordance wi ..read more

Last month we said goodbye to our old office and moved closer to Bristol into our new headquarters at 194 West Street, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 3NB.   It was a sad farewell to our old pad in Keynsham which had been our home for over 20  years but for an ever expanding business, we are moving on to bigger and better things.   The new office (formerly a pub) now allows us more space for our growing team of experienced and graduate level consultants.   There were a couple of motivating factors to make a move:  Space When we moved into our last office, there were just two of us and plenty of room ..read more

On the 3rd April we were invited to present at a work shop on noise and acoustics to Planning Officers, Building Control Officers, Project Managers and Surveyors of Southwark Council. Places were limited to 50 people and we were pleased to see a full house, even if this may have had something to do with the free Pizza! Daniel Oldaker presented topics including fundamentals of noise, how to understand different parameters, planning policy, the assessment of environmental noise and methods of noise control and whilst this section was aimed mainly towards the planning officers in the ro ..read more