UPGRADES TO WALLS, CEILINGS, AND FLOORS CAN MUTE DISRUPTIVE NOUSE AND VIBRATION Spring 2017 By: Terence Tyson, PE, CDT principal consultant in acoustics, Acentech FITNESS CENTERS are valued amenities in many office, residential and mixed-use buildings, but they can also create noise and vibrations that make them less than ideal neighbors. Can a fitness center…
SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL CAPE COD By Steve Adams Banker & Tradesman Staff February 12, 2017 What Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod Where Sandwich Owner Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands Built 1995 Margulies Perruzzi Architects of Boston has completed the 10-month expansion and renovation of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod in Sandwich. MPA designed a…
WHAT DEVELOPERS CAN DO TO ASSESS AND MITIGATE GROUND-BORNE NOISE & VIBRATION IMPACTS Fall 2016 By: Jeffrey A. Zapfe, Ph.D., president, Acentech WHILE TRANSPORTATION systems are the arteries and veins of a city, when it comes to new development, their presence can cause a developer’s heart to skip a beat. One particularly significant challenge relates…
DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE / NAIOP: 4 STORIES Acentech collaborated with Baker Design Group to provide acoustical design for TripAdvisor’s new 282,000-square-foot global headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts. Their work focused on a four-story atrium designed to accommodate 1,100 employees for company meetings as well as smaller groups for dining, casual meetings and amplified and recorded presentations. The mixed-use…
LET’S REVIEW THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ACOUSTICS AND THE DESIGN OF QUIET PRODUCTS September 1, 2015 By: Steve Africk After a long and arduous design process, it can be frustrating to learn that a product has a “noise problem.” Perhaps Marketing has determined that the product may not fare well against the competition, especially internationally…
WITH ARTIST JANET ECHELMAN AS MAESTRO, A TEAM OF ENVELOPE-PUSHING INNOVATORS CREATES AERIAL SCULPTURES by Linda Tischler | May 26, 2015 Not many artists need to factor in the wind force load on a skyscraper to see if she can add just a little more orange to the edge of her work. But before she…
WHITE ROSE EXTENSION PROJECT April 18, 2014 When completed, the White Rose Extension Project will be the first fixed wellhead platform installed off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Subject to partner, corporate, and regulatory approvals, the Husky Energy White Rose Extension Project (WREP) is being developed through the construction of a wellhead platform,…
ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE TO CLIENTS April 1, 2014 Our Montreal office has relocated to provide an enhanced level of service to local clients. “Montreal is an important city, and Arup is excited to be a part of it. This reinforces our presence in Montreal and enables us to enhance our support our local clients.…
THE NEW YORK TIMES: BUSINESS TRAVEL CAN BE UNRELENTINGLY LOUD By: Harriet Edleson Noise, to a business traveler, can be something as simple as a conversation on a train or a plane or as unrelenting as the sound of a jet engine on a seven-hour flight. Among the biggest culprits are the cellphone talkers, the…
THE NEW YORK TIMES: APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF MACHINERY NOISE By: Joyce Cohen An appliance may be hidden from the eyes, but that doesn’t mean it escapes notice entirely. Manufacturers of household machinery are also taking heed of the demand for quiet. “People are complaining more, particularly as appliances move into the…