Projects

Audience comfort during concerts is an important part of the overall audience experience. An investigation was carried out at the O2 Arena during a concert to determine the response of the stands and to check that they did not create too much bounce with real audience activity. 

Sustainable Acoustics wrote a document on behalf of Historic Royal Palaces setting out how proactive and preventative measures would minimise operational noise moving through the third run of summer events at the Tower of London.

The King’s Cross Central development is an ongoing 15-year construction plan coordinated by property developers King’s Cross Central General Partner Limited. A commitment was made in the Code of Construction Practice to undertake noise monitoring for the project.

Sustainable Acoustics were instructed by OXO2 to advise on matters of noise control from the venue known as OXO, which is located on the second floor of the OXO Tower, London.

Sustainable Acoustics was instructed to investigate the acoustic sound insulation between Floors 29 and 30 of Millbank Tower, as well as the capacity of the music system on Floor 29 to be able to reproduce a sound field that will not be intrusive to the commercial operation on the 30th floor.

The Cumberland Arms is a culturally important venue in the Ouseburn Valley in Newcastle. When a residential development was proposed in the area local to this venue, Sustainable Acoustics was instructed to provide acoustic advice to the Cumberland Arms, and competitor ‘Apex Acoustics’ advised the prospective developer. Ultimately, the efforts of both companies resulted in a technically agreed solution, which has provided the Council with the confidence to allow the development to go ahead.

St George the Martyr Church in Newbury carried out a significant refurbishments of its existing church building, including a provision for improving the acoustics within the main hall space where people were finding it difficult to hear speech.

Sustainable Acoustics, working with Design Engine Architects, are delighted to have developed the acoustic strategy on Phase 1 of the Neuro Rehab unit known as Cedar Park, in the village Enham Alamein near Andover. The idea of this facility is to assist with the introduction of people back into community-style living.

Sustainable Acoustics worked on the construction and operational noise control at the new XCel Leisure Complex and Sports Hub.

Sustainable Acoustics was commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich to provide acoustic design advice for the construction of St. Mary Magdalene Church of England School, the proposed new school at Millennium Way, on the Greenwich Peninsula within site of the O2 arena. This site is affected by noise from London City Airport and the busy Millennium Way.

Sustainable Acoustics acted as the acoustic specialists for the refurbishment of the well-known Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts. We worked alongside award-winning architect Design Engine, to assist in the £5.3 million refurbishment of the iconic building, Britain’s largest regional arts centre.

Bringing F1 to London - enabling car demos and late night partying in the heart of the city for Eddie Jordan and his band.