Bloch Design Group's
Acoustical Engineers work closely with Architects and Owners to solve problems of poor or
dissonant acoustics as well as to improve the acoustical properties in such critical
spaces as control rooms, theatres, auditoriums, schools, atriums, boardrooms, conference
rooms, etc.
Although Bloch Design does
not do any general contracting we have been highly successful on a national level in the
design and construction coordination of spaces that require the utmost attention to
acoustical elements.
Our most successful projects are ones where we are involved early on in
the project. By bringing us in during the preliminary planning, we can make critical
architectural and structural suggestions prior to any final construction documents being
created. We want you to know upfront what the potential design and construction
costs may be. Many of our proposals contain cost and budget analyses, based on square
footage to be developed and our conversations with the customer regarding their
requirements for isolation, acoustic performance and visual finished quality.
Environments requiring higher amounts of low frequency isolation will also require
structural decoupling; the "floating room" solution. Floating rooms are
expensive to build, be it a spring floated concrete slab, or a resilient pad isolated
framed floor and stud wall system. If not properly loaded, the isolators will not work at
optimum efficiency. Understanding the dynamics of structural isolations systems, as well
as how to calculate actual live and dead loads in order to assure the proper type and
amount of isolation materials are used, is important for the success of any floating room.
Finally, what good is a space that has good isolation and functions well acoustically,
if it doesn't make you comfortable and eager to work there for extended periods? We are
sensitive to the visual design goals of the client, and try and work diligently to
maintain the image statement the client wants to make into a design that will meet the
projects' budget and time frame constraints. |