Construction and Architecture

Acoustic adjustment of canteen rooms

Task

Acoustic adaptation of premises used as company canteens at various industrial sites

Design

Feasibility study, Detailed design, Construction supervision, Safety coordination, Acoustic testing
Client

Private client

The project

The acoustic adaptation project is part of a wider programme of adaptation and modernisation of company canteens serving a major industrial group.
Specifically, GIT was responsible for measures aimed at mitigating and eliminating noise in the canteens, in order to bring it below the legal limits.

The following activities were carried out to achieve these objectives:

acquisition of existing documentation from the property (building and architectural plans and design layouts for UTA piping) and survey of the types of materials comprising the building envelope
assessment of the current situation through on-site sound level measurement (calculation of reverberation time RT)
3D acoustic modelling prior to construction (current situation) using Odeon 12 predictive software
Modelling of land reclamation using Odeon 12 forecasting software
selection of materials and detailed design of the works.

The design took the following aspects into account:

division into functional lots and subsequent production of several complete and distinct design sets
requirements for standardising the architectural image of company canteens.