Nottinghamshire
Acoustic consultants in Nottingham.
A tram network running through the middle of a dense student and city-centre residential market.
The local picture
What we deal with in Nottingham.
Nottingham's tram network is a distinctive source. Trams produce frequent, relatively short pass-by events with a characteristic profile, including wheel squeal on tighter curves that is strongly tonal. Development along the route needs an assessment that handles individual events and their character rather than a daily average, and proximity to a curve matters more than proximity to the line.
The city has one of the largest student populations in the country and a correspondingly dense purpose-built accommodation market. Those schemes need external assessment for planning and an internal sound insulation strategy, and in a converted building the second is normally the harder problem.
Nottingham City Council determines applications within the city boundary, with the surrounding districts covering the wider conurbation.
Typical instructions
Work that comes up here.
Taken from the job book rather than a service list. If yours is not on it, it is still likely to be routine. Send the wording and we will say so.
- Tram and rail noise assessment for development along the network
- Student accommodation and build-to-rent noise assessments
- Entertainment noise assessment for licensed premises
- Sound insulation testing for conversions and new build
- BS 4142 assessments for commercial plant
Local detail
We read your checklist before we price it.
Validation requirements vary between authorities and between applications. We read the one for yours before quoting, so the scope matches what is being asked for rather than what is usually asked for.
- Determined byNottingham City Council
- CountyNottinghamshire
- Getting to siteAround two hours from Manchester; unattended deployment.
- InstrumentationClass 1, calibrated and certificated
- Fee basisFixed, agreed before we start
- Report turnaroundFive working days from survey
Travel is our problem, not yours. Most surveys use unattended monitoring, so the distance to site affects our costs rather than your programme, and the fee is fixed either way.
What you can instruct
Services available in Nottingham.
Noise Surveys
Baseline and environmental monitoring, attended or unattended.
Learn moreNoise Impact Assessments
BS 4142, BS 8233 and ProPG assessments that planning officers accept.
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Plant Noise
ASHPs, chillers, kitchen extract and refrigeration, assessed against background.
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Noise Modelling & Mapping
Three-dimensional acoustic models and noise contour maps, for schemes too complex to answer with a calculation.
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Expert Witness & Appeals
Independent acoustic evidence for planning appeals, hearings, inquiries and litigation, written to be relied on.
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Healthcare Acoustics
Hospitals, clinics and care settings to HTM 08-01: speech privacy, ward noise and the plant that runs all night.
Learn moreNot sure which standard applies to your condition? The Approved Document E, ProPG, BS 4142 references explain what each one asks for, or send us the letter and we will tell you.
Questions
Nottingham: common questions.
How is tram noise assessed?
As a series of individual pass-by events rather than a steady level, with attention to tonal content such as wheel squeal on curves. A scheme close to a curve can face a materially different problem from one the same distance along a straight section.
Do you assess purpose-built student accommodation?
Yes. They need the planning-stage external assessment and an internal strategy covering transfer between rooms and from corridors and plant, which is where these schemes most often generate complaints once occupied.
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