Wales
Acoustic consultants in Swansea.
Heavy industry and a working port at one end of the bay, and some very quiet coast and countryside at the other.
The local picture
What we deal with in Swansea.
The Swansea and Neath Port Talbot corridor contains some of the heaviest industry in Wales, including steel and process operations that run continuously and are undergoing significant change. Assessments here deal with large, continuous, frequently tonal sources close to established housing, and cumulative effects where several operations affect the same receptors.
Away from the industrial corridor the picture changes completely. The Gower peninsula and the surrounding countryside have very low background sound levels, and plant, agricultural and tourism-related development there is assessed against conditions that give almost no margin.
Planning Policy Wales applies as the national framework. Swansea Council and Neath Port Talbot Council determine applications in their respective areas.
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.
- BS 4142 assessments for heavy industry, steel and process operations
- Cumulative assessment where several industrial sources affect the same receptors
- Residential development assessment near the industrial corridor
- Plant and tourism development assessment in low-background rural areas
- Noise at work assessments for industrial employers
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 bySwansea Council and Neath Port Talbot Council
- CountyWales
- Getting to siteAround four 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 Swansea.
Noise Surveys
Baseline and environmental monitoring, attended or unattended.
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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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Heat Pump Noise Assessments
MCS 020 calculations and BS 4142 assessments for ASHPs, single units to multi-unit schemes.
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Noise Complaints
EHO letters, abatement notices and neighbour complaints, answered with data.
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Room Acoustics
Reverberation, speech intelligibility and sound absorption inside the room. Schools to BB93, offices, halls and healthcare.
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Swansea: common questions.
Do you work with heavy industry?
Yes. Large continuous plant with strong tonal content is among the more demanding BS 4142 work there is, particularly where several operators affect the same homes and the meaningful question is cumulative rather than individual.
Do you cover Gower and rural Swansea?
Yes. Background levels there are very low, which is exactly the condition where a plant assessment needs measuring properly rather than estimating.
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