Peer Review for Projects of Any Size
Provide a fresh set of eyes to review and comment on a project’s acoustical design so you have confidence that it’s headed in the right direction. The purpose is to support and protect the design team by asking questions and helping to verify both the acoustical design intent and its implementation in the drawings/models and specifications.
Basis of Design
Support the basis-of-design team in design-build projects by developing acoustical design criteria and project definition documents. This can include a separate acoustics chapter in the basis-of-design package, or input to the architectural and MEP chapters.
Small-Project Acoustical Consulting Packages
Many small projects, especially K-12 educational projects, would benefit from acoustical design guidance, but do not have the budget for full-service acoustical consulting. Structured, flat-rate consulting packages can help identify and address key acoustical considerations. Packages include
An early-design acoustics narrative
A late-design/pre-construction review (e.g., DSA-submittal package review for public projects)
A bucket of consulting hours for coordination
Hourly Acoustics Advice and Analysis
Have a question about a specific acoustical concern on your project? Need a couple of hours to sit down and review something together? Have a general question about architectural acoustics? Just call. Once we’ve set up an account, I will bill in half-hour increments, invoiced monthly.
What I do:
These are the ways I feel I can serve architects and building owners well as a highly experienced individual:
What I don’t do:
These are services best addressed by larger firms with the equipment and staff to handle them:
Full-Service Acoustical Consulting for Large Projects
Many other firms are better equipped and staffed to provide acoustical consulting services for large building projects. I can be more effective as a resource for you and your firm, helping you formulate questions, define criteria, and review the work of others.
Acoustical Measurements
I can measure simple background noise levels (A-weighted or spectral), and reverberation times in rooms, if needed to support our work together. I can also recommend a program of measurements intended to investigate a particular issue or concern, but others would need to carry out most acoustical measurements.
Environmental Noise Assessments
Larger firms have the equipment, staff, and resources to do environmental noise measurements/monitoring and produce reports. I can review and help interpret reports, and help you formulate questions for those who produced them.
Sound System Design and Low-Voltage Technology
I can provide a list of firms that provide these services, but am not qualified to provide them, or peer review them, myself.