Healthcare

Following many years of delivering successful and pragmatic acoustic solutions in healthcare settings, we are widely recognised as the leading authority in the UK and were appointed lead authors of the Department of Health’s Acoustic Design Guide, HTM08-01.

Early involvement

We see that acoustic performance is integrated into a project right from the start, advising on factors that might impact the acoustic design and giving clients the information they need to make key project decisions.

Balanced solutions

We have worked on over 20 major private finance initiative (PFI) acute hospital projects, as well as numerous community hospitals, clinics and community diagnostic centres on various NHS frameworks over many years. This means we understand the importance of clinical functionality and the benefit of the right acoustic balance. This knowledge, combined with a sensitive approach to all the many design factors on a project, means we can achieve appropriate acoustics which balance with overall requirements. Our portfolio of healthcare projects and the depth of our experience is unique. We work with designers, contractors, the NHS and facilities management companies which means we appreciate acoustics in design, in construction and in real-life use.

Our acoustic strategy, which we recommend for all projects, includes clear acoustic targets to make sure that everyone knows what can be expected. Each strategy is tailored to meet specific project objectives, including the need to achieve BREEAM credits.

Planning support

Large healthcare developments will often require planning support which our team can provide, whether it is pre-application advice, impact assessments, recommendations on mitigation or assistance with discharging planning conditions.

Air quality

Air Quality for hospital patients is of paramount importance and our team can offer constraints advice and recommendations for mitigation where there is a risk that patients could be exposed to inadequate levels of ventilation.

Where on-site energy plant and incinerators are proposed, we can advise on flue design in order to reduce the risk of impacts both within the site itself and in the surrounding areas.

The Bigger Picture

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Whether it’s consultancy, research, testing, implementation or monitoring – or a comprehensive project involving all of these – our consultants will always deliver the optimum solutions.

The Bigger Picture

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Whether it’s consultancy, research, testing, implementation or monitoring – or a comprehensive project involving all of these – our consultants will always deliver the optimum solutions.

Get in touch… call us on 01787 247595 or make an enquiry here