A sound improvement
Industrial Research Ltd is developing new composite materials that act as novel sound shields, reducing noise transmission and improving the quality of our living environments.
Sound control
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Inter-tenancy floors in MDH
By Guy Marriage – 1 December 2022, Build 193
Part 2 of this Build series on designing and building medium-density housing covers inter-tenancy floors. The most important consideration here is to eliminate penetrations into the inter-tenancy floor zone.
Improving multi-residential timber framed structures
By Tony Walther – 1 February 2008, Build 104
A new BRANZ project aims to design wall and floor systems that provide optimum acoustic, fire and structural performance for multi-residential timber framed structures. Stage one – acoustic testing – has started.
Reducing noise transmission
By Paul Hobbs – 1 August 2017, Build 161
With higher-density housing becoming more widespread, designers and builders need to be up to speed with how wall assemblies can limit airborne and impact sound transmission between joined buildings.
