Jack Harvie-Clark will talk about creating a quality acoustic environment and avoiding unintended adverse consequences in the Headline theatre at CIBSE Build2Perform 2019. It turns out that the worst thing you can do is simply follow the current guidance and Regulations. When different disciplines operate in silos without regard to unintended impacts on other aspects…
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We are very honoured to be awarded “Highly Commended” in the Soundscape category at the John Connell Awards 2019, for our multi-award-winning acoustic design method for open plan offices. The John Connell Awards 2019 took place at the Palace of Westminster on the evening of 23rd October 2019, hosted by Colonel Bob Stewart DSO MP,…
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At the Institute of Acoustics’ annual conference, held in Milton Keynes in 2019, we presented our new method for designing and testing a type of space that has become common in new school buildings: a dining area within an atrium or greater-than-single storey height space. These spaces are often used for many other purposes at…
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We are co-organising and presenting at a one day meeting on acoustics for open plan offices. This is an exciting and fast-changing area for acoustic design, and acoustic considerations are rapidly gaining the importance that they have for occupants of open plan offices. Office accommodation is increasingly being seen as a service, rather than an…
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Opportunity for a motivated and interested person to join the team in our head office, from any point in your career.Salary: £25,000 – £37,000, commensurate with experience and ability, with 8% pension contribution and free lunches.Location: Apex Acoustics, Design Works, William Street, Gateshead, NE10 0JP We have an enviable reputation across the industry for our…
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We are proud to be supporting the youth strike for climate on the 20th September, that has become a global climate strike. We are encouraging staff to join peaceful protests organised by the UK Student Climate Network in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham and Nottingham. Apologies if you do not get the service you normally expect…
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…with our first fully-electric van! We were delighted to finally take delivery, having placed the order back in January – an eight month wait. We prioritise using the electric van every day, as the most significant way we can reduce our fossil fuel consumption. Of course, as electric vehicles are quieter, we are also reducing…
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We are making three presentations about our latest research at the International Congress on Acoustics in Aachen, 9 – 13th September 2019. In the keynote theatre, there is a full day session on open plan office acoustics, chaired and curated by Valtteri Hongisto, Turku University of Applied Sciences and Andreas Liebl, HSD Hochschule Döpfer. In…
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At the IOA Spring Conference 2019 in Milton Keynes, Jack Harvie-Clark and Anthony Chilton (Max Fordham) jointly presented the paper that was written by Beth Paxton (Apex Acoustics), in collaboration with the presenters, David Trew (Bickerdike Allen), and Nick Conlan (Apex Acoustics). The paper is intended to give more background information to the assessment of…
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Opportunity for a motivated and interested person to join our team, from any point in your career. Salary: £25,000 – £37,000, commensurate with experience and ability, with 8% pension contribution and free lunches.Location: Bridge House Business Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG10 1NL We have an enviable reputation across the industry for our creative, innovative approach…
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