…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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We are delighted that our cumulative research over more than five years has recently been published in the International Journal of Ventilation. It represents a collaboration by Jack Harvie-Clark, Nick Conlan & Weigang Wei of Apex Acoustics with Mark Siddall of LEAP. Noise from domestic ventilation systems is currently a little understood problem in the…
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We were delighted to receive an Innovation Award at the Association of Noise Consultants Awards 2019 for our new acoustic design method for open plan offices. As well as the Innovation Award, the work was also “Highly Commended” in the Workplace Acoustics Awards category. This method also won a Soundscape award at the Palace of…
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We were delighted to receive the Building Acoustics Award at the Association of Noise Consultants Awards 2019 for The Houseboat, Poole project. The Houseboat is a single house located on a site overlooking Poole Harbour. Our project dealt with the challenge of achieving suitable acoustic conditions for living in this open plan home designed on…
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We presented our new method for the acoustic design of open plan offices at the annual Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2019, held in Milton Keynes. Our method is particularly suited to acoustic design in agile or activity-based working offices. Since we wrote this paper, we have updated and refined the method, which we will…
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16 – 20 hours per week, flexible hours and days, with opportunity to expand duties & work Salary: £ 20,000 – 30,000 pa, pro-rata, 8% company pension contribution and free lunch.  Location: Design Works, William Street, Gateshead, NE10 0JP. Main duties and responsibilities Book keeping, raising invoices, paying invoices and payroll, chasing debtorsSending equipment for…
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We are very excited to be co-creating this event in collaboration with Lisa Lavia from the Noise Abatement Society and Professor Jian Kang from University College London (UCL). We are designing the event to focus on overcoming traditional acoustic challenges to urban planning and development. The event takes place on Tuesday 25th June 2019 at…
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