With the continuing residential boom in the Washington Metropolitan area, acoustical consulting for residential projects is a significant portion of our work.
Typical services include:
- evaluating highway noise in rear yards and indoors to comply with county policy plan or proffered equirements
- evaluating aircraft noise indoors to comply with county overlay zoning requirements, evaluating railroad noise
- reviewing partitions to meet the STC and IIC rating requirements of the building code
- performing field STC and IIC tests
- sound insulating houses against aircraft noise
- calculating noise levels due to mechanical equipment,
- recommending vibration and noise control measures for mechanical and plumbing equipment.
With experience on over 200 residential projects over the past five years alone Hush Acoustics engineers are well versed in each of these areas.
