Our Advanced Noise Reduction Solutions can save many thousands of pounds on the cost of industrial noise control.

could save you thousands of pounds

Noise Measurement

We offer a wide range of professional noise measurement and noise monitoring services, from simple acoustic testing like a noise survey for a single machine in industry, to a detailed noise at work risk assessment of an entire factory or workplace. Our other vibration and noise measurement services include IPPC noise measurements, an environmental impact noise assessment, building noise surveys, etc.

Noise at Work Risk Assessment

We have a reputation for providing accurate, thorough and reliable measurements and assessments of workers' noise exposures. Customers often compliment us on the high quality of our noise at work risk assessments and compare them favourably with other noise surveys that they have had previously, some of which do not measure / assess the noise exposure of workers properly, so fail to comply with the HSE Control of Noise at Work Regulations. The Safety Officer at one such industrial company said:

"The first cheap noise survey carried out by another organisation was a complete waste of money - worse than useless. Your noise assessment was most detailed, thorough and very professional. We have complete confidence in it ....
excellent value for money".

We always use a type 1 sound level meter to measure noise. This is the most accurate type of meter available for measuring noise levels in the workplace. Each noise assessment of ours is carried out by a highly experienced "competent person", who has extensive experience of a wide range of noise measurement situations, including very difficult ones. This experience extends to measuring noise in many different types of workplace. We carry out noise assessments frequently, so are well practised in noise measurement. Also, we have been measuring noise and carrying out noise assessments and noise surveys for many years. All these factors ensure that we provide accurate noise measurement results and a consistently high quality service for every single noise risk assessment that we carry out. The following comment from a factory manager is typical of those we receive about our noise measurement services:

"A most detailed and thorough noise assessment. Very competent. Very professional"

To obtain a quote for a noise assessment in the workplace, please click on contact us about noise risk assessments.

Noise Control Assessments

Our industrial noise control assessments have saved many companies tens of thousands of pounds. This has been achieved by accurately pinpointing the major noise source(s) and assessing a much wider range of noise reduction solutions than usually considered, including solutions that use the latest noise reduction technology to reduce the noise at source at very low cost.

We use sophisticated diagnostic vibration and noise measurement equipment plus narrow band frequency analysis to measure and identify the main noise sources. This is much more accurate than the coarse 1/3 octave frequency noise measurements and analysis used by most other companies. Our diagnostic surveys are so accurate that we can pinpoint the main noise sources to individual bearings, gears and fans.

Example: A drink company was considering fitting stainless steel silencers to 3 fans in an attempt to solve an industrial noise nuisance problem. However, our diagnostic noise assessment showed that the nuisance was not caused by the fans, but by a badly worn bearing on a conveyor motor situated outside their factory. So we saved the company wasting £18,000 on stainless steel silencers that would have failed to solve the problem.

Example: An industrial manufacturing company was preparing to fit acoustic absorbent panels on the factory ceiling at a cost of £70,000. Our noise assessment showed that this would have reduced the noise exposure of workers by less than ½ dBA!

Our noise reduction assessment identified a much more cost-effective solution: engineering modifications that suppress the impact noise at source. These were adopted by the company and, not only achieved considerably higher noise reduction than the planned acoustic panels (5.5 dBA reduction, to 80 dBA), but cost £63,000 less!

Other types of Noise Survey & Measurements

Although most of our work is for industry, we also provide other types of noise survey, acoustic testing, noise monitoring service and noise measurements – if it needs measuring we can do it !

This includes noise measurements and noise assessments in support of planning applications for housing, schools and other developments where noise is an issue, environmental impact noise assessments, IPPC noise surveys, noise measurements or monitoring services for buildings.

It also includes diagnostic noise surveys to measure the relative contributions of noise transmitted into a building, office, flat, house, school, hotel (and other) rooms from airborne and structure-borne (i.e. due to vibration) paths. This is important because the solution for each is different. By accurately pinpointing the main transmission path and the most appropriate solution, our diagnostic noise measurements can save companies wasting large sums of money on solutions that provide little or no noise reduction (which is an all too common occurrence!).

To obtain a brochure or a quotation, or to find out how we can help you with noise measurements, noise at work risk assessments, surveys or other types of noise monitoring, please click on contact us about noise measurement and monitoring.