We regularly provide acoustical design for schools, in fact we have over 200 school projects listed in our project database since 1980. The increasing demands for multi-use spaces, music and choral rooms, practice rooms, drama theatres and rehearsal rooms, and workshop facilities in schools make the acoustical design, sound isolation, and mechanical system noise and vibration control an important part of the facility's success. The adjacencies of many of the special purpose rooms can present a significant problem without adequate sound isolation. The selection of wall construction details is a critical step in providing acceptable sound isolation performance.
Many schools make use of operable partitions as a means of combining two rooms.
A great deal of acoustical detailing of the surrounding contruction is required to achieve even marginal isolation with these movable partitions. The classrooms, music rooms,drama rooms and gymnasiums all require acoustical design to optimize reverberation time and background noise for each application. We are intent on improving the acoustical performance in drama and music rooms in our school projects to help deliver an environment that works for the student musicians and actors. Optimized reverberation time and early reflections help enhance the communication and delivery of music and spoken word. Controlling the reverberation time helps control the noise levels, reducing the impact on surrounding rooms.