Education – RBA Acoustics

St. Fergus and Ardler Primary Schools

Esther Nwosu — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:08:09 +0000

St. Fergus and Ardler Primary Schools are located in the centre of Dundee and caters for various surrounding residential areas. It is proposed to install a contained plantroom on site in to provide heating requirements for the schools.

St Dunstan’s College

Esther Nwosu — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:07:51 +0000

As part of this development special consideration has been given to students who suffer from hearing difficulties; with enhanced criteria for room reverberation, as well as internal ambient noise levels, being applied to all typical teaching areas.

This enhanced criteria required a more acoustically robust approach to school design than what would typically be expected. RBA were more than happy to accommodate this and be so heavily involved in the design process.

Keybridge House Phase 2, London

Esther Nwosu — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:08:12 +0000

In addition a two-form entry primary school will be located across floor levels -1 basement to first floor level, which is to form an extension of the existing Wyvil Primary School located across the road from the development site.

RBA was appointed to undertake the detailed design stage acoustic assessment of both the residential and school aspects of the Keybridge House Phase 2 development. This also includes a full assessment of the school acoustics to ensure BB93 compliance is achieved. As part of the assessment, a 3D environmental noise model was produced to aid the design of the external building fabric. In addition, multiple 3D acoustic models of the various teaching areas in the school were produced to aid the design of reverberation time noise control to ensure good speech intelligibility is achieved in these areas.

West Thames College

Esther Nwosu — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:51:07 +0000

West Thames College serves over 6500 students in West London. RBA Acoustics were appointed the acoustic consultants for the project and provided consultation on all acoustic design of the redevelopment. Surveying the environmental noise sources such as road and air traffic to make recommendations for building fabric and providing computer generated acoustic modelling for assistance with the theatre design.

Ravensbourne College

Esther Nwosu — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:00:06 +0000

RBA Acoustics were appointed to provide input on all items related to acoustics, noise and vibration. The client requirement for open plan teaching areas to maximise the usability of the spaces, combined with an exposed concrete soffit, required detailed analysis of the acoustic environment.

In order to provide a functional open plan learning environment, a number of differing options for acoustic absorption were assessed in order to maximise the efficiency of the building acoustics and adequate noise control.

The building was short-listed for the Public Building of the Year Category in the 2011 Building Magazine awards and is a winner in the RIBA Awards for London 2011.