Designing Quiet Spaces Where Sound Stays Where It Belongs

Sound isolation is essential for protecting privacy, reducing distractions, and enhancing the user experience in any built environment. Our experts combine advanced acoustic modeling, material science, and field testing to design and implement solutions that keep unwanted sound out—or in—depending on your needs. From healthcare facilities to performance venues, we create acoustically balanced spaces that meet strict codes, industry standards, and your project’s unique goals.
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Our Building Sound Isolation Services

See how we help clients achieve high-performance sound isolation with precise design, testing, and implementation strategies.

Design walls, floors, ceilings, and doors with optimal sound transmission control to meet project-specific acoustic requirements.

Measure Sound Transmission Class (STC) and Impact Insulation Class (IIC) ratings to confirm that built assemblies meet or exceed performance targets.

Identify and mitigate unintended sound transmission routes through building elements, ensuring isolation integrity.

Upgrade and modify existing construction to improve sound isolation performance while minimizing disruption.

Ensure designs meet local building codes, ANSI/ASA standards, FGI Guidelines for healthcare, or other relevant industry requirements.

Design and implement tailored solutions for critical spaces such as recording studios, boardrooms, patient rooms, classrooms, and theaters.

Hearing Is Believing: How Virtual Reality Is Aligning Acoustical Design With Expectations

You rarely hear about the noise in a space unless it’s an issue, and when it is a problem, it’s generally a big problem. By leveraging an acoustic virtual reality system calibrated to the real world, you can ensure that the design of your space delivers on your expectations for sound.

Building Sound Isolation FAQ

Building sound isolation is the practice of designing and constructing walls, floors, ceilings, and other building elements to prevent unwanted sound from traveling between spaces. It helps ensure privacy, comfort, and acoustic performance in a variety of environments.

Effective sound isolation reduces distractions, protects confidentiality, and enhances user experience in spaces such as offices, hospitals, schools, residential buildings, performance halls, and hospitality venues. It is also essential for meeting building codes and industry standards.

Key factors include the choice of materials, construction methods, air sealing, structural connections, and control of flanking paths where sound can bypass partitions.

We use field testing methods, such as measuring Sound Transmission Class (STC) and Impact Insulation Class (IIC) ratings, to evaluate the performance of walls, floors, and other assemblies. This ensures designs meet or exceed required specifications.

Yes. Through targeted retrofits - such as adding mass, decoupling assemblies, sealing air leaks, and addressing flanking paths - we can significantly improve sound isolation in existing facilities.

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