A sound stage for the built environment

Solent Acoustics, the university’s professional consultancy for all areas of sound and noise, is holding a conference for professionals on 'Acoustics in the Built Environment', at Southampton Solent on Friday 4 April 2014.    

Following on from the success of last year's conference 'Noise in Music and Entertainment', this one-day event will be of interest to professionals in the built environment sector. It will cover acoustic issues faced by building projects, from design to construction.  

The event - which will involve presentations from prominent professionals, talks and Q&A sessions with industry experts - will be of particular interest to acousticians, architects, architectural technologists, building control officers, chartered surveyors, environmental health officers, health and safety officers and site managers.    

Subjects covered will include:

• What makes a building fail on pre-completion testing and how to prevent it.
• Legislative requirements and issues for unusual builds (non-domestic issues, listed buildings, 'common' spaces in apartment buildings)  
• Noise and noise monitoring in construction and demolition sites.
• Acoustic issues in specialist and non-domestic buildings (Aesthetics, Acoustic Privacy, Technological Solutions).
• The free conference offers a CPD certification for the event. There will also be a trade show running alongside the event with a range of exhibitors of acoustics measurement equipment and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).

Registration includes lunch, coffee and a conference pack. You can register online

For more information please contact Dr Chris Barlow at christopher.barlow@solent.ac.uk

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE MEDIA OFFICE ON 023 8031 9040 or press.office@solent.ac.uk

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About Southampton Solent University

Southampton Solent University offers more than 23,000 students over 200 qualifications ranging from HND to PhD, in subjects such as maritime education and training, fashion and design, media and television, music, health, sport and leisure, business, IT and technology. The university was awarded the 2013 Quality Assurance kitemark for quality and standards of teaching and learning. Solent was voted one of the most creative universities in the UK in a Which? University 2013 poll of students.

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