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Commercial Property October 2009 London Leading Financial Services Organisation headquartered in Japan appoints AAD to support the fitting out approximately 500,000 sq ft at their new state of the art London Headquarters building at 1 Angel Lane EC4. Specialist Noise Monitoring September 2009 North Yorkshire AAD installs their latest "state of the art" noise monitoring system at Croft Motor Circuit. Auditoria August 2009 London, Watermark Place AAD appointed to design new auditorium at Watermark Place, to be accommodated between structural slabs of existing building. Broadcasting July 2009 London, Oxford Street BBC West 1 (Phase 2) topping out celebrated the creation of a 10 storey building with 3 basement levels including a live newsroom at lower ground floor (one of the largest in the world, it would fit 90 London busses) with the largest floating floor constructed anywhere on the planet plus 5 TV studios. In true broadcast style, the roof top ceremony was tranmsmitted to live to strategic locations within the BBC's substantial 7,740,00 sq ft scheme. Healthcare June 2009 London, Tower Hamlets Detailed design & specification for Health Care Centres. Infrastructure December 2008 Hertfordshire Install & maintain construction noise monitoring instrumentation and publication of data. Healthcare November 2008 London, Tower Hamlets Pre-development site assessment & detailed design & specification for Health Care Centres. Planning & Legal October 2008 Cavendish Square, London Appeal support for the continuation of extended hours for members club. Planning & Legal September 2008 Local Authority - Confidential Assess whether noise monitoring evidence acquired pursuant to a Statutory Nuisance investigation contravenes Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. Broadcast September 2008 Hammersmith, London Support of BBC White City edit suite construction specifications. Education September 2008 Kent AAD appointed to LSC scheme, Havering College. Housing June 2008 London, Lambeth Pre-completion testing at major Grafton Square development. Aviation March 2008 Lowestoft, Suffolk Planning application support for new helipad to support offshore wind turbine maintenance. Education March 2008 Kent Detailed design & specification support and verification testing for to Kent BSF. Aviation February 2008 Perranporth, Cornwall Assessment of noise arising from aircraft maintenance at aerodrome. Housing September 2007 London, Chelsea Detailed design & specification support and pre-completion testing for Grosvenor Waterside Scheme. Research September 2007 Oxfordshire Detailed design & specification support and verification testing for Silent Wind tunnel project. Planning & Legal September 2007 East Sussex Support of wind turbine planning application. Aviation July 2007 Cambridgeshire Assessment of medical helicopter noise. Housing February 2007 London, Brixton Bespoke noise assessment and planning condition discharge. Education December 2006 - Present London, City University – School of Arts Detailed design & specification support and verification testing for major new media facilities. Broadcast December 2006 - Present Portland Place, London AAD appointed to BBC W1 Phase 2. Includes "probably" the worlds biggest news room and 140 other TV & radio facilities. Environment November 2006 Southend-on-Sea, Essex Assessment of noise impact from surface and multi-storey car parking nearby to residential property. Planning & Legal September 2006 Seighford, Staffordshire Support of conjoined appeals for Activity Centre proposal. Research July 2006 Ware, Hertfordshire AAD appointed to major new pharmaceutical research laboratories. Commercial June 2006 London, EC4 Support of 44,000m2, 10 storey offices and retail scheme, Watermark Place. Education May 2006 Lewisham, London Detailed design & specification support and verification testing for Lewisham BSF. Hotel & Leisure January 2006 - Present United Kingdom Support of new hotel brand roll-out programme. Rail Transport September 2005 London Borough AAD appointed by local authority to study North London Line rail vibration. Rail Transport May 2005 Holyhead Report into noise arising from power carriages at terminus. Housing June 2002 - April 2008 London, Greenwich Detailed design & specification support and pre-completion testing for Pepys Estate phases 1 to 4. Planning & Legal Ongoing National – Various Locations Support of appeals into opening hours (including Sundays) for national tyre, exhaust & MOT service centres. Planning & Legal Ongoing National – Various Locations Support of planning application for minerals extraction.

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Welcome to Applied Acoustic Design. Established during 1990, AAD is a fully independent team of acoustic consultants. AAD provides a practical approach to acoustic consulting support for a vast range of noise control and vibration control issues, resolving them through either prevention or cure.

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AAD's consultants investigative resources include noise and vibration measurements, speech intelligibility measurement and prediction and atmospheric noise propagation modelling.

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AAD's consultants have designed world-first, world-class facilities; our knowledge, skill and experience with sound insulation and vibration control techniques is available to individuals and teams alike.

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AAD's consultants are at home on site. From mineral extraction noise through infrastructure acoustics, transportation noise to specialist soundproofing works, we have the experience that counts.

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