Noise & Vibration Measurement
AAD are responsible for deployment, calibration maintenance and data extraction from over 70 noise monitoring sites installed over a wide geographical area.
The experience of our field instrumentation engineers is probably unsurpassable; AAD are able to make noise/vibration monitoring station installations at short notice and we are also geared to acquire and supply measurement data for our clients or our consultants (and sometimes both) for interpretation and action.
Measurements are made and results are evaluated according to a wide range of standards and guidelines. Our expertise includes short and long term noise and vibration level measurements and assessments. Our noise measurement and assessment expertise supports matters including town planning and statutory nuisance for all noise source types; our vibration measurement and assessment expertise supports matters including cosmetic, minor and major damage risk to buildings, human response, whole body vibration and motion sickness.
The most frequently used standards and guidelines include the following:
Noise
| BS 4142:2014 | Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas |
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| BS 7445:1:2003 | Description and measurement of environmental noise Guide to quantities and procedures |
| BS 7445:2:1991 | Description and measurement of environmental noise Guide to the acquisition of data pertinent to land use |
| BS 8233:2014 | Sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings - code of practice |
| ISO 1996-2:1987 | As BS 7445:2:1991 |
| BS 7445:3:1991 | Description and measurement of environmental noise Guide to application to noise limits |
| ISO 1996-3:1987 | As BS 7445:3:1991 |
| PPG 24: September 1994 | Planning and Noise |
| Building Regulations 2010 | Approved Document E and BB93 |
| Guidelines for Community Noise | World Health Organisation (WHO) 2000 |
| WHO Guidelines | Popular term for the above |
Vibration
| BS 6472:1:2008 | Guide to evaluation of human exposure to vibration in buildings, vibration sources other than blasting |
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| BS 6472:2:2008 | Guide to evaluation of human exposure to vibration in buildings Blast-induced vibration |
| BS 7385:1:1990 | Evaluation and measurement for vibration in buildings Guide for measurement of vibrations and evaluation of their effects on buildings |
| BS 7385:2:1997 | Evaluation and measurement for vibration in buildings Guide to damage levels from ground-borne vibration |
| BS 8461:1:1987 | Guide to measurement and evaluation of human exposure to whole-body mechanical vibration and repeated shock |
| BS EN ISO 5349:2:2002 | Mechanical vibration Measurement and assessment of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration Practical guidance for measurement at the workplace |
| ISO 8569:1996 | Mechanical vibration and shock - measurement and evaluation of shock and vibration effects on sensitive equipment in buildings |
