Re:Dear Architects: Sound Matters
by brenschluss on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @07:22PM
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> Architects, engineers, whoever...please, please, please, stop skimping out on noise insulation in new construction.
Noise isolation is expensive. Owners and developers rarely want to pay for it. The problem is rarely the architect/engineer, the problem is that it's an expensive up-front design+construction cost, and also difficult to achieve after construction.
Noise isolation is expensive. Owners and developers rarely want to pay for it. The problem is rarely the architect/engineer, the problem is that it's an expensive up-front design+construction cost, and also difficult to achieve after construction.