Noise Services

Noise and sound are one in the same; it`s normally described as noise if it is unwanted. Noise can become an annoyance and common law has treated noise and vibration within a category of behaviour known as nuisance.

NVM can assist with any concern regarding noise, including;

• Advice on new housing developments next to busy roads / railways / airports
• Environmental noise - modelling using Cadna A computer software
• Entertainment noise - noise from pubs, clubs and events
• Noise abatement and nuisance studies
• Airborne sound and impact testing for Building Regulation assessment

We have many years` experience working in the industrial sector, for example, industrial processing, manufacturing, transportation – railways / roads / airports, power generation – oil / gas / wind farms and working offshore.

Services we offer include;

• Noise at work assessments
• Building services noise and vibration control
• Process plant and machinery specifications, noise and vibration control
• Wind farm noise assessments
• Witness testing of machines, etc. to ensure compliance with specification
• Silencer / enclosure specification
• Characterisation of processes using noise or vibration signatures
• Prediction of noise or vibration effects