When and Why to Employ Office Noise Reduction Strategies According to Acoustic Specialists
Acoustic experts weigh in on office noise reduction strategies and how noise can both hinder or helps create functional, productive…
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Acoustics That Perform and Impress
Create exceptional architectural experiences that engage the senses
Quality acoustic design minimizes disruptive noise while simultaneously creating exceptional experiences that engage all the senses for immersive architectural experiences.
With decades of experience, our acoustic consultants take a comprehensive approach to deliver first-rate sound solutions, tackling complex challenges and unconventional projects with confidence. From the everyday to the unexpected, we engineer smart, scalable solutions that just work.
While unseen, poor acoustics are often the most noticeable flaw to what could otherwise be exceptional design. Acoustics can hinder or enhance the functionality of a space. Yet aco...
How our acoustics services can
benefit your project
Good acoustics help create a usable and comfortable environment
From room acoustics to building acoustics, understand how sound can affect your project. We design acoustic environments that enhance clarity, comfort, and quality.
Bring sound to life in every room
Room acoustics are essential to how a space functions and how it’s experienced. Whether it’s a studio, auditorium, or theatre, we design acoustic solutions that elevate every moment. By optimizing sound reflections—amplifying the helpful and minimizing the adverse—we ensure every seat in the room offers a consistent, high-quality listening experience. Our solutions are seamlessly integrated with your AV systems, so the sound not only fills the space but supports its purpose.
Dial down unwanted sounds
Excessive background noise is a common problem, especially when mechanical systems are not designed to adequately control sound and vibration. Whether it’s in homes, offices, healthcare, schools, and performance spaces, we tackle noise issues at the source, creating quieter, more comfortable environments everywhere.
Reinforce privacy where it matters most
Don’t let poor acoustics compromise privacy. Inadequate construction of walls, ceilings, and floors or lack of acoustic treatment, or both, may deprive occupants of privacy. A lack of privacy can be quite problematic in certain settings like healthcare, government facilities, or counselling. In residential buildings, neighbors’ lives may intrude through walls or ceilings at all hours. Solutions will vary and must be designed appropriately to reduce sound transfer.
Design spaces that enhance productivity
Whether it’s heads-down focus or high-energy collaboration, great acoustics make work better. We reduce noise issues that can distract or disrupt, from environmental or occupant traffic to mechanical hums. We tailor each space for its intended purpose. Need speech privacy? Crystal-clear communication? The right acoustic finishes make all the difference.
Protect hearing, prioritize health
We design smart noise control solutions that keep industrial sound in check, so worker’s stay safe and focused. We’ll evaluate and reduce noise from machinery to mechanical systems, to limit exposure to industrial noise. We tackle noise at the source to meet regulations and protect what matters most.
How we help
We make your project sound right. From crisp, clear interiors to low-impact outdoor designs, we create soundscapes that feel natural, focused, and distraction-free. Just smart, simple acoustics with seamless integration.
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Building acoustics
We go beyond room acoustics and into the science of sound as it affects an entire project.
As acoustic engineers, we take a holistic approach looking at every system, surface, and surrounding environment to understand how sound moves through your entire project. We know that acoustic choices can have a big impact—they influence comfort, functionality, and design. That’s why we create integrated and functional spaces that bring harmony to every corner of your space.
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Room acoustics
Acoustics can make or break a space. We design for clarity, comfort, and performance—so your space functions as beautifully as it sounds. Our consultants take a holistic approach, considering everything from room shape, volume, and finishes to boundary construction details and building system layout. We establish clear performance standards, optimize reverberation times, manage reflections, and ensure clarity or privacy—whether it’s for a concert or a conversation. During construction, we provide compliance or performance testing and feedback to make sure every detail meets your goals.
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Canada
Sarah McLachlan School of Music
Acoustical adaptations to help a nonprofit music school be a good neighbour
United States
William Beaumont Army Medical Center (Fort Bliss)
A military hospital where evidence-based design supports patient-centered care
Asia Pacific
Central Government Complex
Innovative acoustic design for a particularly challenging building complex
FAQs about our acoustics services
Still have questions? Contact us.
We regularly work in every sector bringing an exceptionally broad perspective with experience on thousands of diverse projects from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle.
Typical acoustic projects strive for sound quality, privacy, and control of building systems noise, which can range from theatres or performing arts facilities to sound stages & recording studios, hospitals & universities, residential & hotel spaces, manufacturing & research facilities, museums, galleries, and churches.
However, we often work on atypical noise issues, such as whistling balconies, rollercoaster and theme park noise, pickleball courts, stadium crowds, firing ranges, Formula 1 tracks, helipads, highly-sensitive laboratory equipment, MRI suites, vivariums, clicking and creaking building constructions, rain noise, mass-timber buildings, campus masterplanning, complaint investigations, and more.
We frequently support unusual projects across RWDI’s range of engineering services.
Our acoustics group is truly international, with practitioners from North America to Australia and a broad range of educational and professional backgrounds. Many members of our team have industry accreditations or designations including P.Eng., C.Eng., MIOA, AMIOA, FIOA, MAAS, INCE, COHC, ASA, CAA, WELL AP, LEED Green Associate. At least one-third of our acoustical consultants hold advanced degrees, and several members of our team sit on international and regional standards committees (ISO, ASTM, ASHRAE, IEC, BSI, etc.).
Together as a team, we are approaching a combined 1,000 years of professional acoustical consulting experience!
Yes. We are quite familiar with many global codes, standards, and green building rating systems, and we can provide both design and measurement services to demonstrate compliance. We work closely with our clients, as well as our commissioning and sustainability teams to provide integrated solutions to meet building code, project specifications, OSHA, or LEED, WELL, BREEAM requirements for noise and vibration.
However, we often go beyond compliance to find optimal solutions. Our cross-discipline expertise helps identify opportunities to integrate design strategies into challenging environments that are often counter to good acoustics, such as sustainable buildings, wood construction, mechanical plant layouts, building motion, wind-induced noise, infection control or behavioral health constraints, and more.
Yes! We have significant experience investigating and solving existing acoustical issues or repurposing a space for new programming. Our holistic approach ensures you don’t waste money on the wrong mitigation option or partial solutions.
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