Why hire an acoustical consultant?
Soundscape Engineering’s principal consultants have been assessing, advising, and designing to improve the acoustical environment in hospitals and other healthcare facilities for over thirty years. We guide designs to isolate inpatient rooms from traffic and other exterior noise sources and from activity in nearby rooms. We work with project architects to achieve speech privacy requirements for spaces where confidential information is conveyed. We work with project mechanical and electrical engineers to achieve sufficiently quiet levels of mechanical and electrical systems noise. We address vibration and sound isolation for MRI’s and other equipment. We assess designs for compliance with local ordinances that limit noise transmission from central plants to nearby residential properties. We work with owners, architects, and engineers. Soundscape’s principal consultants were contributors to the original white paper that informed the noise and vibration control aspects of the FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals. They continue to be leaders in the FGI technical working group for sound and vibration. They have written papers and presented on topics involving acoustics and noise control for healthcare facilities for numerous organizations, conferences, and journals.
“We've been collaborating with Soundscape since 2011. Their expertise in noise control for healthcare environments, combined with their knowledge of the FGI acoustics guidelines, has consistently benefited our projects.”
Carl Johnson, Senior Architect
BSA LifeStructures
Sample of Soundscape Engineering's healthcare projects:
IU Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nursing unit expansion and Central Utility Plant
Genesee Health System
Flint, Michigan
Children’s Services Center
Kansas City VA
Kansas City, Missouri
Hybrid OR
Beaumont Health System
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Penthouse AHU
McLaren Health Care
Lansing, Michigan
Medical Science Building and Cancer Center
McLaren Northern Michigan
Petoskey, Michigan
South Addition and Renovations
University of Michigan Health System Mid-Michigan Medical Center
Alpena, Michigan
Patient Tower
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Music Therapy Studios
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Medical Science Unit 1
Multiple Building Clinical Pathology
Detroit Medical Center
Detroit, Michigan
MUOB/Sports Medicine Institute
Harper-Hutzel Hospital
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, Indiana
County Hospital Inpatient Unit
St. Vincent Medical Center
Fishers, Indiana
Inpatient Expansion
Advocate Good Samaritan
Downers Grove, Illinois
Hybrid OR
US Department of Veteran Affairs
Canton, Michigan
Outpatient clinic and medical office building
US Department of Veteran Affairs
Des Moines, Iowa
Medical office building
Advocate South Suburban Hospital
Hazel Crest, Illinois
Chiller Plant Addition
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, Illinois
MRI Suite
Cook County Health
Chicago, Illinois
Harrison Square
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, Michigan
221 Michigan Street Recording Studio
Crittenton Hospital Medical Center
Rochester, Michigan
Mechanical Yard
Henry Ford Health Center
Plymouth, Michigan
Medical Office Building
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan
Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion
Surgical Waiting Room
Interoperative MRI Sound Isolation
Henry Ford Health System
Royal Oak, Michigan
Medical Office Building
Cook County Health
North Riverside, Illinois
Cicero Health Center Renovation
Henry Ford Health System
Bloomfield, Michigan
Medical Office Building
Henry Ford Health System
Clinton Township, Michigan
Macomb Hospital - Infusion Pharmacy
Kishwaukee Community Hospital
DeKalb, Illinois
MRI Noise
Amita Health
Carol Stream, Illinois
Ambulatory Care Center
Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health
Lafayette, Indiana
Central Hospital Psychiatric Unit / Sleep Lab
Heart Institute
IU Health
Indianapolis, Indiana
Methodist Hospital OR
IU Medical Group Specialty Care
Indianapolis, Indiana
Springmill Medical Office Building
Chemo pharmacy Renovation
Ascension Providence Hospital and Medical Center
Southfield, Michigan
MRI Suite
Ascension Medical Center
Howell, Michigan
Medical Office Building
Bronson Health
Mattawan, Michigan
Skilled Nursing Facility